Key Dates
Summer 2025
| Monday, July 14 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Summer term graduation |
| Wednesday, July 3 – Friday, August 1 | Stata causal inference workshop and 2025 Stata Conference, in Nashville |
| Saturday, August 2 – Sunday, August 3 | 2025 ACTStat Annual Meeting, in Nashville |
| Saturday, August 2 | Next-Generation Statistics: From Theory to Practice in a Data-Rich Era symposium, in Nashville |
| Saturday, August 2 | IMS Frontiers in Statistical Machine Learning workshop, in Nashville |
| Saturday, August 2 – Thursday, August 7 | Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) 2025, in Nashville |
| Thursday, August 7 | Regular summer session classes end |
| Friday, August 8 | Summer semester ends; summer graduation |
Fall 2025
| Fall schedule is available in YES. Fall registration opened on April 9.
Fall open enrollment is July 16–August 29. |
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| Friday, August 15 | New student orientation |
| Graduate faculty + student social hour, 3 pm | |
| Returning student reorientation and feedback session, 4 pm | |
| Monday, August 18 | Fall Convocation for new Graduate School students |
| Wednesday, August 20 | First day of classes |
| Friday, August 29 | Fall open enrollment period ends |
| Monday, September 15 | YES opens for (1) Graduation Intent for Fall graduation and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Fall graduates (closes November 2) |
| Thursday, October 9 – Friday, October 10 | Fall break |
| Friday, October 24 | Last day to withdraw with academic penalty |
| Wednesday, October 29 | Spring registration opens |
| Sunday, November 2 | Last day to submit (1) Graduate Intent for Fall and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) in YES |
| Friday, November 14 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Fall graduation |
| Saturday, November 22 – Sunday, November 30 | Thanksgiving break |
| Monday, December 1 | Spring open enrollment begins |
| Thursday, December 4 | Last day of classes |
| Friday, December 5 – Saturday, December 13 | Examinations and reading days |
| Saturday, December 13 | Graduation date for December graduates |
Spring 2026
| Monday, January 5 | First day of classes |
| Monday, January 12 | YES opens for (1) Graduation Intent for Spring graduation and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Spring graduates (closes February 22) |
| Wednesday, January 14 | Spring open enrollment ends |
| Monday, January 19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – classes do not meet |
| Sunday, February 22 | Last day to submit (1) Graduate Intent for Spring and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) in YES |
| Saturday, March 7 – Sunday, March 15 | Spring break |
| Sunday, March 15 – Wednesday, March 18 | ENAR 2026, in Indianapolis |
| Friday, March 20 | Last day to withdraw with academic penalty |
| Monday, March 23 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Spring graduation; Summer open enrollment begins |
| Monday, April 20 | Last day of classes |
| Tuesday, April 21 – Thursday, April 30 | Examinations and reading days |
| Friday, May 8 | Commencement |
Summer 2026
| Monday, June 1 | YES opens for (1) Graduation Intent for Summer graduation and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Summer graduates (closes July 10) |
| Tuesday, June 2 | Summer classes begin |
| Thursday, June 4 | End of student change period (for regular summer session) |
| Friday, June 19 | Juneteenth Holiday |
| Friday, July 10 | Last day to submit Summer graduation forms in YES |
| Tuesday, July 14 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Summer term graduation |
| Saturday, August 1 – Thursday, August 6 | Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) 2026, in Boston |
| Thursday, August 6 | Regular summer session classes end |
| Friday, August 7 | Summer semester ends; summer graduation |
Other calendars that may of be interest
Metro Nashville Public Schools calendar (2025–2026)
University School of Nashville calendars
Edge for Scholars: Research Funding Board