Yale university Educational Calendar
Fall Term
AUG 21, 2026(Sunday) Residences open to first-year students, 9 a.m.
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
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
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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
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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.
MAR 10, 2026Spring recess starts, 5:30 p.m.
