2025-2026 Academic Calendar

Fall 2025

August 26 (Tuesday) New international students and first-gen and low-income students arrive
August 27 (Wednesday)  Online registration opens for add/drop period 
August 27 (Wednesday)  New international students arrive and their pre-orientation begins
August 29 (Friday)  New students arrive and Orientation begins
August 31 (Sunday) - September 2 (Tuesday) Returning students arrive
September 2 at 11:30am (Tuesday)  Convocation
September 3 (Wednesday)  Classes begin
September 9 (Tuesday)  Last day to add classes without permission
September 16 (Tuesday)  Last day to add classes
September 17 (Wednesday)  Last day to withdraw from a course without “W” notation recorded
October 11 (Saturday) - October 14 (Tuesday)  Mid-semester break
October 16 (Thursday) - October 24 (Friday)  Add/drop period for second half-semester courses
October 17 (Friday)  Most first half-semester classes end
October 20 (Monday)  Most second half-semester classes begin
October 21 (Tuesday)  Degree conferral for summer term finishers
October 24 (Friday) - October 26 (Sunday)  Family & Friends Weekend
October 28 (Tuesday)  First-half-of-semester grades due
November 3 (Monday) - November 7 (Friday)  Academic advising period
November 8, 1837  Founder’s Day
November 10 (Monday) - November 21 (Friday)  Online Spring registration period for Mount Holyoke and Five College courses
November 13 (Thursday)  Last day to withdraw from a course with “W” notation recorded
November 13 (Thursday)  Last day to declare ungraded option
November 26 (Wednesday) – November 30 (Sunday)  November Break
December 9 (Tuesday)  Last day of classes
December 10 (Wednesday) - December 11 (Thursday)  Reading days
December 12 (Friday) - December 16 at noon (Tuesday)  Examinations
December 17 at noon (Tuesday) - January 1 (Wednesday)  December recess
January 2 at 11pm (Friday)  Fall grades due

Intersession 2026

For the Professional and Graduate Education January Term, see Additional Terms at the bottom of this calendar.
January 5 (Monday) - January 23 (Friday)  Intersession
January 19 (Monday)  Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 24 (Saturday) - January 26 (Monday)  January recess

Spring 2026

January 21 (Wednesday) Online registration opens for add/drop period
January 21 (Wednesday)  New international students arrive and their pre-orientation begins
January 22 (Thursday)  New students arrive and Orientation begins
January 27 (Tuesday)  Classes begin
February 2 (Monday)  Last day to add classes without permission
February 9 (Monday)  Last day to add classes
February 10 (Tuesday)  Last day to withdraw from a course without “W” notation recorded
March 9 (Monday)  Degree conferral for fall/winter term finishers
March 11 (Wednesday) - March 27 (Friday)  Add/drop period for second half-semester courses
March 13 (Friday)  Most first half-semester classes end
March 14 (Saturday) - March 22 (Sunday)  Mid-semester break
March 23 (Monday)  Most second half-semester classes begin
March 24 (Tuesday)  First-half-of-semester grades due
April 6 (Monday) - April 10 (Friday) Academic advising period (tentative) 
April 13 (Monday) - April 24 (Friday) Online registration period for Fall Five College courses (tentative)
April 13 (Monday) - April 29 (Wednesday) Online registration period for Fall Mount Holyoke courses
April 13 (Monday)  Last day to withdraw from a course with “W” notation recorded
April 13  (Monday)  Last day to declare ungraded option
April 28 (Tuesday) BOOM: Community Day (no classes)
May 5 (Tuesday) Last day of classes
May 6 (Wednesday) - May 7 (Thursday) Reading Days
May 8 (Friday) - May 12 (Tuesday)  Examinations. Seniors, however, must complete exams by Monday, May 11th at noon
May 14 at 4 pm (Thursday)  Senior grades due
May 22 (Friday) - May 24 (Sunday)  Reunion I
May 23 (Saturday)  Baccalaureate Service
May 24 (Sunday)  Commencement
May 27 at 11pm (Wednesday)  Underclass grades due
May 29 (Friday) - May 30 (Sunday)  Reunion II

Additional Terms for Professional and Graduate Education

January Term 2026

January 5 (Monday)  January term classes begin
January 12 (Monday)  Last day to withdraw from a course without “W” notation recorded
January 15 (Thursday)  Last day to withdraw from a course with “W” notation recorded
January 19 (Monday)  Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)
January 23 (Friday)  Last day of January term classes
February 2 (Monday)  January term grades due

First Summer Session 2026

May 7 (Thursday)  Online registration opens for Summer 1 and Summer 2 sessions
May 25 (Monday)  Memorial Day (no classes)
June 1 (Monday)  Summer 1 classes begin
June 3 (Wednesday)  Last day to add Summer 1 classes
June 8 (Monday)  Last day to withdraw from a Summer 1 course without “W” notation recorded
June 19 (Friday)  Juneteenth observed (no classes)
June 22 (Monday)  Last day to withdraw from a Summer 1 course with “W” notation recorded
July 2 (Thursday)  Last day of Summer 1 classes
July 3 (Friday)  Independence Day (no classes)
July 13 (Monday)  Summer 1 grades due

Second Summer Session 2026

May 7 (Thursday) - June 9 (Tuesday) Online registration open for Summer 2 session
June 16 (Tuesday)  Online registration re-opens for Summer 2 and Fall* sessions (*Professional and Graduate Education only)
July 6 (Monday)  Summer 2 classes begin
July 8 (Wednesday)  Last day to add Summer 2 classes
July 13 (Monday)  Last day to withdraw from a Summer 2 course without “W” notation recorded
July 22 (Wednesday)  Last day to withdraw from a Summer 2 course with “W” notation recorded
August 14 (Friday)  Last day of Summer 2 classes
August 27 (Thursday)  Summer 2 grades due