academic calendars
University term dates
Academic calendars are the schedules that govern an educational institution's year—when classes begin and end, when exams fall, when breaks occur.
Schools publish academic calendars so students and faculty can plan around key dates: Check the academic calendar for the add/drop deadline.
The term also refers to the broader structure of the school year, whether semesters, quarters, or trimesters.
- semesterHalf academic year
- school yearEducational period, usually nine months
- fall semesterAcademic term in autumn
- midtermsExams at semester's center
- reading weekAcademic pause for preparation
quarter · summer session · intersession · curriculum planning · prerequisites · orientation week · credit hours · grading systems · degree programs · schedule · leaves · course catalog · registrar · enrollment periods · graduation ceremonies · administrative policies · graduation requirements · residency requirements
- calendarsalmanac, almanacs, planners, diaries, datebooks
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
- course materialssyllabi, course outlines, course descriptions, learning objectives, assignments
- Latin American UniversitiesUSP, UFC, Mackenzie