Graduate Semester Academic Calendar
| Faculty workshops |
August 19 – 23
|
| Classes begin |
August 26 |
| Last day to register for or add classes or choose audit |
August 30 |
| Labor Day holiday—no classes held |
September 2 |
| Fall Break |
October 7 - 8 |
| Spring semester registration begins |
October 28 |
| Last date to withdraw with “W” |
November 1
|
| Thanksgiving holiday—no classes held |
November 27 – 29 |
| Final exams |
December 9 – 12
|
| Last day of fall term |
December 13 |
| Deadline for making up Incomplete grades from spring 2019 |
December 13 |
| Belleville campus commencement ceremony, 3 p.m. |
December 14 |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
December 17 |
**Updated November 2019. Please see the November 2019 addendum for more information.
| New Year's Eve - university closed |
December 31 |
| New Year's Day - university closed |
January 1 |
| Classes begin |
January 13
|
| Last day to register for or add classes or choose audit |
January 17
|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day-no classes held |
January 20 |
| Spring Break |
March 9 – 13 |
| Fall and summer semester registration |
March 23 |
| Good Friday - no classes held |
April 10 |
| Last day to withdraw with "W" |
April 17 *** |
| Final exams |
May 4 - 7 |
| Belleville campus commencement ceremony, 7 p.m. |
May 7 |
| Deadline for making up Incomplete grades from Fall 2019 |
May 8
|
| Last day of spring term |
May 8 |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
May 12
|
Summer session dates vary by program. Contact your advisor for exact dates.
**Updated November 2019. Please see the November 2019 addendum for more information.
***Updated March 2020.