Tufts Academic Calendar 2025‑2026: Important Dates

The Tufts Academic Calendar 2025‑2026 is your essential guide to every critical date and deadline from Tufts enrollment and registration windows, tuition payment due dates, and course add/drop periods to campus holidays and final exam schedules.

The Tufts University academic calendar empowers Jumbos to secure Tufts term dates, navigate the Tufts exam schedule, track Tufts registration deadlines, and never miss the last day to withdraw without a “W”, ensuring smooth academic and financial planning at Tufts.

Tufts University follows a traditional semester system:

• Fall Semester: A 15‑week term (14 instructional weeks + one finals week), commencing in late August and wrapping up before the winter recess.
• Spring Semester: Matches Fall with 15 weeks of instruction plus finals, beginning after Martin Luther King Jr. Day and concluding in early May, including a Spring Break interlude.
• Summer Sessions: Multiple flexible options—Session I (6 weeks), Session II (6 weeks), and the Full Summer Session (12 weeks)—each with its own registration, add/drop, and fee‑payment deadlines, ideal for accelerated study or catching up.

With the Tufts Academic Calendar 2025‑2026 at your fingertips, you can focus on excelling both in the classroom and across the Hill.

Tufts Academic Calendar Fall 2025

1. Registration for Continuing Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E) Students closes at 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
2. Registration for Incoming First-Year School of Engineering Students begins at 10 a.m. ET on Monday, August 18, 2025.
3. Registration for Incoming First-Year BFA Students and Combined-Degree BA/BFA Students begins at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, August 18, 2025.
4. Registration for Incoming First-Year Arts and Sciences BA/BS Students begins at 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
5. Pre-Orientation Move-In begins on Friday, August 22, 2025.
6. Registration reopens for all AS&E students at 12 a.m. ET on Monday, August 25, 2025.
7. New Student Move-In for Non-Pre-Orientation and Orientation begins on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
8. Matriculation occurs on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
9. No classes are held on Monday, September 1, 2025, in observance of Labor Day (University Holiday).
10. The last day for undergraduate AS&E students to submit a request to be enrolled part-time is Monday, September 1, 2025.
11. Classes begin for Full Term and First Session courses on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. It is the first day of classes.
12. The last day for AS&E students to ADD Full Term classes is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
13. For First Session courses only, the last day for AS&E Students to DROP classes without a record of enrollment is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
14. For First Session courses only, the last day for Undergraduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from courses and receive a grade of W is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
15. For First Session courses only, the last day for Undergraduates to select the PASS/FAIL option is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
16. The last day for AS&E students (except First-Year Undergraduate students, first-semester Transfer students, and first-semester REAL students) to DROP Full Term courses without a record of enrollment is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
17. No classes are held on Monday, October 13, 2025, in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day (University Holiday).
18. The last day for GSAS students to make up incomplete grades from Spring 2025 is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
19. First Session courses end on Monday, October 20, 2025.
20. Classes begin for Second Session Courses on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
21. For Second Session Courses only, the last day for AS&E students to ADD classes is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
22. No classes are held on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in observance of Veterans’ Day (University Holiday).
23. The last day for First-Year Undergraduate students, first-semester Transfer students, and first-semester REAL students to DROP Full Term Courses without a record of enrollment is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
24. The last day for Undergraduate AS&E students to WITHDRAW from Full Term Courses is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
25. The last day for Undergraduates to select the PASS/FAIL option for Full Term courses is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
26. For Second Session Courses only, the last day for AS&E students to DROP classes without a record of enrollment is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
27. For Second Session courses only, the last day for Undergraduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from courses and receive a grade of W is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
28. For Second Session courses only, the last day for Undergraduates to select the PASS/FAIL option is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
29. Tufts Thanksgiving Break 2025 is from Wednesday, November 26, 2025, to Friday, November 28, 2025 (University Holiday).
30. Classes end for Full Term and Second Session courses on Monday, December 8, 2025.
31. The last day for AS&E Graduate Students to WITHDRAW from Full Term and Second Session Courses and receive a grade of W is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, December 8, 2025.
32. Reading Period begins on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
33. Final Examinations and Review Boards begin on Thursday, December 11, 2025, and end on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
34. The University is closed on Thursday, December 25, 2025, in observance of Christmas Day.
35. The University is closed on Thursday, January 1, 2026, in observance of New Year’s Day.
36. The last day for all Arts, Sciences, and Engineering students to respond to the Incomplete Agreement for the Fall 2025 term is by 9 a.m. EST on Monday, January 5, 2026.
37. Fall 2025 term grades are due online by 5 p.m. EST on Monday, January 5, 2026.
38. The last day for undergraduate AS&E students to submit a request to be enrolled part-time for the Spring 2026 term is Monday, January 13, 2026.

Tufts Academic Calendar Spring 2026

1. The University is closed on Thursday, January 1, 2026, in observance of New Year’s Day.
2. The last day for undergraduate Arts, Sciences, and Engineering students to submit a request to be enrolled part-time is Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
3. Classes begin for Full Term and First Session courses on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. It is the first day of classes.
4. No classes are held on Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of Martin Luther King Day (University Holiday).
5. Classes scheduled for Monday will meet on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
6. The last day for Arts, Sciences, and Engineering students to ADD Full Term classes is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
7. No classes are held on Monday, February 16, 2026, in observance of Presidents’ Day (University Holiday).
8. The last day for AS&E students to DROP Full Term courses without a record of enrollment is 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
9. Classes scheduled for Monday will meet on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
10. The last day for GSAS students to make up incomplete grades from Fall 2025 is by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
11. Tufts Spring Break 2026 begins on Saturday, March 14, 2026, and ends on Sunday, March 22, 2026. Classes resume on Monday, March 23, 2026.
12. The last day for Undergraduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from Full Term Courses and receive a grade of W is Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
13. The last day for Undergraduates to select the PASS/FAIL option for Full Term Courses is Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
14. No classes are held on Monday, April 20, 2026, in observance of Patriots’ Day (University Holiday).
15. Classes end for Full Term and Second Session courses on Monday, April 27, 2026.
16. The last day for AS&E Graduate Students to WITHDRAW from Full Term and Second Session Courses and receive a grade of W is Monday, April 27, 2026.
17. Reading Period begins on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, and ends on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
18. Final Examinations and Review Boards begin on Friday, May 1, 2026, and end on Friday, May 8, 2026.
19. Senior Week begins on Monday, May 11, 2026.
20. Spring Term Grades for Degree Candidates are due online by 9 a.m. ET on Monday, May 11, 2026.
21. Senior Week ends on Friday, May 15, 2026.
22. Remaining Spring Term Grades are due online by 9 a.m. ET on Friday, May 15, 2026.
23. Commencement is held on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
24. Residence Halls close for remaining students on Monday, May 18, 2026.
25. The First and 12-week Summer Sessions start on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
26. Classes are suspended on Monday, May 25, 2026, in observance of Memorial Day (University Holiday).
27. Classes are suspended and no classes are held on Friday, June 19, 2026, in observance of Juneteenth (University Holiday).

For more on the Tufts Academic Calendar 2025-2026, visit the Tufts University Calendar website.