Academic Calendar

Academic Year 2025 - 2026

: April 1, 2025
Application for graduation available for Fall 2025
April 7, 2025
Advanced Registration* period begins for all fall semester classes
April 8, 2025
Open Registration** period begins for all fall semester classes
August 11-18, 2025
Full-time MBA Foundations Week | on-site
August 12, 2025
International Orientation | on-site Washington, D.C.
(both D.C. and Baltimore students to attend in D.C. | Free transportation to D.C. for Baltimore-based students)
August 18, 2025
Full-time Master of Science Orientation D.C. | on-site

August 21, 2025
Full-time Master of Science Orientation Baltimore | on-site

August 25, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall I session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous classes begin
August 31, 2025
Last day to add Fall I 2025 graduate classes
September 1, 2025
Labor Day holiday - no onsite classes held
September 5, 2025
Last day to add fall 2025 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
September 7, 2025
Last day to drop Fall I 2025 graduate classes
September 12, 2025
Last day to submit an application for graduation for Fall 2025
September 19, 2025
Last day to withdraw from Fall I 2025 graduate classes
October 5, 2025
Last day to drop Fall 2025 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
October 14-20, 2025
Exam week for onsite classes
October 18, 2025
Make-up day for Fall I session onsite classes (if needed)
October 19, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall I session asynchronous online classes end
October 20, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall I session onsite and synchronous online classes end
October 21, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall II session asynchronous online classes begin
October 22, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall II session onsite and synchronous online classes begin
October 27, 2025
Last day to add Fall II 2025 graduate classes
November 3, 2025
Last day to drop Fall II 2025 graduate classes
November 14, 2025
Last day to withdraw from Fall II 2025 graduate and undergraduate classes
November 26– 28, 2025
Thanksgiving holiday - no onsite and synchronous online classes held
December 13, 2025
Make-up days for Fall II graduate session onsite classes, and 16-week graduate session onsite classes (if needed)

December 15, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall II session asynchronous online classes end
December 15-19, 2025
Exam week for onsite classes
December 20, 2025
Fall II graduate session onsite classes and 16-week graduate session onsite classes end
December 31, 2025
Conferral date (date displayed on diploma) for fall 2025 graduates

*Advanced Registration period available to students who have earned 50% of their degree credits
**Open Registration period available to all active students

: April 7, 2025
Advanced Registration* period begins for Intersession semester classes
April 8, 2025
Open Registration** period begins for Intersession semester classes
January 2, 2026
Intersession onsite classes begin
January 16, 2026
Intersession onsite classes end
January 17, 2026
Make-up day for Intersession (if needed)

: April 1, 2025
Application for graduation available for Spring 2026
November 10, 2025
Advanced Registration* period begins for all spring semester classes
November 11, 2025
Open Registration** period begins for all spring semester classes
January 19, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday – no classes held
January 20, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring I session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes begin
January 26, 2026
Last day to add Spring I 2026 graduate classes
January 30, 2026
Last day to add Spring 2026 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
February 2, 2026
Last day to drop Spring I 2026 graduate classes
February 13, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Spring I 2026 graduate classes
February 13, 2026
Last day to submit an application for graduation for the Spring 2026 semester
March 2, 2026
Last day to drop Spring 2026 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
March 14, 2026
Make-up days for Graduate 8-week Spring I onsite classes (if needed)
March 10-16, 2026
Exam week for onsite classes
March 16, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring I session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes end
March 17-20, 2026
Spring Break (no onsite or online classes held)
March 23, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring II session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online begin
March 29, 2026
Last day to add Spring II 2026 graduate classes
April 5, 2026
Last day to drop Spring II 2026 graduate classes
April 10, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Spring 2026 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
April 17, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Spring II 2026 graduate classes
May 11-15, 2026
Exam week for onsite classes-adjusted schedule
May 15, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring II session onsite and synchronous online classes end
May 16, 2026
Make-up day for Graduate 8-week Spring II session onsite classes (if needed)
May 17, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring II session asynchronous online classes end
May 19, 2026 (tentative)
Carey Graduation Ceremony
May 21, 2026
University-wide Commencement
May 21, 2026
Conferral date (date displayed on diploma) for spring 2026 graduates
*Advanced Registration period available to students who have earned 50% of their degree credits
**Open Registration period available to all active students

: March 23, 2026
Advanced Registration* period begins for all summer semester classes
March 24, 2026
Open Registration** period begins for all summer semester classes
April 1, 2026
Application for graduation available for academic year 2025-26
May 26, 2026
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes begin
June 1, 2026
Last day to add Summer 2026 graduate classes
June 5, 2026
Last day to submit a graduation application for the Summer 2026 semester
June 8, 2026
Last day to drop Summer 2026 graduate classes
June 19, 2026
Juneteenth– no onsite classes held
June 19, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Summer 2026 graduate classes
July 3, 2026
Fourth of July Observed– no onsite classes held
July 14-20, 2026
Exam week for onsite classes
July 20, 2026
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes end
July 21, 2026
Make-up day for summer session onsite classes (if needed)
August 28, 2026
Official end of summer term (individual course end dates may differ)
August 28, 2026
Conferral date (date displayed on diploma) for Summer 2026 graduates
*Advanced Registration period available to students who have earned 50% of their degree credits
**Open Registration period available to all active students

