AY 2026–2027
| FALL SEMESTER 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| August | ||
| 3/4 | Monday/Tuesday | First-Year Student Orientation |
| 6 | Thursday | Transfer Student Orientation |
| 10 | Monday | Victory Day |
| 20 | Thursday | Fall registration begins for non-degree students (undergrad) |
| 24 | Monday | President's Opening Address RIC Community Development Day |
| 25 | Tuesday | New Faculty Orientation |
| 27 | Thursday | New Student Orientation Make-up Day |
| 28 | Friday | Move-in Day for First-Year Resident Students |
| 28 | Friday | Fall waiver registration day for seniors and unemployed RI residents |
| 29 | Saturday | Anchors Away |
| 31 | Monday | Fall classes begin |
| September | ||
| 2 | Wednesday | First-Year Convocation |
| 7 | Monday | Labor Day (no classes, college closed, library closed) |
| 8 | Tuesday | Last day to add without permission from department; students may still drop classes without permission (undergraduate programs only except 7 week classes) |
| 14 | Monday | Last day to (add with permission) & drop (all academic programs except 7 week classes) |
| October | ||
| 12 | Monday | Indigenous Peoples Day (no classes, college closed, library open--holiday hours) |
| 17 | Saturday | Make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 28 | Wednesday | Mid-semester grades due by noon |
| November | ||
| 3 | Tuesday | Election day - (no classes, college closed, library closed) |
| 7 | Saturday | Admissions Open House |
| 11 | Wednesday | Veteran's Day Observed – (no classes, college closed, library open - holiday hours) |
| 12 | Thursday | Last day to withdraw. A grade of W will be assigned |
| 16 | Monday | Spring, early spring registration begins for degree students |
| 26–29 | Thursday–Sunday | Thanksgiving Recess |
| 30 | Monday | Classes resume |
| 30 | Monday | Early Spring registration begins for all non-degree students (if you never attended RIC you will need to create an account) |
| December | ||
| 1 | Tuesday | Registration begins for non-degree graduate students |
| 12 | Saturday | Make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 14 | Monday | Fall semester classes end |
| 15 | Tuesday | Reading Day |
| 16 | Wednesday | Final examinations begin |
| 22 | Tuesday | Final examinations end |
| 23 | Wednesday | Make-up date for final examinations |
| 25 | Friday | Christmas Day (college closed, library closed) |
| 28 | Monday | Final Grades Due at 4 pm |
| EARLY SPRING 2027 | ||
| 28 | Monday | Early Spring classes begin; Last day to Add/Drop an Early Spring course |
| SPRING SEMESTER 2027 | ||
| January | ||
| 1 | Friday | New Year's Day (college closed, library closed) |
| 6 | Wednesday | New Student Orientation |
| 11 | Monday | Spring registration begins for non-degree students (undergrad) |
| 14 | Thursday | New Student Orientation |
| 15 | Friday | Early Spring classes end; Waiver registration day for seniors and unemployed RI residents |
| 18 | Monday | Martin Luther King Day (no classes, college closed, library closed) |
| 19 | Tuesday | Spring classes begin Early Spring Final Grades Due at 4:00PM |
| 25 | Monday | Last day to add without permission from department; students may still drop classes without permission (undergraduate programs only except 7 week classes) |
| February | ||
| 1 | Monday | Last day to add (with permission) & drop (all academic programs except 7 week classes) |
| 13 | Saturday | Make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 15 | Monday | Summer registration begins for degree students |
| 22 | Monday | Summer registration begins for non-degree students |
| March | ||
| 8 | Monday | Spring recess begins |
| 15 | Monday | Classes resume |
| 17 | Wednesday | Mid-semester grades due |
| 20 | Saturday | Make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 31 | Wednesday | Last day to withdraw. A grade of W will be assigned. |
| April | ||
| 3 | Saturday | Accepted Students Day |
| 5 | Monday | Fall registration begins for degree students |
| 17 | Saturday | Make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) |
| 19 | Monday | Non-degree graduate student registration for fall |
| 28 | Wednesday | Cap and Gown Convocation |
| May | ||
| 3 | Monday | Last day of classes |
| 4 | Tuesday | Reading Day |
| 5 | Wednesday | Final examinations begin |
| 11 | Tuesday | Final examinations end |
| 12 | Wednesday | Senior grades due by 4 pm Make-up date for final examinations |
| 13 | Thursday | Advanced Degree Commencement Ceremony |
| 14 | Friday | All other grades due by 4:00pm; Summer Session I waiver registration for seniors and unemployed RI residents |
| 15 | Saturday | Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony |
| SUMMER SESSIONS 2027 | ||
| 17 | Monday | Summer Session I begins |
| 21 | Friday | Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge (Summer Session I) |
| 31 | Monday | Memorial Day (no classes, college closed, library closed) |
| June | ||
| 4 | Friday | Last day to withdraw. A grade of W will be assigned. |
| 14/15 | Monday, Tuesday | First-Year Orientation |
| 17 | Thursday | Transfer Orientation |
| 21 | Monday | Juneteenth Observed (no classes, college closed, library closed) |
| 25 | Friday | Summer Session I ends; Summer Session II waiver registration day for seniors and unemployed RI citizens |
| 28 | Monday | Summer Session II begins |
| 29 | Tuesday | Summer Session I grades are due by 4 pm |
| July | ||
| 5 | Monday | Independence Day Observed (college closed, library closed) |
| 9 | Friday | Last day for adding or dropping courses without a charge (Summer Session II) |
| 12 | Monday | Transfer Orientation |
| 15/16 | Thursday, Friday | First-Year Orientation |
| 16 | Friday | Last day to withdraw. A grade of W will be assigned. |
| August | ||
| 2/3 | Monday, Tuesday | First-Year Orientation |
| 6 | Friday | Transfer Orientation |
| 6 | Friday | Summer Session II ends |
| 9 | Monday | Victory Day – (college closed) |
| 11 | Wednesday | Summer Session II grades are due by 4 pm |
| 26 | Thursday | Make-up Orientation Day (closed) |
NOTE: Calendar subject to change | ||