Review key dates for registration, holidays, and semester milestones in the academic calendar below.
Summer 2025
| April 24, 2025 | Registration begins |
| May 27, 2025 | Late registration period begins [$125 fee] |
| May 27, 2025 | Classes begin |
| June 1, 2025 | Eve of Shavuot (no evening classes) |
| June 2-3, 2025 | Shavuot (closed, no classes) |
| June 4, 2025 | Add/drop period ends |
| June 19, 2025 | Juneteenth (closed, no classes) |
| June 20, 2025 | Last day to submit approved theses to GSBMS (08/2025 graduation) |
| July 1, 2025 | Last day to withdraw from classes |
| July 4, 2025 | Independence Day (closed, no classes) |
| July 28, 2025 | Semester ends |
| August 1, 2025 | Deadline to submit M.S. Committee Membership form (topic, outline, and committee) - 12/2025 graduation |
| August 2, 2025 | Eve of Tisha B'Av (no evening classes) |
| August 3, 2025 | Tisha B'Av (closed, no classes) |
| August 4, 2025 | Grades due for all students |
Fall 2025
| June 19, 2025 | Registration begins |
| August 11, 2025 | Late registration period begins [$125 fee] |
| August 11, 2025 | Classes begin |
| August 25, 2025 | Add/drop period ends |
| September 1, 2025 | Labor Day (closed, no classes) |
| September 22, 2025 | Eve of Rosh Hashanah (no evening classes) |
| September 23-24, 2025 | Rosh Hashanah (closed, no classes) |
| October 1, 2025 | Eve of Yom Kippur (no evening classes) |
| October 2, 2025 | Yom Kippur (closed, no classes) |
| October 6, 2025 | Eve of Sukkot (closed, no classes) |
| October 7-8, 2025 | Sukkot (closed, no classes) |
| October 13, 2025 | Eve of Holy Days (no evening classes) |
| October 14-15, 2025 | Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah (closed, no classes) |
| October 16, 2025 | Deadline to submit M.S. Committee Membership form (topic, outline, and committee) - 05/2026 graduation |
| November 1, 2025 | Last day to submit approved theses to GSBMS (12/2025 graduation) |
| November 24, 2025 | Last day to withdraw from classes |
| November 26, 2025 | Thanksgiving Recess - begins 3 pm |
| December 1, 2025 | Classes resume |
| December 22, 2025 | Semester ends |
| December 29, 2025 | Grades due |
Spring 2026
| November 20, 2025 | Registration begins |
| January 5, 2026 | Late registration period begins [$125 fee] |
| January 5, 2026 | Classes begin |
| January 19, 2026 | Martin Luther King Day (closed, no classes) |
| January 20, 2026 | Add/drop period ends |
| February 16, 2026 | Presidents’ Day (closed, no classes) |
| March 2, 2026 | Fast of Esther (no evening classes) |
| March 3, 2026 | Purim (closed, no classes) |
| March 31, 2026 | Last day to submit approved theses to GSBMS (05/2026 graduation) |
| April 1, 2026 | Eve of Passover (no evening classes) |
| April 2-3, 2026 | Passover, Days 1 & 2 (closed, no classes) |
| April 3, 2026 | Good Friday (closed, no classes) |
| April 6-10, 2026 | Spring break (no classes) |
| April 8-9, 2026 | Passover, Days 7 & 8 (closed, no classes) |
| April 15, 2026 | Deadline to submit M.S. Committee Membership form (topic, outline, and committee) - 08/2026 graduation |
| April 20, 2026 | Last day to withdraw from classes |
| May 7, 2026 | Semester ends |
| May 12, 2026 | Grades due for graduating students |
| May 14, 2026 | Grades due for all other students |