Academic Year 2026 - 2027

: April 1, 2026
Application for graduation available for Fall 2026
April 13, 2026
Advanced Registration* period begins for all fall semester classes
April 14, 2026
Open Registration** period begins for all fall semester classes
TBD
Full-Time MBA Foundations Week | on-site
August 31, 2026
Graduate 8-week Fall I session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous classes begin
September 6, 2026
Last day to add Fall I 2026 graduate classes
September 7, 2026
Labor Day holiday - no onsite classes held
September 11, 2026
Last day to add Fall 2026 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
September 13, 2026
Last day to drop Fall I 2026 graduate classes
September 18, 2026
Last day to submit an application for graduation for Fall 2026
September 25, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Fall I 2026 graduate classes
October 11, 2026
Last day to drop Fall 2026 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
October 20-26, 2026
Exam week for onsite classes
October 24, 2026
Make-up day for Fall I session onsite classes (if needed)
October 25, 2026
Graduate 8-week Fall I session synchronous online and asynchronous classes end
October 26, 2026
Graduate 8-week Fall I session onsite classes end
October 27, 2026
Graduate 8-week Fall II session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous classes begin
November 2, 2026
Last day to add Fall II graduate classes
November 9, 2026
Last day to drop Fall II graduate classes
November 20, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Fall II graduate and undergraduate classes
November 26– 27, 2026
Thanksgiving holiday - no onsite classes held
December 15-23, 2025
Exam week for onsite classes (adjusted)
December 19, 2026
Make-up days for Fall II graduate session onsite classes
December 21, 2026
Graduate 8-week Fall II session synchronous online and asynchronous classes end
December 23, 2026
Fall II graduate session onsite classes end

: April 13, 2026
Advanced Registration* period begins for Intersession semester classes
April 14, 2026
Open Registration** period begins for Intersession semester classes
January 4, 2027
Intersession onsite classes begin
January 16, 2027
Make-up day for Intersession (if needed)
January 18, 2027
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday – no classes held
January 22, 2027
Intersession onsite classes end

: April 1, 2026
Application for graduation available for Spring 2027
November 16, 2026
Advanced Registration* period begins for all spring semester classes
November 17, 2026
Open Registration** period begins for all spring semester classes
January 18, 2027
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday – no classes held
January 25, 2027
Graduate 8-week Spring I session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous classes classes begin
January 31, 2027
Last day to add Spring I 2027 graduate classes
February 5, 2027
Last day to add Spring 2027 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
February 7, 2027
Last day to drop Spring I 2027 graduate classes
February 19, 2027
Last day to withdraw from Spring I 2027 graduate classes
February 19, 2027
Last day to submit an application for graduation for the Spring 2027 semester
March 7, 2027
Last day to drop Spring 2027 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
March 15-19, 2027
Exam week for onsite classes
March 20, 2027
Make-up days for Graduate 8-week Spring I onsite classes (if needed)
March 19, 2027
Graduate 8-week Spring I session onsite classes end
March 21, 2027
Graduate 8-week Spring I session synchronous online and asynchronous classes end
March 22-26, 2027
Spring Break (no onsite or online classes held)
March 29, 2027
Graduate 8-week Spring II session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous classes begin
April 4, 2027
Last day to add Spring II 2027 graduate classes
April 11, 2027
Last day to drop Spring II 2027 graduate classes
April 16, 2027
Last day to withdraw from Spring 2027 undergraduate classes
(U1 sections taking place on the Homewood Campus)
April 23, 2027
Last day to withdraw from Spring II 2027 graduate classes
May 22, 2027
Make-up day for Graduate 8-week Spring II session onsite classes (if needed)
May 17-21, 2027
Exam week for onsite classes schedule
May 21, 2027
Graduate 8-week Spring II session onsite classes end
May 23, 2027
Graduate 8-week Spring II session synchronous online, and asynchronous classes end
May 25, 2027 (tentative)
Carey Graduation Ceremony
May 27, 2027 (tentative)
University-wide Commencement

: March 29, 2027
Advanced Registration* period begins for all summer semester classes
March 30, 2027
Open Registration** period begins for all summer semester classes
April 1, 2027
Application for graduation available for Summer 2027
June 1, 2027
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous classes begin
June 7, 2027
Last day to add Summer 2027 graduate classes
June 14, 2027
Last day to drop Summer 2027 graduate classes
June 14, 2027
Last day to submit a graduation application for the Summer 2027 semester
June 18, 2027
Juneteenth Observance– no onsite classes held
June 25, 2027
Last day to withdraw from Summer 2027 graduate classes
July 5, 2027
Fourth of July Observed– no onsite classes held
July 20-26, 2027
Exam week for onsite classes (adjusted)
July 24, 2027
Make-up day for summer session onsite classes (if needed)
July 26, 2027
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous classes end
August 27, 2027
Official end of summer term (individual course end dates may differ)

*Advanced Registration period available to students who have earned 50% of their degree credits
**Open Registration period available to all active students

See the Course Adds and Drops page for detailed registration and refund schedules

See also Johns Hopkins University Academic Calendar for key dates shared across divisions.

Academic Calendar

Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Fall Semester 2025

Intersession 2026

Spring Semester 2026

Summer Semester 2026

Academic Year 2026 - 2027

Fall Semester 2026

Intersession 2027

Spring Semester 2027

Summer Semester 2027

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