Fall Semester 2026
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| Registration Deadlines Calendar - Fall 2026 | |
| Title | Deadline |
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| RUNs are made available to advisors; academic advisement begins | late January 2026 |
| Priority Registration1 | Mon., Feb. 16 |
| Registration temporarily unavailable for most students (certain new registration holds may go into effect2) | Mon., Mar. 30 |
| Advance Registration3 and Program Changes | Tues., Mar. 31 – Sun., Aug. 16 |
| Registration waitlists purged | Mon., Aug. 10 |
| Full Semester Begins | Mon., Aug. 17 |
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WEEK 1 August 17-August 23 Semester & 1st 8-weeks Session Begins4 Deadline to register or add without Dean's approval5 |
Mon., Aug. 17 Fri., Aug. 21 |
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WEEK 2 August 24-August 30 Deadline to register for full semester course or change graded credit to audit7,8 Deadline to drop full semester course or withdraw from the University with full credit/refund |
Fri., Aug. 28 |
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WEEK 3 August 31-September 6 |
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WEEK 4 September 7-September 13 Labor Day - Campus closed |
Mon., Sept. 7 |
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WEEK 5 September 14-September 20 Deadline to drop or withdraw with W grade from 1st 8-Weeks session7,8 |
Fri., Sept. 18 |
| WEEK 6 September 21-September 27 | |
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WEEK 7 September 28-October 4 Fall Break - No Classes, Campus Open |
Fri. Oct. 2 |
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WEEK 8 October 5-October 11 1st 8-Weeks Session ends |
Fri. Oct. 9 |
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WEEK 9 October 12-October 18 2nd 8-Weeks Session begins |
Mon. Oct. 12 |
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WEEK 10 October 19-October 25 Deadline to drop full semester course or withdraw with W grade7,8,9 |
Fri. Oct. 23 |
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WEEK 11 October 26-November 1 Deadline to send Course Request Form (CRF) to add 2nd 8-Week course Deadline to drop 2nd 8-Week course with credit/refund |
Fri. Oct. 30
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WEEK 12 November 2-November 8 |
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WEEK 13 November 9-November 15 Veteran's Day - Campus closed Deadline to drop or withdraw with W grade from 2nd 8-Weeks session |
Wed. Nov. 11 Fri. Nov. 13
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WEEK 14 November 16-November 22 |
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Thanksgiving Break November 23-November 29 Campus closed |
Thu. & Fri. Nov. 26-27 |
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WEEK 15 November 30-December 6 |
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WEEK 16 December 7-December 11 FINALS WEEK Semester & 2nd 8-Weeks session ends |
Fri. Dec. 11
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Commencement |
Sat. Dec. 12 |
The Fall 2026 semester is part of the 2026-2027 academic calendar.
Friday Deadlines – 11:59 pm Central Time
1 Priority registration will be open to First-Time, First-Year Post-High School students. This student population will no longer be able to register or make registration changes after 11:59pm Central Time on Sunday, March 29 until Friday, April 3, during thier staggered start time.
2 Students should regularly monitor their Must Do List within SalukiNet to watch for any new registration holds so that they can get them taken care of before registration opens. Some registration holds may go into effect before this date.
3 A pre-payment is not required prior to registration. However, students with a past‐due balance of $1,500 or more will not be allowed to register until an appropriate payment has been made to the Bursar's Office. Once a student has registered, the Bursar's Office produces mid-month Statements of Account according to this schedule.
4 Courses scheduled during the Intersession count as a part of the Summer Session for credit hours and time status, GPA and Deans List, tuition and fee assessment, financial aid, and graduation eligibility calculation purposes.
5 Students first registering for full-term courses after the advance registration period has ended will be assessed a $15 late registration fee, as will students first registering for shorter-than-full-term courses after the first day of the course. The fee is non-refundable and non-waivable unless it can be clearly shown that faculty or administrative action caused the late registration. (Off-campus courses and registration in course numbers 599, 600, 601, and 699 are exempt from this fee.)
6 Please note that course adds or section changes for courses that start before – or start after – the first week of the term may only be done through the first day of the course. Such course add and section change deadlines may also apply to very short courses that start during the first week of the term. (Dean's signature is required for doing adds/changes after the first day of any such courses).
7 Effective Spring 2015, to better comply with federal regulations that concern the return of Title IV aid funds, students who withdraw from the University after the term starts but during the full refund period will normally have displayed on their transcript their attempted courses with W grades.
8 Students enrolled in shorter-than-full-term courses should refer to the drop deadline chart in their catalog – or to the online Schedule of Classes search result for an individual course – since the full refund date and the last date to drop will vary depending on the start date and length of the course.
9 Effective Summer 2013, students may not drop or withdraw from a full-term course after Week 10 of the semester (after Week 5 of a Summer Session)
10 Students who withdraw from the University after the full refund period will normally have displayed on their transcript their attempted courses with W grades.