2025-2026 Key Dates Academic Calendar

Summer 2025 - detailed calendar

• June 26, 2025 -- Summer term classes begin
• June 28, 2025 -- Special day of classes
• July 4, 2025 -- Independence Day (Observed), College Holiday (no classes held)
• August 27, 2025 -- Summer term classes end
• August 30, 2025 -- Final Examination period begins
• September 1, 2025 -- Scheduled Final Examinations end
• September 2, 2025 -- Final Examination period ends

Fall 2025 - detailed calendar

• September 15, 2025 -- Fall term classes begin*
• November 18, 2025 -- Fall term classes end
• November 21, 2025 -- Final Examination period begins
• November 22, 2025 -- Final examinations suspended
• November 25, 2025 -- Scheduled Final Examinations end
• November 26, 2025 -- Final Examination period ends

Winter 2026 - detailed calendar

• January 5, 2026-- Winter term classes begin
• January 19, 2026 -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• March 10, 2026 -- Winter term classes end
• March 13, 2026 -- Final Examination period begins
• March 16, 2026 -- Scheduled Final Examinations end
• March 17, 2026 -- Final Examination period ends

Spring 2026 - detailed calendar

• March 30, 2026 -- Spring term classes begin
• May 25, 2026 -- Memorial Day, College Holiday (no classes held)
• June 3, 2026 -- Spring term classes end
• June 5, 2026 -- Final Examination period begins
• June 8, 2026 -- Scheduled Final Examinations end
• June 9, 2026 -- Final Examination period ends
• June 14, 2026 -- Commencement

*Please note that Thanksgiving falls late in the calendar this year, therefore fall term begins the third Monday in September rather than the second Monday in September.

The information contained herein is accurate as of the date of publication and the officers of the College know of no significant changes to be made in the near future. However, Dartmouth College reserves the right to make such changes as the Trustees, faculty, and officers consider appropriate and in the best interests of the Dartmouth community.