Tufts Academic Calendar 2026-2027

Hi welcome to the Tufts Academic Calendar for 2026-2027 page. Here we have listed all of the activities conducted by the school for you. Each academic calendar specifies the dates when students can sign up for, drop, or withdraw from classes. However, your primary motivation for using an academic calendar will be scheduling your time and practicing time management.

Tufts University is a private research university located in the Greater Boston area. The main campus is located in the Walnut Hill neighborhood of the towns of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, with additional facilities located in Boston and Grafton, Massachusetts and in Talloires, France. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Tufts remained a small liberal arts college until the 1970s, when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates. The academic calendar is a well-organized schedule that covers all the important events and milestones throughout the academic year

 

Tufts offers over 90 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs across ten schools in the greater Boston area and Talloires, France. It has the country’s oldest graduate school of international relations, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The largest school is the School of Arts and Sciences, which includes both the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, which is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . The School of Engineering offers an entrepreneurial focus through its Gordon Institute and maintains close connections with the original college. It is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity” and is a member of the Association of American Universities, which emphasizes academic research.

 

December 2025
WhenEvent
Dec 8Classes end for Full Term and Second Session courses
Dec 8, 12am – 11:59pmCourse evaluations close for fall 2025 full term and second session courses. Students who do not complete all of their course evaluations by the deadline cannot see grades on SIS until the grading deadline on January 5.
Dec 8Last Day for AS&E Graduate Students to WITHDRAW from Full Term and Second Session Courses and Receive a Grade of W by 11:59 pm ET
Dec 9Reading Period
Dec 11Final Examinations and Review Boards begin
Dec 18Final Examinations and Review Boards end
Dec 25Christmas Day Observed (University Holiday)
Dec 26–31 Winter Break (University Holiday)
January 2026
Jan 1New Year’s Day Observed (University Holiday)
Jan 5, 5pmFall term grades due online by 5pm
Jan 5, 5pmLast day for all Arts, Sciences, and Engineering students to respond to the Incomplete Agreement for the Fall 2025 term is by 9 am EST.
Jan 13Last day for undergraduate AS&E students to submit a request to be enrolled part-time
Jan 14Classes begin for Full Term and First Session courses
Jan 19Martin Luther King Day (University Holiday)
Jan 21Substitute Monday schedule on Wednesday
Jan 21, 11:59pmLast day for AS&E students to ADD Full Term classes by 11:59 pm ET
Jan 29Last day for AS&E Undergraduate and SOE Graduate Students students to make up incomplete grades from Fall 2025
February 2026
Feb 16Presidents’ Day Observed (University Holiday) No Classes
Feb 18First Session courses only: Last Day for Undergraduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from courses and receive a grade of W by 11:59 pm ET
Feb 18First Session courses only: Last day for Undergraduates to Select PASS/FAIL Option by 11:59 pm ET
Feb 18Last day for AS&E students to DROP Full Term courses without record of enrollment by 11:59 pm ET
Feb 19Substitute Monday schedule on Thursday
Feb 25, 11:59pmLast day for GSAS students to make up incomplete grades from Fall 2025 by 11:59 pm ET
March 2026
Mar 3First Session courses only: classes end
Mar 3, 12am – 11:59pmGraduate students in First Session courses only: Last Day for Graduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from classes and receive a Grade of W
Mar 4Second Session Courses Only: Classes Begin
Mar 11Second Session Courses Only: Last day for AS&E students to ADD classes by 11:59 pm ET
Mar 14Spring Recess begins
Mar 23Advising Period Begins for continuing students & Fall 2026 Course Offerings Available in SIS
Mar 23Spring Recess ends; Classes Resume
April 2026
Apr 1Last Day for Undergraduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from Full Term Courses and Receive a Grade of W; Last Day for Undergraduates to Select PASS/FAIL Option for Full Term Courses
Apr 1Second Session Courses Only: Last day for AS&E students to DROP classes without record of enrollment by 11:59 pm ET
Apr 6Fall 2026 registration starts for graduate and postbac students in SIS
Apr 7Pre-registration for EN undergraduates for Fall 2026 courses
Apr 8Fall 2026 registration starts for AS&E (including SMFA and NEC) rising seniors and 5th years in SIS
Apr 13Fall 2026 registration starts for AS&E (including SMFA and NEC) rising juniors in SIS
Apr 14Fall 2026 registration starts for AS&E (including SMFA and NEC) rising sophomores and continuing first-year students in SIS
Apr 15Second Session courses only: Last Day for Undergraduate AS&E Students to WITHDRAW from courses and receive a grade of W by 11:59 pm ET
Apr 15Second Session courses only: Last day for Undergraduates to Select PASS/FAIL Option by 11:59 pm ET
Apr 20Patriots’ Day observed (University Holiday) No Classes
Apr 27Classes end for Full Term and Second Session courses; Last Day for AS&E Graduate Students to WITHDRAW from Full Term and Second Session Courses and Receive a Grade of W
Apr 28Reading Period
Apr 29Reading Period
Apr 30Reading Period
May 2026
May 1Final Examinations and Review Boards begin
May 8Final Examinations and Review Boards end
May 11Senior Week begins
May 11, 9amDegree Candidates’ Spring Term Grades Due Online by 9 am ET
May 15Senior Week ends
May 15, 9amRemaining Grades Due Online by 9 am ET
May 17Commencement
May 18Residence Halls close for remaining students
May 20First and 12-week Summer Sessions Starts
May 25Memorial Day (University Holiday) Classes Suspended

