Radford Academic Calendar 2026-2027: Important Dates

Radford Academic Calendar 2026-2027 serves as the central planning resource for Highlander students, faculty, and staff, detailing every essential administrative and instructional deadline for the upcoming academic year.

Navigating this comprehensive schedule ensures you remain aligned with university policies regarding course registration windows, tuition payment cutoffs, financial aid disbursements, and mandatory academic advising appointments.

Whether you are building your degree plan through the OneCampus portal or coordinating travel around university recesses, the Radford academic calendar 26-27 provides the definitive timeline required to maintain good academic standing and seamless degree progression.

Radford University operates on a flexible, semester-based academic structure built around two primary 15-week terms: the Fall Semester (launching in late August) and the upcoming Radford Spring Semester 2027 (running from mid-January through early May).

To accommodate diverse student needs and working professionals, these standard 15-week semesters also integrate accelerated 7-week blocks (Term A and Term B) and specialized Fast Track modules.

A standard full-time undergraduate course load ranges from 12 to 18 credit hours per semester, keeping students on a steady pace for a 120-credit bachelor’s degree.

Additionally, the university offers a robust 14-week summer session and intensive winter terms, allowing students to fulfill prerequisite requirements or accelerate their time to degree completion.

This guide provides a detailed breakdown of critical enrollment milestones across all undergraduate and graduate academic terms. You will find targeted dates for priority registration, the exact cutoffs for the course add/drop period, university census dates, and the final deadlines to withdraw from classes with a “W” grade without incurring full tuition liability.

Monitoring these specific academic checkpoints empowers you to make informed decisions about your schedule, optimize your credit load, and avoid unnecessary registration holds.

Beyond daily lecture and enrollment schedules, this academic roadmap outlines all non-instructional days and campus closures, including Labor Day, Thanksgiving recess, and the official Radford University spring break 2027 schedule.

Students can also use this resource to identify designated study days, final examination testing windows, and the highly anticipated Radford University graduation 2027 schedule for both undergraduate commencement and graduate hooding ceremonies.

Radford Academic Calendar Fall 2026

1. Residence halls open on Friday, August 21, 2026.
2. Radford Fall 2026 classes begin for the full semester and Fall A or Fast Track A terms on Monday, August 24, 2026.
3. The deadline to add or drop undergraduate and graduate courses and the deadline to withdraw with a full tuition refund for Fall A or Fast Track A terms occur on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
4. The deadline to add or drop undergraduate and graduate courses for the full semester is Sunday, August 30, 2026.
5. The deadline to change pass/fail or audit options and the census date for Fall A or Fast Track A terms fall on Monday, August 31, 2026.
6. No classes are held on Monday, September 7, 2026, in observance of Labor Day.
7. The census date, the last day to withdraw with a full tuition refund, and the last day to change pass/fail or audit options for the full semester take place on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
8. Mid-semester grades for Fall A or Fast Track A terms are due by 10:00 AM on Friday, September 18, 2026.
9. The deadline to withdraw from one or more courses, but not all classes, with a grade of W for Fall A or Fast Track A terms is Monday, September 28, 2026.
10. The deadline to withdraw from the university for all classes with a grade of W for Fall A or Fast Track A terms is Friday, October 2, 2026.
11. Radford Fall Break 2026 takes place with no classes held on Friday, October 9, 2026.
12. The last day of the semester for Fall A or Fast Track A terms is Monday, October 12, 2026.
13. Grades for Fall A or Fast Track A terms are due by 10:00 AM on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
14. Mid-semester grades for the full semester are due by 10:00 AM on Friday, October 16, 2026.
15. Classes begin for Fall B and Fast Track B terms on Monday, October 19, 2026.
16. The deadline to add or drop undergraduate and graduate courses and the deadline to withdraw with a full tuition refund for Fall B and Fast Track B terms occur on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
17. The deadline to change pass/fail or audit options and the census date for Fall B and Fast Track B terms fall on Monday, October 26, 2026.
18. The deadline to withdraw from one or more courses, but not all classes, with a grade of W for the full semester is Friday, October 30, 2026.
19. Registration for the Spring and Summer 2027 semesters begins on Monday, November 2, 2026.
20. Mid-semester grades for Fall B and Fast Track B terms are due by 10:00 AM on Friday, November 13, 2026.
21. The deadline to withdraw from the university for all classes with a grade of W for the full semester is Friday, November 13, 2026.
22. Radford Thanksgiving Break 2026 takes place with no classes held from Saturday, November 21, 2026, through Sunday, November 29, 2026.
23. The deadline to withdraw from one or more courses, but not all classes, with a grade of W for Fall B and Fast Track B terms is Tuesday, November 24, 2026.
24. The deadline to withdraw from the university for all classes with a grade of W for Fall B and Fast Track B terms is Monday, November 30, 2026.
25. Fall final examinations for the full semester take place from Tuesday, December 8, 2026, through Friday, December 11, 2026.
26. The full semester and Fall B and Fast Track B terms conclude, and the Graduate Hooding and Commencement Ceremony takes place on Friday, December 11, 2026.
27. The Undergraduate Winter Commencement Ceremony takes place on Saturday, December 12, 2026.
28. Final grades for the full semester as well as Fall B and Fast Track B terms are due by 10:00 AM on Monday, December 14, 2026.

