Academic Calendar

Success in college requires planning out your semester and terms. You will want to know when classes start, payments are due, and exams and breaks are scheduled. Find the significant dates that impact your schedule in the Academic Calendar. Click here to download a printable PDF of the 2026-27 Academic Calendar.

November 3 SP-26 registration begins
January 19

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20

First day of classes
Late registration begins

 

January 22 Late registration ends
Last day to add courses
January 30 Last day to drop courses
February 24 FA-25 grades for incomplete coursework due

March 16

WI-25 grades for incomplete coursework due

March 16-20

Spring Break

March 27

Last day to withdraw

April 1

Graduate Thesis Prospectuses due from instructors

April 3

Good Friday

April 6

SU-26 registration begins
FA-26 registration begins

 

May 11–15

Final exams

May 15

Commencement Dress Rehearsal

May 16

Commencement Ceremony

May 22

Grades due to the Registrar

July 21

SP-26 grades for incomplete coursework due

April 6 SU-26/FA-26 registration begins
May 25

Memorial Day*

June 1

Term A first day of classes
Last day to enroll/drop for SU-27 Term A

June 15

Last day to withdraw

June 19

Juneteenth

June 26

Term A final exams

June 29

Term B first day of classes
Last day to enroll/drop for SU-27 Term B

July 2

SU-26A grades due to the Registrar

July 13

Last day to withdraw Term B

July 21

SP-26 grades for incomplete coursework due

July 24

Term B final exams

July 30

Grades due to the Registrar

August 6

SU-26A grades for incomplete coursework due

September 28

SU-26B grades for incomplete coursework due

April 6

FA-26 registration begins

August 8

Move-In Day

August 11

New Student Orientation

August 17

First Day of classes
Last registration begins

August 21

Late registration ends
Last day to add courses

August 28

Last day to drop courses

September 7

Labor Day

September 22

SU-26 grades for incomplete coursework due

October 23

Last day to withdraw

November 1

Graduate Thesis Prospectuses due from instructors

November 2

WI-26 registration begins
SP-27 registration begins

November 23-27

Fall break

November 26-27

Thanksgiving Holiday

December 7

Last day of classes

December 8-11

Final exams

December 15

SP-27 graduation application deadline

December 16

Grades due to the Registrar

December 24-31

Christmas Holiday

January 1

New Year’s Day

February 9

FA-26 grades for incomplete coursework due

November 2

WI-26/SP-27 registration begins

December 11

Last day to enroll for WI-26

December 14

First day of classes

December 24—31

Christmas Holiday

January 1

New Year’s Day

January 4

Last day to withdraw

January 8

Final exams

January 15

Grades due to the Registrar

March 9

WI-26 grades for incomplete coursework due

November 2

SP-27 Registration begins

January 18

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 19

First day of classes
Late registration begins

January 22

Late registration ends
Last day to add courses

January 29 Last day to drop courses
February 9 FA-26 grades for incomplete coursework due
March 9 WI-26 grades for incomplete coursework due
March 8-12 Spring Break
March 25 Last day to withdraw
March 26 Good Friday
April 1

Graduate Thesis Prospectuses due
from instructors

April 5

SU-27 registration begins
FA-27 registration begins

May 10-14

Final exams

May 14 Commencement Dress Rehearsal and
Graduate Banquet
May 15

Commencement Ceremony

May 21

Grades due to the Registrar

July 20

SP-27 grades for incomplete
coursework due

April 5

SU-27/FA-27 registration begins

May 31

Memorial Day

June 1

Term A First day of classes
Last day to enroll/drop for SU-27 Term A

June 17

Last day to withdraw-Term A

June 25

Term A final exams

June 28

Term B first day of classes
Last day to enroll/drop for SU-27 Term B

July 8

SU-27A grades due to the Registrar

July 5

Independence Day

July 15

Last day to withdraw-Term B

July 20

SP-27 grades for incomplete coursework due

July 23

Term B final exams

August 5

Grades due to the Registrar

August 27

SU-27A grades for incomplete coursework due

September 24

SU-27B grades for incomplete coursework due

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
Criswell College admits students who are Christians of good character, without regard or reference to race, national or ethnic origin, color, age, disability, or sex (except where regard to sex is required by the College’s religious tenets regarding gender and sexuality) to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of these classifications in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.