
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 1: Applications for Fall 2025 Open
December 12: Last day of Fall Term
December 14: Ganden Ngamchoe, Lama Tsongkhapa Commemorated, Tibetan Buddhist Holiday
December 22-January 2: Winter Break, Holidays, offices closed
January 5-16: Winter Break; no classes, offices open

Spring 2026
January 5-30: Winter Break; no classes, office open
January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, US Holiday, offices closed
February 2: First day of Spring Term
February 16: Last day to register/drop/add Spring term courses
February 15: Priority Application Deadline for Fall 2026
February 18: Losar, Tibetan New Year
March 4: Monlam Chotrul Duchen, Day of Miracles, Tibetan Buddhist Holiday
March 15: Priority Application Decisions
March 23-27: Spring Break
May 22: 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 2026
June 15: Last Day to Submit Scholarship Applications for Fall 2026
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

