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2025-2026 Academic Calendar

Fall 2025

EventDates
Fall 2025 Schedule AvailableMonday, March 17
Advance Registration BeginsMonday, April 7
New Faculty and Professional Staff OrientationMonday, August 18 & Tuesday, August 19
Orientation, Graduate Students – Syracuse CampusThursday, August 21
Orientation, Graduate Students – Main CampusFriday, August 22
Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-1 CoursesMonday, August 25
Registration Changes (Add/Drop Period Begins)Monday, August 25
Final Date to Add a Q-1 CourseThursday, August 28
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Q-1 CoursesThursday, August 28
Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester CourseThursday, September 4
Student Teaching OrientationThursday – Friday, August 28–29
Labor Day (No Classes)Monday, September 1
Q-1 Student Teaching BeginsTuesday, September 2
Final Date to Drop a Q-1 CourseThursday, September 4
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Semester CourseThursday, September 4
Final Date to Drop an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester CourseMonday, September 15
Course Withdrawal (W grade appears on transcript) in EffectSeptember 16 – December 5
Final Date for Faculty to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade ChangesFriday, October 3
Fall Break (No Classes)Thursday – Friday, October 9–10
End of Q-1 CoursesFriday, October 10
Final Exams: Q-1 CoursesMonday – Friday, October 13–17
End of Q-1 Student TeachingThursday, October 16
Student Teaching Mid-Semester MeetingFriday, October 17
Midterm Grades PostedFriday, October 17
Instruction Begins: Q-2 CoursesMonday, October 20
Q-2 Student Teaching BeginsMonday, October 20
Final Date to Add a Q-2 CourseThursday, October 23
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-2 CourseThursday, October 23
Final Date to Drop a Q-2 CourseWednesday, October 29
Thanksgiving RecessMonday – Friday, November 24–28
Classes ResumeMonday, December 1
Last Day of ClassesFriday, December 5
Final Day to Withdraw from a CourseFriday, December 5
Reading DaysSaturday – Sunday, December 6–7
Common FinalsMonday, December 8
Final Exams: Semester & Q-2 CoursesMonday – Friday, December 8–12
End of Q-2 Student TeachingThursday, December 11
December GraduationSaturday, December 13

Winter 2026

EventDates
Session 1Monday, December 15 – Friday, January 2
Session 1–2Monday, December 15 – Friday, January 23
New Year's Day: No classesThursday, January 1
Session 2Monday, January 5 – Friday, January 23
Martin Luther King Day: No ClassesMonday, January 19
Winter Session EndsFriday, January 23

Spring 2026

EventDates
Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-3 CoursesMonday, January 26
Q-3 Student Teaching BeginsMonday, January 26
Final Date to Add a Q-3 CourseThursday, January 29
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-3 CourseThursday, January 29
Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester CourseWednesday, February 4
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Semester CourseWednesday, February 4
Final Date to Drop a Q-3 CourseWednesday, February 4
Final Date to Drop an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester CourseFriday, February 13
Course Withdrawal Period (W grade appears on transcript) in EffectFebruary 14 – May 8
Final Date for Faculty to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade ChangesFriday, March 6
Final Exams: Q-3 CoursesMarch 9–13
Spring RecessMonday – Friday, March 16–20
End of Q-3 Student TeachingThursday, March 19
Student Teaching Mid-Semester MeetingFriday, March 20
Classes ResumeMonday, March 23
Q-4 Student Teaching BeginsMonday, March 23
Instruction Begins: Q-4 CoursesMonday, March 23
Final Date to Add a Q-4 CourseThursday, March 26
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-4 CourseThursday, March 26
Midterm Grades PostedFriday, March 27
Final Date to Drop a Q-4 CourseWednesday, April 1
Quest (No Classes, 8am – 5pm)Wednesday, April 22
Honors ConvocationFriday, April 24
Last Day of ClassesFriday, May 8
Final Day to Withdraw from a CourseFriday, May 8
Reading DaysSaturday – Sunday, May 9–10
Common FinalsMonday, May 11
Final Exams: Semester & Q-4 CoursesMonday – Friday, May 11–15
End of Q-4 Student TeachingThursday, May 14
Commencement Eve Torchlight Dinner and CeremonyFriday, May 15
CommencementSaturday, May 16

Summer 2026

EventDates
Memorial Day: No ClassesMonday, May 25
Session 1Tuesday, May 26 – June 12
Session 1–2Tuesday, May 26 – July 2
Juneteenth: No ClassesFriday, June 19
Session 1–4Tuesday, May 26 – August 14
Session 2Monday, June 15 – July 2
Independence Day: No ClassesFriday, July 3
Session 3Monday, July 6 – July 24
Session 3–4Monday, July 6 – August 14
Session 4Monday, July 27 – August 14

Contact

Phone: 315.312.2136

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours

Mon-Fri 8 am–4:30 pm 
Phone Availability: Mon–Fri, 8:15 am–4:15pm

Mailing Address

Registrar's Office
301 Culkin Hall
7060 State Route 104
Oswego, NY 13126