This calendar includes only benchmark dates for the specified term. Additional items will be included when the calendar is fully activated in the January prior to the affected academic year.
Fall 2025 Academic Calendar
August 11-15, Mon.-Fri.
Orientation, advising, and registration for all students based on student population and classification
August 11, Monday
Fall semester opens
August 18, Monday
Convocation Day
August 19, Tuesday
Classes begin, 8:00 a.m.
August 25, Monday
Drop/Add period ends; last day to change course(s) or course section(s) for the Standard Term.
September 1, Monday
Labor Day holiday. Classes dismissed; offices closed.
September 2, Tuesday
Census reporting; no additional schedule adjustment for the Standard Term.
October 5, Sunday
Founders Day
October 10, Friday
Instruction ends for Fall Break, 6:00 p.m.
October 15, Wednesday
Classes resume after Fall Break, 8:00 a.m.
November 25, Tuesday
Instruction ends for Thanksgiving holiday, 10:00 p.m.
December 1, Monday
Classes resume, 8:00 a.m.
December3, Wednesday
Last day of classes
December 4, Thursday
Reading Day
Dec. 5 & 6, Fri. & Sat.; Dec. 8-11, Mon.-Thurs.
Final examinations
December 12, Friday
December Commencement, Greensboro Coliseum
Approved by the Faculty Senate March 14, 2023.
Days of the Week Meeting Distribution for Fall The one-day shortage of Mondays in the fall is made up with the one-day overage of Wednesdays (for MW or MWF meeting patterns). If a class meets only on Monday (three-hour class), then it is the instructor’s responsibility to make up the 150 minute deficit via an online or other instructional method outside of the classroom.