Academic Calendar: Spring Semester 2025

Semester Dates: January 12, 2026 - May 9, 2026

Tuesday, November 4, 2024

Registration for Spring Semester 2026 begins (use Cardinal Students)

Saturday, January 10

Degree conferral for students completing degree requirements in Fall 2025 semester

Monday, January 12

Opening of classes

Monday, January 29

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

Friday, January 23

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.

Wednesday, 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 10 Administrative Monday: Classes follow a Monday schedule this day; Tuesday classes do not meet
Wednesday, February 18 Ash Wednesday

Monday, February 23 – Friday, February 27

 

Faculty submit interim grades for undergraduates in Cardinal Students

 

Friday, February 27

Midterm

Last day to resolve grades of Incomplete from the Fall 2025 semester

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

Friday, March 6

Last day for Spring 2026 graduation candidates to submit online diploma application (use Cardinal Students)

Monday, March 9

Spring recess begins

Monday, March 16

Classes Resume

Registration for Summer Sessions 2026 begins (use Cardinal Students) 

Thursday, March 19

 Fall 2026 class schedule released in Cardinal Students

Enrollment appointments assigned for Fall 2026

Pre-registration advising begins

Wednesday, April 1

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 

Friday, April 3 Good Friday
Sunday, April 5
Easter Sunday
Monday, April 6 Easter Monday
Tuesday, April 7  Classes resume
Wednesday April 8 Last day to request pass/fail option (undergraduates only; must have dean’s permission)
Thursday, April 9 Registration for Fall semester 2026 begins (Use Cardinal Students)
Friday, April 10 Founders Day
Wednesday, April 15 University Research Day; Undergraduate/Graduate classes cancelled, Law classes cancelled through 3:30 p.m.

Friday, May 1

Final date to deposit theses and dissertations for Spring 2026 graduation

Saturday, May 2

Last day of classes

Sunday, May 3 – Monday, May 4

Reading period

Tuesday, May 5 – Saturday, May 9

Final examination period

Monday, May 11

Grades for graduating students due by noon

Tuesday, May 12

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

Friday, May 15

Baccalaureate Mass 

Saturday, May 16

Commencement exercises

Degree conferral for undergraduate and graduate students completing degree requirements in Spring 2026 semester

Friday, May 22

Law School Commencement

Degree conferral for law students completing degree requirements in Spring 2026 semester

Monday, May 11 – Saturday, August 15

Summer Sessions

 

Friday, July 31

Last day for Summer 2026 graduation candidates to submit diploma application (use Cardinal Students)

Final date to deposit theses and dissertations for August graduation

Saturday, August 29

Degree conferral for students completing degree requirements in Summer 2026 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