WELLESLEY COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR


IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2025

August 2025

Date Day Description
29 Friday Residence Halls open to Returning Students at 8am

September 2025

Date Day Description
01 Monday No Classes
Labor Day
02 Tuesday Fall 2025 registration re-opens at 8:00 AM ET
Fall Classes Start
Deadline to submit Spring + Summer 2025 incomplete work to instructors at 4:00 pm
Convocation
05 Friday Deadline to complete Spring or Summer make-up exam (for a course with a temporary incomplete grade)
12 Friday Deadline: Fall course ADD deadline at 4:00 PM
26 Friday Deadline: Fall course DROP deadline at 4:00 PM
Deadline: Fall course DROP deadline at 4:00 PM

October 2025

Date Day Description
13 Monday Indigenous Peoples’ Day
No Classes
14 Tuesday No Classes
Fall Break
15 Wednesday Classes Resume
24 Friday October 2025 Degrees conferred
28 Tuesday No Classes
Tanner Conference

November 2025

Date Day Description
26 Wednesday No Classes
Thanksgiving Break
27 Thursday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
28 Friday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes

December 2025

Date Day Description
10 Wednesday Substitute Day - LAKE DAY MAKE-UP DAY
Deadline: Fall course WITHDRAWAL deadline at 4:00 PM
Last Day of Classes
11 Thursday Reading Period Begins
14 Sunday Reading Period Ends
15 Monday Final Examinations Begin
18 Thursday Deadline: Final Papers Due at 4:00 pm
Deadline: Final Exams End at 4:00 pm
Final Examinations End
19 Friday Residence Halls Close at 12:00 noon

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING 2026

January 2026

Date Day Description
01 Thursday No Classes
New Year's Day
02 Friday Wintersession Begins
Fall grades due from instructors at noon
16 Friday Wintersession Ends
17 Saturday Residence Halls open at 8am
19 Monday No Classes
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
20 Tuesday Spring 2026 registration re-opens at 8:00 AM
Spring Classes Start

February 2026

Date Day Description
16 Monday Presidents' Day
No Classes
17 Tuesday Substitute Day
MONDAY SCHEDULE

March 2026

Date Day Description
16 Monday Spring Break
17 Tuesday Spring Break
18 Wednesday Spring Break
19 Thursday Spring Break
20 Friday Spring Break
23 Monday Classes Resume

April 2026

Date Day Description
15 Wednesday Ruhlman Conference
No Classes
20 Monday Patriots' Day
No Classes
30 Thursday Substitute Day - MONDAY SCHEDULE
Spring Classes End

May 2026

Date Day Description
01 Friday Reading Period Begins
04 Monday Reading Period Ends
05 Tuesday Final Examinations Begin
08 Friday Deadline: Final Papers Due at 4:00 pm
Final Examinations End
Deadline: Final Exams End at 4:00 pm
09 Saturday Residence Halls close at 12:00 noon
15 Friday Residence Halls close to graduating seniors at 5:00pm
Commencement