ISU Academic Calendar for 2026-2027
We have provided you with the ISU 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.
| Fall Semester 2025 | |
|---|---|
| March 17 | Fall 2025 Class Schedule viewable online (subject to change) |
| April 7 | 7:00AM – Fall 2025 Class Level Registration Begins for continuing ISU students (subject to change) |
| April 7 | Registration begins for Priority, GR, PB and Seniors |
| April 9 | Registration begins for Juniors |
| April 11 | Registration begins for Sophomores |
| April 14 | Registration begins for continuing Freshman and all others |
| August 25 | Fall 2025 classes begin |
| August 29 | Last day to add/drop early 8-week courses |
| September 1 | Labor Day holiday (no classes) |
| September 8 | Last day to register, add/drop, change section, or audit full semester courses |
| September 8 | Last day to submit Idaho Residency Determination Worksheet with documentation to Office of the Registrar to declare Idaho residency |
| September 22 | Last day to file an application for December 2025 graduation |
| September 26 | Last day to WITHDRAW from early 8-week courses |
| October 6 | Early 8-week course grading opens |
| October 13 | Spring 2026 Class Schedule viewable online (subject to change) |
| October 13-17 | Mid-term week |
| October 20 | Late 8-week courses begin |
| October 21 | Early 8-week course grading closes at 5:00 pm |
| October 24 | Last day to add/drop late 8-week courses |
| October 31 | Last day to WITHDRAW from full-semester courses |
| November 3 | 7:00 AM- Spring 2026 Class level registration for continuing ISU students begins (subject to change) |
| November 3 | Registration begins for Seniors (90+ credits) and Graduate students |
| November 5 | Registration begins for Juniors (58-89 credits) |
| November 7 | Registration begins for Sophomores (26-57 credits) |
| November 10 | Registration begins for Freshman and all others (0-25 credits) |
| November 21 | Last day to WITHDRAW from late 8-week courses |
| November 24-28 | Fall recess (no classes — Thanksgiving Break) |
| December 8 | Late 8-week and full semester course grading opens |
| December 8 | Summer 2026 Class Schedule viewable online (subject to change) |
| December 15-19 | Finals week |
| December 19 | Fall 2025 Classes End |
| December 20 | Commencement (August and December 2025 graduates) |
| December 22* | Late 8-week and full semester course grading closes at 5:00 pm *Updated Grading Deadline = Moved from Tuesday to Monday for Fall 2025 |
| Spring Semester 2026 | |
|---|---|
| November 3, 2025 | 7:00AM – Spring 2026 Class Level Registration Begins (subject to change) |
| January 12 | Spring classes begin |
| January 16 | Last day to add/drop early 8-week courses |
| January 19 | Martin Luther King Jr./Human Rights holiday (no classes) |
| January 26 | Last day to register, add/drop, change section, or audit full semester courses |
| January 26 | Last day to submit Idaho Residency Determination Worksheet with documentation to Office of the Registrar to declare Idaho residency |
| February 9 | Deadline to file an application for May 2026 graduation (subject to change) |
| February 9 | 7:00AM – Summer 2026 registration begins for ALL class levels (subject to change) |
| February 13 | Last day to WITHDRAW from early 8-week courses |
| February 16 | Presidents’ Day holiday (no classes) |
| February 23 | Early 8-week course grading opens |
| March 2-6 | Mid-term week |
| March 9 | Late 8-week courses begin |
| March 10 | Early 8-week course grading closes at 5:00 pm |
| March 13 | Last day to add/drop late 8-week courses |
| March 16 | Fall 2026 Class Schedule viewable online (subject to change) |
| March 20 | Last day to WITHDRAW from full semester courses |
| March 23-27 | Spring Break (no classes) |
| March 30 | Deadline to file an application for August 2026 graduation (subject to change) |
| April 6 | Fall 2026 Class Level Registration begins for continuing ISU students |
| April 6 | Fall 2026 Class Level Registration begins for Priority, GR, PB and Seniors |
| April 8 | Fall 2026 Registration begins for Juniors |
| April 10 | Last day to WITHDRAW from late 8-week courses |
| April 10 | Fall 2026 Registration begins for Sophomores |
| April 13 | Fall 2026 Registration begins for Freshman and all others |
| April 27 | Late 8-week and full semester course grading opens |
| May 4-8 | FINAL Examinations |
| May 8 | Spring 2026 classes end |
| May 9 | Commencement – Pocatello (May & August 2026 graduates) |
| May 11 | Commencement – Meridian (May & August 2026 graduates) |
| May 12 | Late 8-week and full semester course grading closes at 4:00 pm |
| Summer Semester 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Feb 9 | 7AM – Summer 2026 Registration Begins (subject to change) |
| May 18 | Classes begin for Early-4, Early-6, Early-8 and Full term |
| May 22 | Last day to add/drop Early-4, Early-6, Early-8 courses |
| May 25 | Memorial Day holiday (Monday – no classes) |
| May 29 | Last day to add/drop Full term courses |
| May 29 | Last day to WITHDRAW from Early-4 courses |
| May 29 | Last day to submit Idaho Residency Determination Worksheet with documentation to Office of the Registrar to declare Idaho residency |
| June 1 | Early-4 final grading opens |
| June 5 | Last day to WITHDRAW from Early-6 courses |
| June 12 | Last day to WITHDRAW from Early-8 courses |
| June 15 | Middle-4 and Late-8 courses start |
| June 15 | Early-6 final grading opens |
| June 16 | Early-4 final grading closes at 4:00 pm |
| June 19 | Juneteenth Holiday (Friday – no classes) |
| June 19 | Last day to add/drop Middle-4 and Late-8 courses |
| June 26 | Last day to WITHDRAW from Middle-4 and Full term courses |
| June 29 | Early-8 and Middle-4 final grading opens |
| June 29 | Late-6 courses start |
| June 30 | Early-6 final grading closes at 4:00pm |
| July 3 | Last day to add/drop Late-6 courses |
| July 3 | Independence Day Holiday Observed (Friday – no classes) |
| July 4 | Independence Day (Saturday – no classes) |
| July 10 | Last day to WITHDRAW from Late-8 courses |
| July 13 | Late-4 courses start |
| July 14 | Early-8 and Middle-4 final grading closes at 4:00pm |
| July 17 | Last day to add/drop Late-4 courses |
| July 17 | Last day to WITHDRAW from Late-6 courses |
| July 24 | Last day to WITHDRAW from Late-4 courses |
| July 27 | Full term, Late-8, Late-6 and Late-4 final grading opens |
| Aug 7 | Summer 2026 Classes End |
| Aug 11 | Full term, Late-8, Late-6 and Late-4 final grading closes at 5:00pm |
