NCSU Academic Calendar 2025‑2026: NC State Important Dates

The NCSU Academic Calendar 2025‑2026 schedule contains every Important date and deadline from enrollment and course registration windows, tuition payment due dates, and add/drop periods to campus holidays and final exam schedules.

This NC State academic calendar helps you lock in NCSU semester dates, plan around the NCSU exam schedule, and never miss key milestones such as the last day to withdraw without a “W”, grade-change cut‑offs, or Priority Enrollment openings.

North Carolina State University follows a traditional semester system with two main terms.

• Fall and Spring Semesters: approximately 15 weeks each (14 instructional weeks + 1 week of finals), so if you’re asking how long a semester is at NCSU, expect about three and a half months of classes and exams.
• Summer Sessions: multiple accelerated options including a Maymester (3‑week session), Summer Session I (5 weeks), a 10‑week full session, and Summer Session II (5 weeks), each with its own add/drop and fee deadlines.

Whether you’re planning your Fall course load, squeezing in a Maymester intensive, or budgeting for Summer Session tuition, the NCSU Academic Calendar 2025‑2026 puts all the critical dates at your fingertips, ensuring you stay on track academically and financially at NC State.

NCSU Academic Calendar Fall 2025

1. NCSU Full Semester and First 8-Week Session classes begin on Monday, August 18, 2025. It is the first day of classes.
2. Labor Day (no classes; university closed) is Monday, September 1, 2025.
3. Wellness Day (no classes) is Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
4. NCSU Fall Break 2025 (no classes) occurs from Monday, October 13, to Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
5. The First 8-Week Session ends on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
6. The Second 8-Week Session begins on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
7. NCSU Thanksgiving Break 2025 begins (no classes) on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. The Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes; university closed) is from Thursday, November 27, to Friday, November 28, 2025.
8. Full Semester and Second 8-Week Session classes end on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
9. A Reading Day is held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
10. Final Examinations run Thursday, December 4, 2025, through Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
11. Fall Commencement is Saturday, December 13, 2025.
12. Winter Break (university closed) runs Wednesday, December 24, 2025, through Thursday, January 1, 2026.

NCSU Academic Calendar Spring 2026

1. The university remains closed for Winter Break on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
2. Full Semester and First 8-Week Session classes begin on Monday, January 12, 2026.
3. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes; university closed) is Monday, January 19, 2026.
4. Wellness Day (no classes) is Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
5. The First 8-Week Session ends on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
6. The Second 8-Week Session begins on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
7. NCSU Spring Break 2026 (no classes) runs Monday, March 16, to Friday, March 20, 2026.
8. Full-semester classes end on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
9. A Reading Day is held on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
10. The Second 8-Week Session ends on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
11. Final Examinations run Thursday, April 30, 2026, through Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
12. Spring Commencement is Saturday, May 9, 2026.

NCSU Academic Calendar Summer 2026

Session I (Maymester)

1. 5-Week Session I, 3-Week “Maymester,” and 10-Week Session classes begin Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
2. Memorial Day (no classes; university closed) is Monday, May 25, 2026.
3. The 3-Week “Maymester” ends Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
4. Juneteenth (no classes) is observed on Friday, June 19, 2026.
5. 5-Week Session I ends Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
6. 5-Week Session I Final Examinations are Thursday–Friday, June 25–26, 2026.

Session II

1. 5-Week Session II classes begin Monday, June 29, 2026.
2. Independence Day observed (no classes; university closed) Friday, July 3, 2026.
3. 10-Week Session classes end Friday, July 31, 2026, according to the NCSU Academic Calendar 2026.
4. 5-Week Session II classes end Friday, July 31, 2026.
5. 10-Week Session Final Examinations are from Monday, August 3, to Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
6. 5-Week Session II Final Examinations are from Monday, August 3, to Tuesday, August 4, 2026.

For more on the NCSU Academic Calendar 2025-2026, visit the North Carolina State University Calendar website.