Academic Calendar US

View the complete Academic Calendar, including detailed term deadlines, on the Registrar's Office webpage. Year in Israel dates can be found in the YII Program Calendar.

Summer Term
Monday, May 26, 2025	US Memorial Day: HUC closed; no classes
Monday, June 2, 2025	Shavuot: HUC closed; no classes
Tuesday, June 3, 2025	Shavuot: HUC closed; no classes
Wednesday, June 4, 2025	Summer term starts
Wednesday, June 11, 2025	Summer graduation application due
Thursday, June 19, 2025	US Juneteenth holiday: HUC closed; no classes
Monday, June 23, 2025	Add/Drop deadline for US Summer term classes
Friday, July 4, 2025	US Independence Day: HUC closed; no classes
Thursday, July 31, 2025	Most US Summer term classes end
Sunday, August 3, 2025	Tish'a B'Av
Thursday, August 14, 2025	Summer term ends; Summer grades due
Friday, August 15, 2025	Summer credentials conferred

Fall Term
Monday, August 18, 2025	Fall term starts
August 18-22, 2025	Fall Orientation (varies by campus and program)
Friday, August 22, 2025	Deadline to opt into alternative grading scale
Monday, August 25, 2025	Most Fall classes begin
Monday, September 1, 2025	US Labor Day: HUC closed; no classes
September 3, 2025	December graduation & ordination application deadline
Friday, September 12, 2025	Add/Drop deadline for US Fall term classes
Friday, September 19, 2025	Last day of US classes before High Holy Days break begins
September 20 - October 8, 2025	US High Holy Days recess: no classes
Monday, September 22, 2025	US Erev Rosh Hashanah: HUC closed after 1pm
Tuesday, September 23, 2025	US Rosh Hashanah break: HUC Closed
Wednesday, September 24, 2025	US Rosh Hashanah break: HUC Closed
Wednesday, October 1, 2025	US Erev Yom Kippur: HUC closed after 1pm
Thursday, October 2, 2025	US Yom Kippur break: HUC closed
Monday, October 6, 2025	US Erev Sukkot: HUC closed after 1pm; no classes all day
Tuesday, October 7, 2025	US Sukkot break: HUC closed; no classes
Wednesday, October 8, 2025	US Sukkot break: HUC closed; no classes
Thursday, October 9, 2025	US classes resume
Monday, October 13, 2025	US Erev Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret: HUC closed after 1pm; no classes all day
Tuesday, October 14, 2025	US Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret break: HUC closed; no classes
Wednesday, October 15, 2025	US Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret break: HUC closed; no classes
Thursday, October 16, 2025	US classes resume
Monday, November 17, 2025	Registration opens for Spring term
Thursday, November 27, 2025	US Thanksgiving break: HUC closed; no classes
Friday, November 28, 2025	US Thanksgiving break: HUC closed; no classes
Monday, December 1, 2025	US classes resume
Monday, December 15, 2025	Most Fall term classes end
December 18-19, 2025	Final presentations and exams
Saturday, December 20, 2025	Fall credentials conferred
Monday, December 22, 2025	Fall term ends
Wednesday, December 24, 2025	US Christmas Eve: HUC closed after 1pm
Thursday, December 25, 2025	US Christmas Day: HUC closed
Thursday, January 1, 2026	US New Year's Day: HUC closed
Monday, January 5, 2026	Fall grades due

Spring Term
Sunday, January 11, 2026	Spring term starts
Monday, January 19, 2026	US M.L. King Jr. Day: HUC closed; no classes
Tuesday, January 20, 2026	Most Spring classes begin
Wednesday, January 28, 2026	May graduation & ordination application deadline
Friday, February 6, 2026	Add/Drop deadline for US Summer term classes
Monday, February 16, 2026	US President's Day: HUC closed; no classes
Monday, April 13, 2026	Registration opens for Summer and Fall terms
Tuesday, March 31, 2026	US Last day of classes before Passover break begins
April 1-12, 2026	US Passover break: no classes
Wednesday, April 1, 2026	Passover 1st night: HUC closed
Thursday, April 2, 2026	Passover 1st day: HUC closed
Friday, April 3, 2026	Passover 2nd day: HUC closed
Tuesday, April 7, 2026	Passover 7th night: HUC closed after 1pm
Wednesday, April 8, 2026	Passover 7th day: HUC closed
Thursday, April 9, 2026	Passover 8th day: HUC closed
Friday, April 10, 2026	Final grades due for ordination candidates
Monday, April 13, 2026	US classes resume
Thursday, April 30, 2026	Most Spring classes end
May 3, 2026	Ordination (New York)
Monday, May 4, 2026	Graduation (New York)
May 7-8, 2026	Final presentations and exams
Friday, May 8, 2026	Graduation (Cincinnati)
Saturday, May 9, 2026	Ordination (Cincinnati)
Friday, May 15, 2026	Spring term ends
Sunday, May 17, 2026	Ordination (Los Angeles)
Monday, May 18, 2026	Graduation (Los Angeles)
Thursday, May 21, 2026	US Erev Shavuot: HUC closed after 1pm; no classes all day
Friday, May 22, 2026	US Shavuot: HUC closed; no classes
Monday May 25, 2026	US Memorial Day: HUC closed; no classes
Monday, June 1, 2026	Spring grades due; Spring credentials conferred