Yale university Educational Calendar

Fall Term

AUG 21, 2026(Sunday) Residences open to first-year students, 9 a.m.

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AUG 22, 2026 -AUG 23, 2026Orientation Start

AUG 25, 2026Residences open for upper-level students, 9 a.m.

AUG 24, 2026 -AUG 27, 2026Mid-Orientation Programs

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AUG 27, 2026 -AUG 30, 2026Orientation Resumes

AUG 31, 2026Fall-term classes start, 8:20 a.m.

SEP 2, 2026Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead

SEP 5, 2026Labor Day; classes do not meet

OCT 7, 2026 -OCT 9, 2026Family Weekend

OCT 18, 2026October recess start, 11 p.m.

OCT 24, 2026Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.

OCT 28, 2026Midterm

NOV 18, 2026November recess start, 5 p.m.

NOV 28, 2026Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.

DEC 9, 2026Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; Reading Period start

DEC 15, 2026Final examinations start, 7 p.m.

DEC 21, 2026Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; Winter recess start

DEC 22, 2026Residences close, noon

Spring Term

JAN 12, 2026Residences open, 9:00 a.m.

JAN 16, 2026Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet.

JAN 17, 2026Spring term classes start, 8:20 a.m.

MAR 10, 2026Spring recess start, 5:30 p.m.

MAR 10, 2026Midterm

MAR 27, 2026Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.

APR 28, 2026Classes end, 5:30 p.m.; Reading period start

MAY 4, 2026Final examinations start, 7 p.m.

MAY 10, 2026Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.

MAY 22, 2026University Commencement

Holidays

SEP 5, 2026

Labor Day; classes do not meet

OCT 18, 2026October recess starts, 11 p.m.

NOV 18, 2026November recess starts, 5 p.m.

DEC 21, 2026Examinations close, 5:30 p.m.; Winter recess start

JAN 16, 2026Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet.