University Calendar

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

Fall Semester, 2015

August 21	Registration for new students Registration - Undergraduate and Graduate
August 24	Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, Fall Semester
August 24-28	Late registration Drop/Add
August 28	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
September 7	Labor Day holiday (University closed)
October 8	Founders’ Day
October 12	Mid-Semester week begins
October 26	Last day for course or semester withdrawal (all students)
November 2	Spring Semester and Summer Term registration begins for all currently enrolled graduate students
November 4	Spring Semester and Summer Term registration begins for all currently enrolled undergraduate students
November 25-27	Thanksgiving holidays (University closed)
November 30	Classes resume
December 3 & 4	Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
December 7-11	Final examinations
December 11	Commencement at 5 p.m.
December 21-January 1	Holidays (University closed)

Spring Semester, 2016

January 4	University opens
January 12	Registration for new students Registration - Undergraduate and Graduate
January 13	Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, Spring Semester
January 13-19	Late registration Drop/Add
January 18	Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (University closed)
January 19	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
February 10-13	College Night and Homecoming activities
February 12	No classes
March 7	Mid-Semester week begins
March 18	Last day for course or semester withdrawal (all students)
March 25*	Spring holidays for students and faculty begin at 5 p.m.
April 4*	Classes resume at 8 a.m.
April 11	Fall Semester registration begins for all currently enrolled graduate students
April 13	Fall Semester registration begins for all currently enrolled undergraduate students
April 28 & 29	Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
May 2-6	Final examinations
May 7	Commencement (time TBA)

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

Summer Semester, 2016

	May Term, 2016
May 9	Registration Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, May Term
May 10	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
May 18	Mid-term
May 20	Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
May 27	Final examinations
May 30	Memorial Day holiday (University closed)

	Summer I, 2016
May 31	Registration Registration for new students for Summer I and Summer II
June 1	Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, Summer I Last day to add courses Last day to late register
June 2	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
June 10	Classes do not meet
June 14	Mid-term
June 17	Classes do not meet
June 20	Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
June 29	Classes do not meet
June 30	Final examinations

	Summer II, 2016
July 4	Independence Day holiday (University closed)
July 5	Registration
July 6	Classes begin Payment deadline for registration, Summer II Last day to add courses Last day to late register
July 7	Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
July 15	Classes do not meet
July 19	Mid-term
July 22	Classes do not meet
July 25	Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
July 29	Classes do not meet
August 4	Classes do not meet
August 5	Final examinations