Academic Calendar

FALL TERM 2024

New students arrive and check-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 22 (Th)
Returning students arrive and check-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 24-25 (S-Su)
New student orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 24-25 (S-Su)
Fall 7-week Session I courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 25 (Su)
Fall 15-week courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 26 (M)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1 (Su)
Labor Day (UVF closed)
Courses resume at 6pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 2 (M)
Last day to add/drop for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 3 (T)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session I courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 20 (F)
Graduation applications late submission
deadline for December graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 20 (F)
Fall Break (Columbus Day)
No Monday evening seated courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 14-15 (M-T)
7-week Session I ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 13 (Su)
7-week Session II begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 20 (Su)
Last day to withdraw from 15-week courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 25 (F)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 27 (Su)
Spring semester registration for 15-week courses
for Juniors and Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 21-25 (M-F)
Spring semester registration for 15-week courses
for Freshman and Sophomores . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 28-November 1 (M-F)
Graduation applications due for Spring & Summer Graduates
(must be submitted to participate
in the Commencement Ceremony) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 8 (F)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session II
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 15 (F)
Thanksgiving Holiday (15-week courses) . . November 27-December 1 (W-Su)
15-week courses resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2 (M)
Last day of 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 6 (F)
Last day of 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 8 (Su)
Final examinations for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 9-13 (M-F)
Last day of 15-week semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 13 (F)

SPRING TERM 2025

New and returning students arrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .January 11 (S)
Returning students check-in
& new student orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 11-12 (S-Su)
Spring 7-week Session I courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 12 (Su)
Spring 15-week courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 13 (M)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 19 (Su)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (UVF closed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 20 (M) Seated courses resume at 6pm
Last day to add/drop for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 21 (T)
Graduation applications late submission
deadline for Spring graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 31 (F)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week session I courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 7 (F)
President’s Day (UVF closed)
Seated courses resume at 6pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 17 (M)
7-week Session I ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 2 (Su)
7-week Session II begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 9 (Su)
Spring Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1-9 (S-Su)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 16 (Su)
Last day to withdraw
from courses with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 21 (F)
Fall semester registration for 15-week courses
for Juniors and Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 24-28 (M-F)
Fall semester registration for 15-week courses
for Freshman and Sophomores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 31-April 4 (M-F)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session II
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 4 (F)
Easter Holiday (UVF closed)
Seated courses resume at 6pm (April 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 17-21 (Th-M)
Graduation applications due for Fall Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 11 (F)
Last day of 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 27 (Su)
Last day of 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2 (F)
Final examinations for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 5-9 (M-F)
Last day of 15-week semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 9 (F)
Baccalaureate & Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 9 (F)

SUMMER TERM 2025

Summer 7-week Session I courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11 (Su)
Summer 15-week courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 12 (M)
Last day to add/drop/register (7-week) Session I courses . . . . . . . . May 18 (Su)
Last day to add/drop/register (15-week) courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20 (T)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session I courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 6 (F)
7-week Session I ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 28 (S)
7-week Session II begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 29 (Su)
Last day to withdraw from 15-week courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 11 (F)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 6 (Su)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session II
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 25 (F)
Last day of 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 15 (F)
Last day of 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 16 (S)
Final examinations for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 18-22 (M-F)
Last day of 15-week semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 22 (F)

FALL TERM 2025

New students arrive and check-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 21 (Th)
Returning students arrive and check-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 23-24 (S-Su)
New student orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 23-24 (S-Su)
Fall 7-week Session I courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 24 (Su)
Fall 15-week courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 25 (M)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 31 (Su)
Labor Day (UVF closed)
Courses resume at 6pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1 (M)
Last day to add/drop for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 2 (T)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session I courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 19 (F)
Graduation applications late submission
deadline for December graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 19 (F)
Fall Break
No Monday evening seated courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 13-14 (M-T)
7-week Session I ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 12 (Su)
7-week Session II begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 19 (Su)
Last day to withdraw from 15-week courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 24 (F)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 26 (Su)
Spring semester registration for 15-week courses
for Juniors and Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 20-24 (M-F)
Spring semester registration for 15-week courses
for Freshman and Sophomores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 27-31 (M-F)
Graduation applications due for Spring & Summer Graduates
(must be submitted to participate
in the Commencement Ceremony) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 7 (F)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session II
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 14 (F)
Thanksgiving Holiday (15-week courses) . . . . . . . . . . November 26-30 (W-Su)
15-week courses resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1 (M)
Last day of 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 5 (F)
Last day of 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 7 (Su)
Final examinations for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 8-12 (M-F)
Last day of 15-week semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 12 (F)

SPRING TERM 2026

New and returning students arrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 10 (S)
Returning students check-in
& new student orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 10-11 (S-Su)
Spring 7-week Session I courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 11 (Su)
Spring 15-week courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 12 (M)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 18 (Su)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (UVF closed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 19 (M) Seated courses resume at 6pm
Last day to add/drop for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 20 (T)
Graduation applications late submission
deadline for Spring graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 30 (F)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week session I courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 6 (F)
President’s Day (UVF closed)
Seated courses resume at 6pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 16 (M)
7-week Session I ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 1 (Su)
7-week Session II begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 8 (Su)
Spring Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 7-15 (S-Su)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 15 (Su)
Last day to withdraw
from courses with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 20 (F)
Fall semester registration for 15-week courses
for Juniors and Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 23-27 (M-F)
Fall semester registration for 15-week courses
for Freshman and Sophomores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 29-April 3 (M-F)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session II
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 3 (F)
Easter Holiday (UVF closed)
Seated courses resume at 6pm (April 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2-6 (Th-M)
Graduation applications due for Fall Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 10 (F)
Last day of 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 26 (Su)
Last day of 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1 (F)
Final examinations for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 4-8 (M-F)
Last day of 15-week semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8 (F)
Baccalaureate & Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8 (F)

SUMMER TERM 2026

Summer 7-week Session I courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 10 (Su)
Summer 15-week courses begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11 (M)
Last day to add/drop/register (7-week) Session I courses . . . . . . . . May 17 (Su)
Last day to add/drop/register (15-week) courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 19 (T)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session I courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 5 (F)
7-week Session I ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 27 (S)
7-week Session II begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 28 (Su)
Last day to add/drop for 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 5 (Su)
Last day to withdraw from 15-week courses
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10 (F)
Last day to withdraw from 7-week Session II
with a grade of “W” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 24 (F)
Last day of 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 14 (F)
Last day of 7-week Session II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 15 (S)
Final examinations for 15-week courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 17-21 (M-F)
Last day of 15-week semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 21 (F)

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