Brandeis Academic Calendar 2026-2027 | Brandeis University
We have provided you with the Brandeis Academic Calendar for 2026-2027 academic session, this is to help you to know the various activities that will take place in the school.
The arrangement of terms and sessions is the sole foundation for a regular academic calendar. For each academic career at the academic institution, you must specify at least one academic calendar. Consequently, the number of academic calendars can equal the number of academic careers. Within each term of an academic career, you must provide the deadlines for dropping, withdrawing, and canceling for each session. It is possible to establish separate milestone dates for each academic career, as each academic career within a university has its own academic calendar.
In order to be associated with a traditional academic calendar, a student must be enrolled in a term during their academic career, linking them to the appropriate academic calendar.
The student’s academic curriculum is consequently determined by the dates on the academic calendar corresponding to that academic career and term combination. Academic calendars are necessary to activate the term.
To define traditional academic calendars based on the term and session structure, you should utilize the Academic Calendar component.
Brandeis University Academic Calendar 2025–2026
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FALL 2025
July 17 – September 10 (11:59 p.m.)
Registration period for undergraduate and graduate students.
August 27 (Wednesday)
First day of instruction.
September 1 (Monday)
Labor Day — no university exercises (staff holiday).
September 10 (Wednesday)
Last day to add classes.
All Summer 2025 incomplete grades due.
Last day for students expecting December 2025 graduation to declare or drop a major or minor.
September 17 (Wednesday)
First day for undergraduates to elect pass/fail.
First day students may apply for mid-year (December) graduation.
September 18 (Thursday)
Grades replacing Summer 2025 incompletes due.
September 23–24 (Tuesday–Wednesday)
Rosh Hashanah — no university exercises (staff holiday Tuesday).
September 26 (Friday)
Last day to drop Module I courses or change grading option to audit (graduate students).
October 1–2 (Wednesday–Thursday)
Yom Kippur — no university exercises (staff holiday Thursday).
October 7 (Tuesday)
Sukkot — no university exercises.
October 13 (Monday)
Indigenous Peoples Day — no university exercises (staff holiday).
October 14 (Tuesday)
Shmini Atzeret — no university exercises.
October 15 (Wednesday)
Last day for undergraduates to elect pass/fail.
Deadline to request a “P” grade for previous term (5 p.m.).
October 16 (Thursday)
Brandeis Day — Tuesday class schedule in effect.
October 24 (Friday)
Module II begins (first day of instruction).
November 3 (Monday)
Fall Module I grades due.
November 10 (Monday)
Last day to add Module II classes.
November 11 (Tuesday)
Veterans Day — classes in session.
November 13 (Thursday)
Last day to drop semester-long courses.
Last day to change grading option to audit (graduate students).
Last day to submit a medical underload request.
November 17 (Monday)
Priority registration begins for Spring 2026.
November 18–20 (Tuesday–Thursday)
Early registration for Spring 2026.
November 24 (Monday)
Last day to drop Module II courses or change grading option to audit (graduate students).
November 26–28 (Wednesday–Friday)
Thanksgiving Recess — no university exercises (staff holiday Thursday and Friday).
December 11 (Thursday)
Last day of instruction; last day to voluntarily withdraw from the term.
December 12 (Friday)
Study day.
December 15–22 (Monday–Monday)
Final examination period.
December 24 (Wednesday)
Fall 2025 grades due.
January 5, 2026 (Monday)
Last day for graduating seniors to convert pass/fail to a “P” grade.
January 26, 2026 (Monday)
All work due for Fall 2025 incomplete grades.
SPRING 2026
November 21, 2025 – January 26, 2026
Registration period for undergraduate and graduate students.
January 12, 2026 (Monday)
First day of instruction.
January 19 (Monday)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day — no university exercises (staff holiday).
January 26 (Monday)
Last day to add semester and Module I classes.
Last day for May 2026 graduating seniors to declare or drop major/minor.
All Fall 2025 incomplete grades due.
February 3 (Tuesday)
First day for undergraduates to elect pass/fail.
Grades replacing Fall 2025 incompletes due.
February 9 (Monday)
Last day to drop Module I courses or change grading basis to audit (graduate students).
February 11 (Wednesday)
First day to apply for spring (May) graduation.
February 16 (Monday)
Presidents Day — no university exercises (staff holiday).
February 16–20 (Monday–Friday)
February break — no university exercises.
March 10 (Tuesday)
Last day for undergraduates to elect pass/fail.
Module II begins (first day of instruction).
March 16 (Monday)
Spring Module I grades due.
March 23 (Monday)
Last day to add Module II courses.
March 30 (Monday)
Last day to drop semester courses.
Last day for graduate students to change grading basis.
Last day to request a medical underload.
April 1–9 (Wednesday–Thursday)
No university exercises (religious observances).
April 28 (Tuesday)
Brandeis Day — Thursday class schedule in effect.
April 29 (Wednesday)
Last day of instruction; last day to voluntarily withdraw from the term.
April 30 (Thursday)
Study day.
May 1–12 (Friday–Tuesday)
Final examination period.
May 17 (Sunday)
Commencement.
May 21 (Thursday)
All non-graduating student grades due.
June 1, 2026 (Monday)
First day of Summer School.
