Comprehensive Academic Calendar

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May 2025

• May 10
  • Commencement Ceremony for students who earned degrees in December 2024, May 2025, and August 2025
• May 16
  • Payment Due
• May 27
  • Summer 13-Week & 13A: Last day to Add/Drop for 100% refund, register for Independent Study, change Audit/Credit, or Pass/No Pass
• May 28
  • Summer First 5 Weeks: Last day to Add or register for Independent Study

June 2025

• June 2
  • Summer Full, 8-Week, and First 5 Weeks: Last day to Add/Drop for 100% refund, register for Independent Study, change Audit/Credit, or Pass/No Pass
  • Summer First 5 Weeks: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• June 5
  • Summer Full & 8-Week: Last day to change Pass/No Pass
• June 17
  • Last Day to Keep May 2025 Grad Date
• June 19
  • Juneteenth (Campus closed; no classes)
• June 20
  • Summer 13A: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
  • Second 5-week Payment Due

July 2025

• July
  • Summer Second 5 Weeks: Last day to Add or register for Independent Study
• July 3
  • Summer 8-Week: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• July 5
  • Summer First 5 Weeks: Last day to change Pass/No Pass
• July 8
  • Summer Second 5 Weeks: Last day to Drop for 100% refund, change Audit/Credit, or Pass/No Pass
• July 10
  • Summer Second 5 Weeks: Last day to change Pass/No Pass
• July 16
  • Summer Full: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• July 24
  • Summer Second 5 Weeks: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
  • Summer 13-Week: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit

August 2025

• Aug 5
  • Summer 13B: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Aug 8
  • Payment Due
• Aug 15
  • Summer 2025 Degree Award Date
    • Commencement Ceremony for students who earned degrees in August 2025 was held on May 10th, 2025
• Aug 25 –
  • Fall Full Term & Fall A: First Day of Classes

September 2025

• Sept 1
  • Labor Day
• Sept 2
  • Fall Full & Fall A: Last day to Add/Drop for 100% refund, register for Independent Study, change Audit/Credit, or Pass/No Pass
  • Fall 13-Week & Fall 13A: First Day of Classes
• Sept 5
  • Fall Full: Last day to declare Honors option
• Sept 8
  • Fall 13-Week & Fall 13A: Last day to Add/Drop for 100% refund, register for Independent Study, change Audit/Credit, or Pass/No Pass
• Sept 15
  • Fall Full: Last day to change Pass/No Pass

October 2025

• Oct 3
  • Fall A: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
  • Fall 13A: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Oct 16
  • Fall 13B: First Day of Classes
• Oct 17
  • Fall A: Last Day of Classes
• Oct 20
  • Fall B: First Day of Classes
• Oct 22
  • 7:00 AM – All graduate-level students may register for Spring 2026 classes
  • 7:00 AM – Seniors (with 90+ completed credit hours) who have already applied for May 2026 graduation may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Oct 23
  • 8:00 AM – Senior Honors students (with 90+ completed credit hours) may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Oct. 24–27
  • Fall Break
• Oct. 28
  • 7:00 AM – All Seniors (with 90+ completed credit hours), Second Degree students, Joint UMKC or SLUE programs, and Post-Bac students may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Oct. 29
  • 8:00 AM – Pre-Nursing & Nursing Intent students may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Oct. 30
  • 8:00 AM – Junior Honors students (with 60-89 completed credit hours) may register for Spring 2026 classes

November 2025

• Nov 3
  • 7:00 AM – All Juniors (with 60-89 completed credit hours) may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Nov 6
  • 8:00 AM – Sophomore Honors students (with 30-59 completed credit hours) may register for Spring 2026 classes
  • Fall 13-Week: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Nov 7
  • Fall Full: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Nov 10
  • 7:00 AM – Sophomore students (with 30-59 completed credit hours) may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Nov 13
  • 8:00 AM – Freshmen Honors students (with 0-29 completed credit hours) may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Nov 17
  • 7:00 AM – All Freshmen students (with 0-29 completed credit hours) may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Nov 18
  • Fall 13B: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Nov 24
  • 8:00 AM – Non-Degree/Unclassified/KCASE students may register for Spring 2026 classes
• Nov 26–28
  • Thanksgiving Break

December 2025

• Dec 1
  • Fall B: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Dec 5
  • Fall 13-Week & 13B: Last Day of Classes
• Dec 8–12 – Final Exams
• Dec 12
  • Fall Full & Fall B: Last Day of Classes
  • Fall 2025 Degree Award Date
    • Commencement Ceremony for students who earned degrees in December 2025 will be held on May 6th, 2026

January 2026

• Jan 12
  • Spring Full, Spring A, Spring 13-Week, Spring 13A: First Day of Classes
• Jan 19
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Jan 20
  • Spring Full, A, 13-Week, 13A: Last day to Add/Drop for 100% refund, register for Independent Study, change Audit/Credit, or Pass/No Pass
• Jan 21
  • Spring A: Last day to change Pass/No Pass
• Jan 23
  • Spring Full: Last day to declare Honors option

February 2026

• Feb 2
  • Spring Full: Last day to change Pass/No Pass
• Feb 13
  • Spring 13A: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Feb 20
  • Spring A: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Feb 25
  • Spring 13A: Last Day of Classes
• Feb 26
  • Spring 13B: First Day of Classes

March 2026

• Mar 4
  • Spring 13B: Last day to Add/Drop, Audit/Credit, or Pass/No Pass
• Mar 9–13
  • Spring Break (No classes)
• Mar 16
  • Spring B: First Day of Classes
• Mar 19
  • 7:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Graduate Students
  • 8:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Pending December Graduates
• Mar 20
  • 8:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Senior Honors
• Mar 23
  • 7:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Undergraduate Seniors, etc.
• Mar 24
  • 8:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Pre-Nursing/Nursing Intent
• Mar 25
  • Spring B: Last day to change Pass/No Pass
• Mar 26
  • 8:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Junior Honors
• Mar 27
  • Spring 13-Week: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Mar 30
  • 7:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: All Juniors
• Mar 31
  • Spring 13B: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit

April 2026

• Apr 1
  • Spring Full: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Apr 2
  • 8:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Sophomore Honors
• Apr 3 - 6
  • Easter Break (Resumes 4:30 PM Apr. 6)
• Apr 7
  • 7:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: All Sophomores
• Apr 9
  • 8:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Freshmen Honors
• Apr 13
  • 7:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: All Freshmen
• Apr 17
  • Spring 13-Week: Last Day of Classes
• Apr 20
  • 8:00 AM – Fall 2026 Registration: Non-Degree/Unclassified/KCASE
• Apr 23
  • Spring B: Last day to Withdraw or change Credit to Audit
• Apr 28
  • Spring Full, Spring A, Spring B: Last Day of Classes
• Apr 29
  • Study Day (B Session classes still meet)
• Apr 30 - May 6
  • Final Exams

May 2026

• May 6
  • Spring 2026 Degree Award Date
• May 9
  • Spring 2026 Commencement
    • Commencement Ceremony for students who earned degrees in December 2025, May 2026, and August 2026