2026-2027 Academic Calendar

Fall 2026

August 31 (Monday) New international students arrive
September 1 (Tuesday)  Pre-orientation begins for new international students 
September 2 (Wednesday)  Registration opens for add/drop period
September 3 (Thursday)  New domestic students arrive and Orientation begins
September 6 (Sunday) – September 8 (Tuesday)  Returning students arrive
September 8 at 10am (Tuesday)  Convocation
September 9 (Wednesday)  Classes begin
September 15 (Tuesday)  Last day to add classes without permission 
September 22 (Tuesday)  Last day to add classes
September 23 (Wednesday)  Last day to withdraw from a class without “W” notation recorded
October 10 (Saturday) - October 13 (Tuesday)  Fall break 
October 16 (Friday) - October 18 (Sunday)  Family & Friends Weekend
October 22 (Thursday) - October 30 (Friday)  Add/drop period for second half-semester classes
October 23 (Friday)  Last day of first-half-semester classes
October 26 (Monday)  First day of second-half-semester classes
October 26 (Monday)  Degree conferral for summer term finishers
November 2 (Monday) - November 6 (Friday)  Academic advising period
November 3 (Tuesday)  First-half-of-semester grades due  
November 8, 1837  Founder’s Day
November 9 (Monday) - November 20 (Friday)  Registration request period for spring Mount Holyoke and Five College classes
November 19 (Thursday)  Last day to withdraw from a class with “W” notation recorded
November 19 (Thursday)  Last day to declare ungraded option for a fall class
November 25 (Wednesday) – November 29 (Sunday)  November Break
December 15 (Tuesday)  Last day of classes
December 16 (Wednesday) - December 17 (Thursday)  Reading days
December 18 (Friday) - December 22 at noon (Tuesday)  Examinations
December 22 at noon (Tuesday) – January 1 (Friday)  December recess
January 6 at 11pm (Monday)  Fall grades due

Intersession 2027

For the Professional and Graduate Education January Term, see Additional Terms at the bottom of this calendar.

January 4 (Monday) - January 22 (Friday)  Intersession
January 18 (Monday)  Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 23 (Saturday) - January 25 (Monday)  January recess

Spring 2027

January 20 (Wednesday) Registration opens for add/drop period
January 20 (Wednesday)  New international students arrive and their pre-orientation begins
January 21 (Thursday)  New domestic students arrive and Orientation begins
January 26 (Tuesday)  Classes begin
February 1 (Monday)  Last day to add classes without permission
February 8 (Monday)  Last day to add classes
February 9 (Tuesday)  Last day to withdraw from a class without “W” notation recorded
March 5 (Friday)  Degree conferral for fall semester and January term finishers
March 10 (Wednesday) - March 26 (Friday)  Add/drop period for second half-semester classes
March 12 (Friday)  Last day of first-half-semester classes
March 13 (Saturday) - March 21 (Sunday)  Spring break
March 22 (Monday)  First day of second-half-semester classes
March 23 (Tuesday)  First-half-of-semester grades due  
March 30 (Tuesday)  BOOM: Community Day (no classes) 
April 5 (Monday) - April 9 (Friday) Academic advising period 
April 12 (Monday) - April 23 (Friday) Registration request period for fall Five College classes 
April 12 (Monday) - April 28 (Wednesday) Registration period for fall Mount Holyoke classes 
April 12 (Monday)  Last day to withdraw from a class with “W” notation recorded
April 12 (Monday)  Last day to declare ungraded option for a spring class
May 4 (Tuesday)  Last day of classes
May 5 (Wednesday) – May 6 (Thursday) Reading Days
May 7 (Friday) – May 11 at noon (Tuesday)  Examinations. Seniors, however, must complete exams by Monday, May 10 at noon
May 13 at 4pm (Thursday)  Senior grades due
May 22 (Saturday)  Baccalaureate Ceremony
May 23 (Sunday)  Commencement
May 25 at 11pm (Tuesday)  Underclass grades due

Additional Terms for Professional and Graduate Education

January Term 2027

January 4 (Monday)  January term classes begin
January 11 (Monday)  Last day to withdraw from a class without “W” notation recorded
January 14 (Thursday)  Last day to withdraw from a class with “W” notation recorded
January 18 (Monday)  Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)
January 22 (Friday)  Last day of January term classes
February 1 at 11pm (Monday)  January term grades due

Summer Session 2027

April 19 (Monday) – April 23 (Friday) Registration period for all Summer Session classes
June 1 (Tuesday)  First-half summer classes begin
May 31 (Monday)  Memorial Day (no classes)
June 18 (Friday) Juneteenth observed (no classes)
July 2 (Friday)  Last day of first-half summer classes
July 5 (Monday) Independence Day observed
July 6 (Tuesday)  Second-half summer classes begin
July 8 (Thursday)  Last day to add second-half summer classes
July 12 at 11pm (Monday)  First-half summer grades due
August 6 (Friday)  Last day of second-half classes
August 13 at 11pm (Friday)  Second-half grades due