
(Last Updated 21 February 2025)
NOTE: Tuition refund deadlines for full semester courses are included in this Academic Calendar. Specific deadlines for tuition payments and refunds for short-term courses can be obtained from the menus available at the Business Office website. Withdrawal deadlines for short-term courses can be obtained from the University Registrar's website.
JANUARY
1 – 10
- Open registration continues
14 (Tues.)
- School of Law orientation begins (entering law students)
18 (Sat.)
- University classes begin
20 (Mon.)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (University holiday)
21 (Tues.)
- School of Law classes begin (returning law students)
24 (Fri.)
- Last day to change from audit to graded or A/Credit/Pass/Fail status
- Last day to enroll in a course without instructor's permission
31 (Fri.)
- Payment deadline
- Last day to set up payment plan
- Last day to receive 100% tuition refund
FEBRUARY
3 (Mon.)
- Open registration begins for Summer semester
7 (Fri.)
- Last day to change from graded or A/Credit/Pass/Fail to audit
- Last day to file Application for Degree for Spring and Summer graduates
- Last day to enroll
- Last day to receive 40% tuition refund
14 (Fri.)
- Last day to receive 20% tuition refund
MARCH
1 (Sat.)
- Priority Deadline for FAFSA for 2025-26
17 (Mon.)
- Spring recess begins
24 (Mon.)
- Classes resume
25 (Tues.)
- Advance registration begins for Fall semester (ends March 28)
29 (Sat.)
- Open registration begins for Fall semester (ends August 17)
APRIL
4 (Fri.)
- Deadline for Summer 2025 Reinstatement Petition submission to VPAA
25 (Fri.)
- Last day to change grade status from A/Credit/Pass/Fail to graded, graded to A/Credit/Pass/Fail
- Last day to withdraw
MAY
5 (Mon.)
- Success week begins
- School of Law final exams begin
9 (Fri.)
- Last day of classes
10 (Sat.)
- Final examinations begin
16 (Fri.)
- Final examinations end – all students
- End of semester
- School of Applied Studies Commencement and Certificate and Award Ceremonies at White Concert Hall
- 10:00 a.m. Ceremony: graduates with majors from the following departments:
- Allied Health
- Family and Human Services
- Complete list of programs for the 10 a.m. ceremony
- 12:30 p.m. Ceremony: graduates with majors from the following departments:
- Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
- Education
- Social Work
- Washburn Tech articulation students
- Complete list of programs for the 12:30 p.m. ceremony
- 10:00 a.m. Ceremony: graduates with majors from the following departments:
- School of Nursing Commencement and Pinning Ceremonies at White Concert Hall
- 3:00 p.m.
- School of Business Commencement Ceremony at White Concert Hall
- 5:30 p.m.
17 (Sat.)
- College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremonies at White Concert Hall
- 10:00 a.m. Ceremony: graduates with majors from the following departments:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Information Science
- History
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Physics & Astronomy
- Political Science & Public Administration
- Psychology
- Sociology & Anthropology
- 12:30 p.m. Ceremony: graduates earning the following degrees and graduates with majors from the following departments:
- Associate of Liberal Studies degree
- Bachelor of General Studies degree
- Bachelor of Integrated Studies
- Art
- Communication Studies
- English
- Kinesiology
- Mass Media
- Modern Languages
- Music & Theatre
- Philosophy & Religious Studies
- 10:00 a.m. Ceremony: graduates with majors from the following departments:
- School of Law Commencement Ceremony at White Concert Hall
- 3:30 p.m.
- Deadline for submission of grades (10:00 am)
