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Fairfield University Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Summer 2025  

DayDateEvent
Monday – FridayMay 19-Aug 15Full Summer Session
Monday – FridayMay 19-23Full Summer Add/Drop Period
Monday – FridayMay 19-June 27Summer Session I
Monday – WednesdayMay 19-21Summer Session I Add/Drop Period
MondayMay 26Memorial Day – University Holiday
ThursdayJune 19Juneteenth- University Holiday
TuesdayJune 17First Year Orientation 1
WednesdayJune 18First Year Orientation 2
MondayJune 23First Year Orientation 3
TuesdayJune 24First Year Orientation 4
TuesdayJuly 1Final Grades Due for Summer Session I Courses
Tuesday – FridayJuly 1-Aug 15Summer Session II
Tuesday – WednesdayJuly 1-3Summer Session II Add/Drop Period
FridayJuly 4Independence Day – University Holiday
MondayJuly 11Deadline to Apply to Graduate for August 2024
FridayAug 15Fall Registration Begins for Non-Matriculated Students
MondayAug 15Last Day for Summer Financial Aid to Process
WednesdayAug 20Final Grades Due for Summer Session II and Full Summer Courses

Fall 2025  

DayDateEvent
FridayAug 1Deadline for Selected Students on Financial Aid to Submit Verification Documents to the Office of Financial Aid
FridayAug 8Deadline for Undergraduate Readmission Applications for Fall
TuesdayAug 12Grad Stag Day New Graduate Student Orientation Webinar
FridayAug 22Last Day to Apply for School of Education/Human Development Non-Matriculated Status for Fall
MondayAug 25Last Date for Continuing Studies and Graduate Students to Drop, 100% Refund
Wednesday -ThursdayAug 27-Aug 28New International Graduate Students Arrival Day Orientation for New International Students (Undergraduate & Graduate)
Friday – SaturdayAug 29-Aug 30First Year Student Move-In and Fall Welcome First Year Convocation, Mahoney Arena, 10:00am
SundayAug 31Sophomore Students MoveIn- Tully Dining Commons opens at 4pm
MondaySept 1Labor Day – University Holiday Juniors and Seniors Students MoveIn- Last Date for Full-Time Undergraduates University Withdrawal, 100% Refund (Part-Time and Graduate Students should consult Bursar’s website)
TuesdaySept 2Classes Begin for All Programs
Tuesday – MondaySept 2-8Add/Drop Period
MondaySept 8Last Date for Full-Time Undergraduates University Withdrawal, 90% Refund (Part-Time and Graduate Students should consult Bursar’s website)
Monday – FridaySept 8 – Oct 24Fall Accelerated Session I
MondaySept 15Last Date for Full-Time Undergraduates University Withdrawal, 80% Refund (Part-Time and Graduate Students should consult Bursar’s website)
MondaySept 22Last Date for Full-Time Undergraduates University Withdrawal, 60% Refund (Part-Time and Graduate Students should consult Bursar’s website)
MondaySept 29Last Date for Full-Time Undergraduates University Withdrawal, 40% Refund (Part-Time and Graduate Students should consult Bursar’s website)
FridayOct 3Last Day for Accelerated Session I Course Withdrawals Last Day to Declare Credit/No Credit Course for Accelerated Session I
MondayOct 6Last Date for Full-Time Undergraduates University Withdrawal, 20% Refund (Part-Time and Graduate Students should consult Bursar’s website) Undergraduate Advising Begins for Spring Deadline for Undergraduate Major and Minor Changes for Spring Registration
Monday & TuesdayOct 13 & 14Fall Break
WednesdayOct 15Deadline for Make-Up of Spring and Summer Incompletes
Monday – FridayOct 27-Dec 17Fall Accelerated Session II
WednesdayOct 29Winter Registration Begins for All Students
MondayNov 3Spring Registration Begins for Graduate Students
ThursdayNov 6Spring Registration Begins for Seniors
FridayNov 10Spring Registration Begins for Juniors
Wednesday -TuesdayNov 12-Nov 18Spring Registration Begins for Sophomores Last Day for Fall Full-Semester Course Withdrawals- All Schools Last Day to Declare Credit/No Credit Course (Undergraduates) Registration Begins for First Year Students Last Day for Accelerated Session II Course Withdrawals Last Day to Declare Credit/No Credit Course for Accelerated Session II Spring
Wednesday – SundayNov 26-30Thanksgiving Recess – All Schools Tuesday: Tully Dining closes at 2pm; Residence Halls close at 6:30pm except students with evening classes/clinicals Sunday: Residence Halls re-open at 12pm; Tully Dining re-opens at 4pm
MondayDec 1Deadline to Apply to Graduate for January and May 2026 Spring Registration Begins for Non-Matriculated Students
MondayDec 8Last Day of Classes for Undergraduate Students Last Date for Full-Time Undergraduates University Withdrawal, 0% Refund (Part-Time and Graduate Students should consult Bursar’s website)
FridayDec 12Last Day for Financial Aid to Process – All Students
Tuesday, Wednesday & SundayDec 9, 10 & 14Undergraduate Reading Days
Thursday – WednesdayDec 11-17Undergraduate Final Exams (except for Reading Days)
WednesdayDec 17Last Day of Classes for Graduate Students Note: Graduate Courses cross-listed with Undergraduate Courses follow the Undergraduate Final Exam Schedule.
ThursdayDec 18Deadline for Undergraduate Readmission Applications for Fall BCC Dining Hall closes at 2pm; Residence Halls close at 6:30pm except students with evening Final Exam Make-up
MondayDec 22All Final Grades due to the Office of the Regis

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