University Calendar

Note: Those using this calendar for planning purposes should check this page online periodically for updates/changes.

Fall Semester, 2016

August 19	Registration for new students Registration - Undergraduate and Graduate
August 22	Classes begin Late Registration Payment deadline for registration, Fall Semester
August 22-26	Drop/Add
August 26	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
September 5	Labor Day holiday (University closed)
October 10	Mid-Semester week begins
October 13	Founders’ Day
October 25	Last day for course or semester withdrawal (all students)
October 31	Spring Semester and Summer Term registration begins for all currently enrolled graduate students
November 2	Spring Semester and Summer Term registration begins for all currently enrolled undergraduate students
November 23-25	Thanksgiving holidays (University closed)
November 28	Classes resume
December 1-2	Classes meet as scheduled; however, no exams or quizzes (with the exception of makeup exams) may be administered and no other graded assignments may be due. See Fledgling for additional information.
December 5-9	Final examinations
December 9	Commencement at 5:00 p.m.
December 19-January 2	Holidays (University closed)

Spring Semester, 2017

January 3	University opens
January 10	Registration for new students Registration - Undergraduate and Graduate
January 11	Classes begin Late Registration Payment deadline for registration, Spring Semester
January 11-17	Drop/Add
January 16	Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (University closed)
January 17	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
February 8-11	College Night and Homecoming activities
February 10	No classes
February 27	Mid-Semester week begins
March 17	Last day for course or semester withdrawal (all students)
March 24*	Spring holidays for students and faculty begin at 5 p.m.
April 3*	Classes resume at 8 a.m.
April 10	Fall Semester registration begins for all currently enrolled graduate students
April 12	Fall Semester registration begins for all currently enrolled undergraduate students
April 27-28	Classes meet as scheduled; however, no exams or quizzes (with the exception of makeup exams) may be administered and no other graded assignments may be due. See Fledgling for additional information.
May 1-5	Final examinations
May 6	Commencement (time TBA)

*If Shelby County schools revises its calendar for Spring Break, this date will be adjusted accordingly.

Summer Semester, 2017

	May Term, 2017
May 8	Registration Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, May Term
May 9	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
May 17	Mid-term
May 28	Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
May 26	Final examinations
May 29	Memorial Day holiday (University closed)

	Summer I, 2017
May 30	Registration Registration for new students for Summer I and Summer II
May 31	Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, Summer I Last day to add courses Last day to late register
June 1	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
June 9	Classes do not meet
June 14	Mid-term
June 16	Classes do not meet
June 19	Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
June 23	Classes do not meet
June 29	Classes do not meet
June 30	Final examinations

	Summer II, 2017
July 3	Registration
July 4	Independence Day Holiday (University closed)
July 5	Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, Summer II Last day to add courses Last day to late register
July 6	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
July 14	Classes do not meet
July 19	Mid-term
July 21	Classes do not meet
July 24	Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
July 28	Classes do not meet
August 3	Classes do not meet
August 4	Final examinations