 

Religious/Holy Days

Tufts University celebrates and acknowledges the religious and philosophical diversity of its faculty, staff, and students.  

This multifaith calendar has been updated and expanded by the University Chaplaincy in collaboration with the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO). It is provided for education and reference and includes dates, names, and descriptions of religious holy days. Because there are times when the academic calendar conflicts with holy days, faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to refer to this multifaith calendar when scheduling campus events.  Most of the events listed on the Tufts Multifaith Calendar page are drawn from the calendar maintained by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Harvard Divinity School. Please note this calendar is not exhaustive, and we welcome feedback for inclusion of additional days at [email protected].

Any Tufts University employee or student seeking religious accommodations related to their religious observance are encouraged to request of their supervisors or faculty reasonable accommodations related to classes and work.

Employees and students seeking additional support may also refer to the University Religious Accommodations Policy or reach out to the OEO Accommodations Team.

The University Chaplaincy team also welcomes both questions and requests for additional information about religious and philosophical observances. You can find chaplain contact information here.

December 2025
Event Action SelectWhenEventCampus
November 30 – December 24Advent
December 8Bodhi Day
December 8Immaculate Conception
December 12Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 14–22 Hanukkah
December 21Yule
December 25Christmas
December 25Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ
December 26Death of Prophet Zarathustra
December 30Fast of Tevet
December 31, 2025 – January 4, 2026Ghambar Maidyarem
January 2026
December 31, 2025 – January 4, 2026Ghambar Maidyarem
January 1Solemnity of Mary
January 3Mahayana New Year
January 6Epiphany
January 6Theophany
January 7Christmas (Orthodox)
January 15–16 Laylat al-Isra’wa al-Mi’raj (Mi’raj al-Nabiy)
January 20Birthday of Guru Gobind Sing Ji
January 23Vasant Panchami (Sri Pancami)
January 30Sadeh
February 2026
February 1Imbolc
February 1–2 Tu B’Shevat
February 2–3 Laylat al-Bara’ah
February 15–16 Maha Shivaratri
February 15Nirvana Day
February 17 – March 19Ramadan
February 18Ash Wednesday
February 18 – April 4Great Lent
March 2026
February 17 – March 19Ramadan
February 18 – April 4Great Lent
March 1–20 Nineteen Day Fast
March 2Fast of Esther
March 2–3 Purim
March 4Holi
March 15Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti
March 16–20 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem
March 16Laylat al-Qadr
March 19–20 Eid al-Fitr (‘Id al-Fitr)
March 20Ostara
March 21Naw Ruz
March 26Birth of Prophet Zarathustra (Khordad Sal)
March 26Ramanavami
March 29Palm Sunday
March 31Mahavir Jayanti

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