Dec 04, 2025  
University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
University Catalog 2025-2026

University Academic Calendar


 

Fall Semester-2025
Spring Semester-2026
Summer Session-2026

The University Academic Calendar is subject to change. The current version is always available on Xavier’s website:  https://www.xula.edu/academics/academiccalendar/index.html.

Fall Semester-2025

New Faculty Orientation August 11-12
Faculty and Staff Assembly August 13
Continued Registration for Fall 2025 August 14-15
Classes Begin August 18
Last Day to Add a Course or Change a Section August 20
Labor Day Holiday September 1
Last Day to Drop a Course Without a “W” September 5
Last Day to Remove an “I” September 26
Founder’s Day Convocation October 7
Contingency Days October 13-14
Mid-Semester Grades Due October 10
Last Day to Drop a Course (Receive a “W”) October 24
Registration for Spring Semester and Summer October 27-31
*Seniors Comprehensive Examinations November%
Last Day to Officially Withdraw from Xavier November 21
Thanksgiving Holidays November 26-28
Late Registration Begins December 1
Last Class Day Before Final Examinations December 1
Quiet Days December 2-3
Final Examinations December 4-10
Final Grades Due (Noon) December 12

%The date for Senior Comprehensives is determined by each Division/Department; these exams should be administered between November 1 and November 8. Departments must inform their students of the date of their Senior Comprehensive by the third class day of the semester.

Spring Semester-2026

Faculty and Staff Assembly January 7
Continued Registration for Spring 2026 January 8-9
Classes Begin January 12
Last Day to Add a Course or Change a Section January 14
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday January 19
Last Day to Drop a Course Without a “W” January 30
Mardi Gras Holidays February 16-18
Last Day to Remove “I” February 20
Black History Convocation February 24
Mid-Semester Grades Due March 13
Senior Comprehensive Examinations March +
Last Day to Drop a Course (Receive a “W”) March 27
Easter Holidays (Spring Break) March 30-April 3
Registration for Fall Semester April 6-10
Last Day to Officially Withdraw from Xavier April 17
Last Class Day Before Final Examinations April 27
Senior Grades Due (Noon) April 28
Quiet Days April 28-29
Final Examinations April 30-May 6
ALL Final Grades Due (Noon) May 8
Baccalaureate May 8
Commencement May 9

+The date for Senior Comprehensives is determined by each Division/Department; these exams should be administered between March 9 and March 16. Departments must inform their students of the date of their Senior Comprehensive by the third class day of the semester.

Summer Session-2026

  Session One
Five Weeks
Session Two
Five Weeks
Session Three
Eight Weeks
Continued Registration May 15 June 18* May 29
Classes Begin May 18 June 22 June 1
Last Day to Add or Change a Course or Section May 19 June 23 June 2

Last Day to Drop a Course
(Summer I)

June 12    
Juneteenth Holiday June 19   June 19
Independence Day Holiday   July 3 (4th) July 3 (4th)
Last Day to Drop a Course
(Summer II and III)
  July 17 July 17
Final Examinations June 18 & 20^ July 24-25 July 24-25
Final Grades Due (Noon) June 23 July 28 July 28

*Due to Juneteenth we cannot hold continued registration on June 19th (which would be 8 weeks after classes end on a Friday).
^Due to Juneteenth we cannot hold exams on June 19th.