Fall 2024
August 26: First day of Fall Term
September 2: Labor Day, US Holiday, offices closed
September 9: Drop/Add period ends
October 15: Fall 2025 Degree Program Applications Open
November 15: Spring and Summer Course Registration Opens
November 22: Lhabab Duchen, Tibetan Buddhist holiday
November 25-29: Fall Break
December 13: Last day of Fall Term
December 23-January 3: Winter Break, Holidays, offices closed
December 25: Ganden Ngamchoe, Lama Tsongkhapa Commemorated, Tibetan Buddhist Holiday
January 6-17: Winter Break; no classes, offices open
Spring 2025
January 6-17: Winter Break; no classes, office open
January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, US Holiday, offices closed
January 21: First day of Spring Term
February 4: Last day to register/drop/add Spring term courses
February 15: Priority Application Deadline for Fall 2025
February 28: Losar, Tibetan New Year
March 14: Monlam Chotrul Duchen, Day of Miracles, Tibetan Buddhist Holiday
March 15: Priority Application Decisions
March 24-April 4: Spring Break
April 1: Recommended International Student Application Deadline for Fall 2025
April 15: Fall Registration Opens for Current Students
April 17: Fall Registration Opens for All
May 16: Last day of Spring Term
May 17 or 24 (TBD): Commencement Ceremony
May 26: Memorial Day, US Holiday, offices closed
Summer 2025
June 16 (tentative): First day of Summer Term
June 14: Last Day to Submit Degree Program Application for Fall 2025
June 14: Last Day to Submit Scholarship Applications for Fall 2025
June 19: Juneteenth, US Holiday, offices closed
July 4: Independence Day, US Holiday, offices closed
July 6: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday
July 28: Chokhor Duchen (First Turning of the Wheel Buddhist Holiday)
August 8 (tentative): Last day of Summer Term
Fall 2025
August 25: First day of Fall Term
September 1: Labor Day, US Holiday, offices closed
September 8: Drop/Add period ends
October 15: Fall 2026 Degree Program Applications Open
November 11: Lhabab Duchen, Tibetan Buddhist holiday
November 15: Spring and Summer Course Registration Opens
November 24-28: Fall Break
December 12: Last day of Fall Term
December 22-January 2: Winter Break, Holidays, offices closed
TBD: Ganden Ngamchoe, Lama Tsongkhapa Commemorated, Tibetan Buddhist Holiday
January 5-16: Winter Break; no classes, offices open
Spring 2026
January 5-16: Winter Break; no classes, office open
January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, US Holiday, offices closed
January 20: First day of Spring Term
February 3: Last day to register/drop/add Spring term courses
February 15: Priority Application Deadline for Fall 2026
TBD: Losar, Tibetan New Year
TBD: Monlam Chotrul Duchen, Day of Miracles, Tibetan Buddhist Holiday
March 15: Priority Application Decisions
March 20-24 (tentative): Spring Break
April 1: Recommended International Student Application Deadline for Fall 2025
April 15: Fall Registration Opens for Current Students
April 17: Fall Registration Opens for All
May 8 (tentative): Last day of Spring Term
TBD: Commencement Ceremony
May 25: Memorial Day, US Holiday, offices closed
Summer 2026
TBD: First day of Summer Term
June 15: Last Day to Submit Degree Program Application for Fall 2025
June 15: Last Day to Submit Scholarship Applications for Fall 2025
June 19: Juneteenth, US Holiday, offices closed
July 3: Independence Day, US Holiday, offices closed
July 6: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 91th Birthday
TBD: Chokhor Duchen (First Turning of the Wheel Buddhist Holiday)
TBD: Last day of Summer Term