Academic Calendar
Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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December 16, 2024
Application for graduation available for Summer 2025March 24, 2025
Advanced Registration* period begins for all summer semester classesMarch 25, 2025
Open Registration** period begins for all summer semester classesMay 27, 2025
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite, asynchronous online and synchronous online classes beginJune 2, 2025
Last day to add summer 2025 graduate classesJune 6, 2025
Last day to submit a graduation application for summer 2025 semesterJune 9, 2025
Last day to drop summer 2025 graduate classesJune 19, 2025
Juneteenth– no onsite classes heldJune 20, 2025
Last day to withdraw from summer 2025 graduate classesJuly 4, 2025
Fourth of July– no onsite classes heldJuly 15-25, 2025
Exam week for onsite classesJuly 21, 2025
Graduate 8-week summer session asynchronous online classes endJuly 22, 2025
Make-up day for summer session onsite classes (if needed)July 25, 2025
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite and synchronous online classes endsJuly 28, 2025
Accelerated summer session classes beginAugust 17, 2025
Accelerated summer session classes endAugust 22, 2025
Summer 2025 term endsAugust 22, 2025
Conferral date (date displayed on diploma) for summer 2025 graduates*Advanced Registration period available to students who have earned 50% of their degree credits
**Open Registration period available to all active students
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April 1, 2025
Application for graduation available for Fall 2025April 7, 2025
Advanced Registration* period begins for all fall semester classesApril 8, 2025
Open Registration** period begins for all fall semester classesAugust 11-18, 2025
Full-time MBA Foundations Week | on-siteAugust 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 beginAugust 31, 2025
Last day to add Fall I 2025 graduate classesSeptember 1, 2025
Labor Day holiday - no onsite classes heldSeptember 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 classesSeptember 12, 2025
Last day to submit an application for graduation for Fall 2025September 19, 2025
Last day to withdraw from Fall I 2025 graduate classesOctober 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 classesOctober 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 endOctober 20, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall I session onsite and synchronous online classes endOctober 21, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall II session asynchronous online classes beginOctober 22, 2025
Graduate 8-week Fall II session onsite and synchronous online classes beginOctober 27, 2025
Last day to add Fall II 2025 graduate classesNovember 3, 2025
Last day to drop Fall II 2025 graduate classesNovember 14, 2025
Last day to withdraw from Fall II 2025 graduate and undergraduate classesNovember 26– 28, 2025
Thanksgiving holiday - no onsite classes heldDecember 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 endDecember 15-19, 2025
Exam week for onsite classesDecember 19, 2025
Fall II graduate session onsite classes and 16-week graduate session onsite classes endDecember 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
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April 7, 2025
Advanced Registration* period begins for Intersession semester classesApril 8, 2025
Open Registration** period begins for Intersession semester classesJanuary 2, 2026
Intersession onsite classes beginJanuary 16, 2026
Intersession onsite classes endJanuary 17, 2026
Make-up day for Intersession (if needed)
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April 1, 2025
Application for graduation available for Spring 2026November 10, 2025
Advanced Registration* period begins for all spring semester classesNovember 11, 2025
Open Registration** period begins for all spring semester classesJanuary 19, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday – no classes heldJanuary 20, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring I session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes beginJanuary 26, 2026
Last day to add Spring I 2026 graduate classesJanuary 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 classesFebruary 13, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Spring I 2026 graduate classesFebruary 13, 2026
Last day to submit an application for graduation for the Spring 2026 semesterMarch 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 classesMarch 16, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring I session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes endMarch 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 beginMarch 29, 2026
Last day to add Spring II 2026 graduate classesApril 5, 2026
Last day to drop Spring II 2026 graduate classesApril 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 classesMay 11-15, 2026
Exam week for onsite classes-adjusted scheduleMay 15, 2026
Graduate 8-week Spring II session onsite and synchronous online classes endMay 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 endMay 19, 2026 (tentative)
Carey Graduation CeremonyMay 21, 2026
University-wide CommencementMay 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
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March 23, 2026
Advanced Registration* period begins for all summer semester classesMarch 24, 2026
Open Registration** period begins for all summer semester classesApril 1, 2026
Application for graduation available for academic year 2025-26May 26, 2026
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes beginJune 1, 2026
Last day to add Summer 2026 graduate classesJune 8, 2026
Last day to drop Summer 2026 graduate classesJune 8, 2026
Last day to submit a graduation application for the Summer 2026 semesterJune 19, 2026
Juneteenth– no onsite classes heldJune 19, 2026
Last day to withdraw from Summer 2026 graduate classesJuly 3, 2026
Fourth of July Observed– no onsite classes heldJuly 14-20, 2026
Exam week for onsite classesJuly 20, 2026
Graduate 8-week summer session onsite, synchronous online, and asynchronous online classes endJuly 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)*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.