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Academic Calendar 2025-2026: 15-Week Sessions and Summer 2026 Semesters

Official dates for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 15-Week sessions, and Summer 2026 semesters.

August
18
First Day for Faculty
22
  • Payment Deadline, 5:00PM CST
  • Opening Convocation 
  • New Student Convocation
25
Classes begin for 15-Week session
September
1
Labor Day holiday: all offices closed; no classes held
2
First drop for non-payment
8
Census Date
15
  • First Day to File for Summer 2026 Graduation
  • Deadline to Resolve Outstanding Items for Summer 2025 Graduation
17
Second drop for non-payment
29
Mid-Term Grade Rosters Open
October
1
Final Filing Deadline for Fall 2025 Graduation
3
Textbook orders due from Faculty for Spring 2026
20
Last Day to enter Mid-Term Grades
November
3
Registration for Spring 2026 begins for graduate/senior/Presidential
Fellow/Honors/SI Leader/NCAA students
4
  • Last Day to Withdraw from one or more 15-Week courses.
  • Registration for Spring 2026 begins for juniors
5
Registration for Spring 2026 begins for sophomores
6
Registration for Spring 2026 begins for freshmen
10
Last day to schedule thesis or dissertation defense for Fall 2025 Graduation
21
Last day to submit completed thesis or dissertation for Fall 2025 Graduation
24-28
Thanksgiving holidays for faculty and students
27-28
Thanksgiving holidays for staff, all offices closed
December
8-12
Final exams for all 15-Week session classes
9
Final grade roster open for 15-Week session
12-13
Fall Commencement
13
End of 15-Week session
15
Classes Begin for Winter Session
16
Final 15-Week grades due in Faculty Center by 12:00PM CST
22-31
Winter Break, all offices closed
23-31
Winter Break (refer to university website for updates)

January
1
New Year’s Day, all offices closed
2
First Day to File for Fall 2026 Graduation
3
End of Winter Session
9
Payment Deadline, 5:00PM CST
12
  • Classes begin for 15-Week session.
  • Deadline to resolve outstanding items for Fall 2025 graduation
19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, all offices closed, no classes
20
First drop for non-payment
26
Census Date
February
2
Registration for Summer 2026 begins
4
  • Payment Deadline, 5:00PM CST
  • Second drop for non-payment
16
Mid-Term Grade Rosters Open
March
2
Final Filing Deadline for Spring 2026 Graduation
9
Last Day to enter Mid-Term Grades
9-13
Spring break for faculty and students
13
Textbook orders due from Faculty for Summer and Fall 2026
30
  • Last day to withdraw from one or more 15-Week courses.
  • Last day to schedule thesis or dissertation defense for Spring 2026 Graduation
April
1
Registration for Fall 2026 begins for graduate/senior/Presidential Fellow/Honors/SI Leader/NCAA students
2
Registration for Fall 2026 begins for juniors
3
Registration for Fall 2026 begins for sophomores
6
Registration for Fall 2026 begins for freshmen
13
Last day to submit completed thesis or dissertation for Spring 2026 Graduation
27-30
Final exams
28
Final grade rosters open for 15-Week session
May
1
Final exams continue
1-2
Spring Commencement
2
End of 15-Week session
5
Final 15-Week grades due in Faculty Center by 12:00PM CST
11
Classes Begin for Summer Sessions
22
Last day to submit completed thesis or dissertation for Spring 2026 (Biotech students only)
25
Memorial Day holiday: all offices closed; no classes held

May
8
Payment Deadline, 5:00PM CST, First drop for non-payment
11
Classes begin
12
Census Date
14
Second drop for non-payment
25
Memorial Day holiday, all offices closed, no classes held
26
  • Last day to withdraw from one or more courses. 
  • Final grade rosters open for Short Summer Session
29
Final exams
30
End of Short Summer Session
June
1
First Day to File for Spring 2027 Graduation
2
  • Deadline to resolve outstanding items for Spring 2026 graduation
  • Final grades due in Faculty Center by 12:00PM CST for Short Summer Session
15
Final Filing Deadline for Summer 2026 Graduation
19
Juneteenth/Emancipation holiday: all offices closed; no classes held

May
8
  • Payment Deadline, 5:00PM CST
  • First Drop for Non-Payment
11
Classes begin
25
Memorial Day holiday, all offices closed, no classes held
26
Census Date
28
Second drop for non-payment
June
1
First Day to File for Spring 2027 Graduation
2
Deadline to resolve outstanding items for Spring 2026 graduation
15
Final Filing Deadline for Summer 2026 Graduation
19
Juneteenth/Emancipation holiday: all offices closed; no classes held
29
Last day to schedule thesis or dissertation defense for Summer 2026 graduation
July
3
Independence Day Holiday (Observed), all offices closed, no classes held
9
Last day to withdraw from one or more courses
13
Last day to submit completed thesis or dissertation for Summer 2026 Graduation
August
4
Final grade rosters open for Long Summer Session
7
Final exams
8
  • End of Long Summer Session
  • Summer 2026 Commencement
11
Final grades due in Faculty Center by 12:00PM CST for Long Summer Session

May
25
Memorial Day holiday, all offices closed, no classes held
29
Payment Deadline, 5:00PM CST
June
1
  • Classes begin.
  • Deadline to resolve outstanding items for Spring 2026 graduation
  • First Day to File for Spring 2027 Graduation
2
First drop for non-payment
4
Census Date
8
Second drop for non-payment
15
Final Filing Deadline for Summer 2026 Graduation
19
Juneteenth/Emancipation holiday: all offices closed; no classes held
24
Last day to withdraw from one or more courses
29
Last day to schedule thesis or dissertation defense for Summer 2026 graduation
30
Final grade rosters open
July
2
Final exams
3
Independence Day Holiday (Observed), all offices closed, no classes held
4
End of Summer 1 Session
7
Final grades due in Faculty Center by 12:00PM CST
13
Last day to submit completed thesis or dissertation for Summer 2026 Graduation

June
29
Last day to schedule thesis or dissertation defense for Summer
July
2
Payment Deadline, 5:00PM CST
3
Independence Day Holiday (Observed), all offices closed, no classes held
6
Classes begin
7
First drop for non-payment
9
Census Date
13
  • Second drop for non-payment
  • Last day to submit completed thesis or dissertation for Summer 2026 Graduation
29
Last day to withdraw from one or more courses
August
4
Final grade rosters open
7
Final exams
8
  • End of Summer II Session
  • Summer 2026 Commencement
11
Final grades due in Faculty Center by 12:00PM CST

Academic Calendar 2025-2026