Upcoming Calendar Dates

FALL SEMESTER-2025

 

New Faculty Orientation

August 11-12

Faculty and Staff Assembly

August 13

Continued Registration for Fall 2025

August 14-15

Classes Begin

August 18

Last Day to Add a Course or Change a Section

August 20

Labor Day Holiday

September 1

Last Day to Drop a Course without a “W”

September 5

Last Day to Remove an "I"

September 26

Founder's Day Convocation

 October 7

Contingency Days

October 13-14

Mid-Semester Grades Due

October 10

Last Day to Drop a Course (Receive a "W")

October 24

Registration for Spring Semester and Summer

October 27 - 31

*Senior Comprehensive Examinations

November (See Below)

Last Day to Officially Withdraw from Xavier

November 21

Thanksgiving Holidays

November 26-28

Late Registration Begins

December 1

Last Class Day Before Final Examinations

December 1

Quiet Days

December 2-3

Final Examinations

December 4-10

Final Grades Due (Noon)

December 12

*The date for Senior Comprehensives is determined by each Division/Department; these exams should be administered between November 1 and November 8. Departments must inform their students of the date of their Senior Comprehensive by the third class day of the semester

SPRING SEMESTER-2026

 

Faculty and Staff Assembly

January 7

Continued Registration for Spring 2026

January 8-9

Classes Begin

January 12

Last Day to Add a Course or Change a Section

January 14

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

January 19

Last Day to Drop a Course without a “W”

January 30

Mardi Gras Holidays

February 16-18

Last Day to Remove "I"

February 20

 Black History Convocation

February 24

Mid-Semester Grades Due

March 13

*Senior Comprehensive Examinations

March

Last Day to Drop a Course (Receive a "W")

March 27

Easter Holidays (Spring Break)

March 30 - April 3

Registration for Fall Semester

April 6-10

Last Day to Officially Withdraw from Xavier

April 17

Last Class Day Before Final Examinations

April 27

Senior Grades Due (Noon)

April 28

Quiet Days

April 28-29

Final Examinations

 

April 30 -May 6

ALL Final Grades Due (Noon)

May 8

Baccalaureate

May 8

Commencement

May 9

*The date for Senior Comprehensives is determined by each Division/Department; these exams should be administered between March 9 and March 16. Departments must inform their students of the date of their Senior Comprehensive by the third class day of the semester.

 

SUMMER SESSION-2026

 

 

 

Session One

Session Two

Session Three

 

Five Weeks

Five Weeks

Eight Weeks

Continued Registration

May 15

June 18*

May 29

Classes Begin

May 18

June 22

June 1

Last Day to Add or Change a Course or Section

May 19

June 23

June 2

Last Day to Drop a Course    (Summer I)

June 12

 

 

Juneteenth Holiday

June 19

 

June 19

Independence Day Holiday

 

July 3 (4th)

July 3 (4th)

Last Day to Drop a Course    (Summers II and III)

 

July 17

July 17

Final Examinations

June 18 & 20*

July 24-25

July 24-25

Final Grades Due (Noon)

June 23

July 28

July 28

*due to Juneteenth we cannot hold continued registration on June 19th (which would be 8weeks after classes end on a Friday)

*due to Juneteenth we can not hold exams on June 19th

Contact Us

Office of Academic Affairs

504-520-7525