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GCU Academic Calendar 2026-2027

If you are in search of the GCU Academic Calendar 2026-2027, search no more because all the academic activities and non-academic activities for the school have been provided for you on this page.

Educational institutions can engage and communicate with all students and parents enrolled in the institution’s various courses and batches through academic calendars.

 

Professors and administrators commonly employ academic calendars as a communication tool to schedule academic and organizational events. As the institution’s student body grows year after year, adopting and adhering to the correct academic schedule becomes increasingly crucial.

While an event creation and calendar management system with a list of events linked to different dates may appear straightforward, the way an academic calendar is structured significantly impacts the academic and organizational objectives of the educational institution. It carries various implications in both schools and colleges.

Instruction/Grade Calendars (15-Week Classes)

  • Move-in Date: Jan. 3, 2026
  • Face-to-Face Instruction Begins: Jan. 5, 2026
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Jan. 19, 2026
  • President’s Day: Feb. 16, 2026
  • Spring Break: March 9 – 15, 2026
  • Good Friday: April 3, 2026
  • Final Drop Date:1March 29, 2026
  • Face-to-Face Instruction Ends: April 24, 2026
  • End of Term: April 26, 2026
  • Move-Out Deadline: April 27, 2026
  • Summer Break Begins: April 27 – May 7, 2026
  • Final Course Grades Due: May 3, 2026
  • See Policy Handbook Refund Policy: Variable Dates

Please note that online, onsite and offsite cohort students have classes that begin frequently. Therefore, students are encouraged to contact their university counselor or student services counselor for more information on class start dates.

Spring Traditional Campus Commencements

Traditional Campus Commencement2 By College: Week of April 20, 2026

Spring Nontraditional Campus Commencements

Online Campus Commencement2 By College: Week of April 27, 2026

 

 

 

Instruction/Grade Calendars (15-Week Classes)

  • Traditional Campus Summer Break: April 28 – May 4, 2025
  • Instruction Begins: May 5, 2025
  • Move-In Date: May 9, 2025
  • Memorial Day: May 26, 2025
  • Session A:3 May 5 – June 22, 2025
  • Final Drop Date Session A:3 June 8, 2025
  • Session B:3June 23 – Aug. 10, 2025
  • Final Drop Date Session B3: July 27, 2025
  • Independence Day: July 4, 2025
  • Final Drop Date:1 July 20, 2025
  • Summer Residents Move to Fall Housing: Aug. 1, 2025
  • Face-to-Face Instruction Ends: Aug. 15, 2025
  • Move-Out Dates for Non-Fall Residents: Non-Graduate:  Noon, Aug. 16, 2025
  • Move-Out Dates for Non-Fall Residents: Graduates: Noon, Aug. 16, 2025
  • End of Term: Aug. 17, 2025
  • Fall Break: Aug. 18 – 31, 2025
  • Final Course Grades Due: Aug. 24, 2025
  • See Policy Handbook Refund Policy: Variable Dates

Please note that online, onsite and offsite cohort students have classes that begin frequently. Therefore, students are encouraged to contact their university counselor or student services counselor for more information on class start dates.

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