Academic Calendar: Spring Semester 2025

Semester Dates: January 13, 2025 - May 10, 2025

Thursday, November 5, 2024

Registration for Spring Semester 2025 begins (use Cardinal Students)

Saturday, January 11

Degree conferral for students completing degree requirements in Fall 2024 semester

Monday, January 13

Opening of classes

Monday, January 20

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (Holiday: No classes)

Inauguration Day (Holiday: No classes)

Friday, January 24

Last day to register or add regular session courses, including comprehensive exams and internships (use Cardinal Students)*

Last day to drop a regular session course without record (use Cardinal Students)*

March for Life; No classes between 11:00 a.m. and 3:10 p.m.

Thursday, January 28

Patronal Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas University Mass, 12:10 p.m.; no classes held between 11:50 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 11 Administrative Monday: Classes follow a Monday schedule this day; Tuesday classes do not meet

Monday, February 24 – Friday, February 28

 

Faculty submit interim grades for undergraduates in Cardinal Students

 

Friday, February 28

Midterm

Last day to resolve grades of Incomplete from the Fall 2024 semester

Last day to change to audit (must have dean’s permission)

Wednesday, March 5

Ash Wednesday

Friday, March 7

Last day for Spring 2025 graduation candidates to submit online diploma application (use Cardinal Students)

Monday, March 10

Spring recess begins

Monday, March 17

Classes Resume

Registration for Summer Sessions 2025 begins (use Cardinal Students)

Fall 2025 class schedule released in Cardinal Students

Enrollment appointments assigned for Fall 2025

Pre-registration advising begins

Wednesday, April 2

Last day to withdraw from regular session classes with a “W” grade (use Cardinal Students)*

Last day to request an academic leave for the semester

University Research Day; Undergraduate/Graduate classes cancelled, Law classes cancelled through 3:30 p.m.**

Thursday, April 3 Registration for Fall Semester 2025 begins (use Cardinal Students)
Wednesday April 9 Last day to request pass/fail option (undergraduates only; must have dean’s permission)
Wednesday, April 10 Founders Day

Thursday, April 27

Easter Recess begins

Holy Thursday

Friday, April 19

Good Friday

Sunday, April 20

Easter Sunday

Monday, April 21

Easter Monday

Tuesday, April 22

Classes resume

Friday, May 2

Final date to deposit theses and dissertations for May graduation

Saturday, May 3

Last day of classes

Sunday, May 4 – Monday, May 5

Reading period

Tuesday, May 6 – Saturday, May 10

Final examination period

Monday, May 12

Grades for graduating students due by noon

Tuesday, May 13

All other grades due by 3:00 p.m.

Friday, May 16

Baccalaureate Mass

University Honors Convocation

Saturday, May 17

Commencement exercises

Degree conferral for undergraduate and graduate students completing degree requirements in Spring 2025 semester

Friday, May 23

Law School Commencement

Degree conferral for law students completing degree requirements in Spring 2025 semester

Monday, May 12 – Saturday, August 16

Summer Session

 

Friday, July 25

Last day for Summer 2025 graduation candidates to submit diploma application in Cardinal Students

Final date to deposit theses and dissertations for August graduation

Saturday, August 23

Degree conferral for students completing degree requirements in Summer 2025 semester

*Courses offered in dynamically dated sessions (those that do not extend the full length of the semester) may have earlier or later deadlines, as listed via the Enrollment Deadlines hyperlink on the class listing in Cardinal Students

**Reading days/periods may be used as make-up class days at the discretion of the University Provost