UNH Academic Calendar 2025‑2026: Important Dates

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

By consulting the University of New Hampshire academic calendar, Wildcats can lock in UNH term dates, navigate the UNH exam schedule, track UNH registration deadlines, and never miss the last day to withdraw without a “W”, ensuring seamless academic and financial planning at UNH.

UNH operates on a traditional semester system with flexible summer sessions:

• Fall Semester: A 15‑week term (14 instructional weeks + one finals week), beginning in late August and wrapping up before the holiday recess—including a mid‑term Fall Break.
• Spring Semester: Mirrors Fall with 15 weeks of instruction plus finals, kicking off after Martin Luther King Jr. Day and concluding in early May—with a Spring Break interlude in March.
• Summer Sessions: Flexible options—Session I (5 weeks), Session II (5 weeks), and the Full Summer Session (10 weeks)—each with its own registration, add/drop, and fee‑payment deadlines for catch‑up courses, accelerated study, or lightening your regular‑term load.

Keep the UNH Academic Calendar 2025‑2026 front and center so you can focus on thriving both in the classroom and across the Durham and Manchester campuses.

UNH Academic Calendar Fall 2025

1. UNH Fall 2025 Full semester and Term 1 classes begin on Monday, August 25, 2025.
2. Labor Day, a university holiday, is observed on Monday, September 1, 2025; no classes are held.
3. Mid‑semester assessments occur on Monday, October 13, 2025; this day also marks the start of the mid‑semester break during which no classes meet.
4. Term 1 classes conclude on Friday, October 17, 2025.
5. Term 2 classes begin on Monday, October 27, 2025.
6. Election Day falls on Tuesday, November 4, 2025; no exams are scheduled on this date.
7. Veterans Day, a university holiday, is observed on Tuesday, November 11, 2025; no classes are held.
8. Classes are not held on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, and the UNH Thanksgiving holiday runs from Thursday, November 27, through Friday, November 28, 2025. Classes resume on Monday, December 1, 2025.
9. Full semester classes end on Monday, December 8, 2025.
10. Reading Day is observed on Tuesday, December 9, 2025; final examinations begin at 6:00 p.m. that evening.
11. Final examinations conclude on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
12. Term 2 classes end on Friday, December 19, 2025.

UNH January Term 2026

1. Online January Term classes and trips begin on Monday, December 29, 2025.
2. New Year’s Day, a university holiday, is observed on Thursday, January 1, 2026; no classes meet.
3. On‑campus January Term classes begin on Friday, January 2, 2026.
4. January Term classes meet on Saturday, January 3; Saturday, January 10; and Saturday, January 17, 2026.
5. January Term classes conclude on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
6. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a university holiday, is observed on Monday, January 19, 2026; no classes are held.

UNH Academic Calendar Spring 2026

1. Full semester and Term 3 classes begin on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
2. Mid‑semester assessments occur on Friday, March 6, 2026.
3. Term 3 classes end on Friday, March 13, 2026.
4. UNH Spring Break 2026, during which no classes are held, runs from Monday, March 16, through Friday, March 20, 2026.
5. Full semester and Term 4 classes resume on Monday, March 23, 2026.
6. Full semester classes end on Monday, May 4, 2026.
7. Reading Day is observed on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
8. Final examinations begin on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, and conclude on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
9. Term 4 classes end on Friday, May 15, 2026.
10. May graduation and degree conferral will occur on Saturday, May 16, 2026.

For more on the UNH Academic Calendar 2025-2026, visit the University of New Hampshire Calendar website.