Radford Academic Calendar Spring 2027

1. Residence halls open on Friday, January 8, 2027.
2. Spring 2027 classes begin for the full semester and Spring A or Fast Track A terms on Monday, January 11, 2027.
3. The deadline to add or drop undergraduate and graduate courses and the deadline to withdraw with a full tuition refund for Spring A or Fast Track A terms occur on Wednesday, January 13, 2027.
4. The deadline to add or drop undergraduate and graduate courses for the full semester is Sunday, January 17, 2027.
5. No classes are held on Monday, January 18, 2027, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Day of Service.
6. The deadline to change pass/fail or audit options and the census date for Spring A or Fast Track A terms fall on Tuesday, January 19, 2027.
7. The census date, the last day to withdraw with a full tuition refund, and the last day to change pass/fail or audit options for the full semester take place on Monday, January 25, 2027.
8. Mid-semester grades for Spring A or Fast Track A terms are due by 10:00 AM on Friday, February 5, 2027.
9. The deadline to withdraw from one or more courses, but not all classes, with a grade of W for Spring A or Fast Track A terms is Monday, February 15, 2027.
10. The deadline to withdraw from the university for all classes with a grade of W for Spring A or Fast Track A terms is Friday, February 19, 2027.
11. Radford Spring Break 2027 takes place with no classes held from Saturday, February 27, 2027, through Sunday, March 7, 2027.
12. The last day of the semester for Spring A or Fast Track A terms is Monday, March 1, 2027.
13. Grades for Spring A or Fast Track A terms are due by 10:00 AM on Thursday, March 4, 2027.
14. Classes begin for Spring B and Fast Track B terms on Monday, March 8, 2027.
15. The deadline to add or drop undergraduate and graduate courses and the deadline to withdraw with a full tuition refund for Spring B and Fast Track B terms occur on Wednesday, March 10, 2027.
16. Mid-semester grades for the full semester are due by 10:00 AM on Friday, March 12, 2027.
17. The deadline to change pass/fail or audit options and the census date for Spring B and Fast Track B terms fall on Monday, March 15, 2027.
18. The deadline to withdraw from one or more courses, but not all classes, with a grade of W for the full semester is Friday, March 26, 2027.
19. Mid-semester grades for Spring B and Fast Track B terms are due by 10:00 AM on Friday, April 2, 2027.
20. Registration for the Fall 2027 semester begins on Monday, April 5, 2027.
21. The deadline to withdraw from the university for all classes with a grade of W for the full semester is Friday, April 9, 2027.
22. The deadline to withdraw from one or more courses, but not all classes, with a grade of W for Spring B and Fast Track B terms is Monday, April 12, 2027.
23. The deadline to withdraw from the university for all classes with a grade of W for Spring B and Fast Track B terms is Friday, April 16, 2027.
24. The last day of the semester for Spring B and Fast Track B terms is Monday, April 26, 2027.
25. Spring final examinations for the full semester run from Tuesday, April 27, 2027, through Friday, April 30, 2027.
26. The full semester concludes, and the Graduate Hooding and Commencement Ceremony takes place on Friday, April 30, 2027.
27. The Undergraduate Spring Commencement Ceremony takes place on Saturday, May 1, 2027.
28. Final grades for the full semester as well as Spring B and Fast Track B terms are due by 10:00 AM on Monday, May 3, 2027.

For more information on the Radford University Academic Calendar 2026-2027, visit the Radford University Office of the Registrar website.