Academic Calendar

2023-2024 Academic Year


January Intersession and Spring 2024
January 3-12 Wed-Fri January Intersession
*Class drops without penalty permitted before second class meeting
January 15 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday – HIU CLOSED
January 16 Tuesday Spring semester begins/First day of classes
January 30 Tuesday Last day to drop a class without academic or financial  penalty
February 14 Wednesday Ash Wednesday
March 10 Sunday Ramadan begins**
March 11 Monday Last day to withdraw from a course without academic penalty
March 15 Friday Graduation applications due (May conferrals)
March 25-29 Mon-Thurs Advising week / Reading Days (No classes)
March 25 Monday Registration for Summer and Fall begins
March 29 Friday Good Friday - HIU CLOSED
March 30-31 Sat-Sun Easter Saturday and Sunday - HIU CLOSED
April 10 Wednesday Eid al-Fitr - HIU CLOSED**
April 22-30 Mon-Tue Passover
April 29 Monday Last day of weekly classes
April 30 - May 1 Tue-Wed Exam Days
May 1 Wednesday Spring semester ends
May 9 Thursday Graduation


Summer Session 2024

May 13 Monday

Summer session begins
*Class drops without penalty permitted before second class meeting

May 27 Monday Memorial Day - HIU CLOSED
June 7-9 Fri-Sun Chaplaincy program retreat
June 11-13 Tue-Thur Shavuot (Classes held)
June 16 Sunday Eid al-Adha - HIU CLOSED
June 19 Wednesday Juneteenth - HIU CLOSED
June 24 Monday Eid al-Ghadir
June 28 Friday Summer session ends
July 1-5 Mon-Fri Summer Break - HIU CLOSED
Independence Day observed July 4


**Because the dates of Islamic holidays change with the phases of the moon, the dates given above should be considered tentative. 


Other important dates:
January 3: Fall grades due
May 20: Spring grades due
August 15: Summer grades due

 

2024-2025 Academic Year


Fall 2024
September 2 Monday Labor Day - HIU Closed
September 3 Tuesday Fall semester begins / First day of classes
September 5 Thursday Convocation
September 16 Monday Last day to drop a class without academic or financial  penalty
October 3-4 Thurs-Fri Rosh Hashanah - HIU Closed
October 12 Saturday Yom Kippur - HIU Closed
October 14 Monday Indigenous Peoples' Day - HIU Closed
October 16-23 Wed-Wed Sukkot (Classes held)
October 21 Monday Registration for January Intersession and Spring begins
October 21-25 Mon-Fri Advising Week
October 28 Monday Last day to withdraw from a course without academic penalty
November 11 Monday Veterans' Day (Classes held)
November 15 Friday Graduation applications due (December conferrals)
November 25-27 Mon-Wed Reading Days (No classes)
Nov. 28 - Dec. 1 Thurs-Sun Thanksgiving Break - HIU Closed
December 16 Monday Last day of weekly classes
December 17-18 Tues-Wed Exam Days
December 18 Wednesday Fall semester ends
December 24-25 Tues-Wed Christmas - HIU Closed
Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 Thurs-Wed Winter Break - HIU Closed

January Intersession and Spring 2025
January 8-17 Wed-Fri January Intersession
*Class drops without penalty permitted before second class meeting
January 20 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday observed – HIU CLOSED
January 21 Tuesday Spring semester begins / First day of classes
February 3 Monday Last day to drop a class without academic or financial  penalty
March 1 Saturday Ramadan begins** (Classes held)
March 5 Wednesday Ash Wednesday (Classes held)
March 10 Monday

Registration for Summer and Fall begins

March 10-14 Mon-Fri Advising week / Reading Days (No classes)
March 17 Monday Last day to withdraw from a course without academic penalty
March 17 Monday

Graduation applications due (May conferrals)

March 31 Monday Eid al-Fitr - HIU CLOSED**
April 13-20 Sun-Sun Passover (Classes held)
April 18 Friday Good Friday - HIU CLOSED
April 19-20 Sat-Sun Easter Saturday and Sunday - HIU CLOSED
May 5 Monday Last day of weekly classes
May 6-7 Tue-Wed Exam Days
May 7 Wednesday Spring semester ends
May 15 Thursday Graduation


Summer Session 2025

May 19 Monday

Summer session begins
*Class drops without penalty permitted before second class meeting

May 26 Monday Memorial Day - HIU CLOSED
June TBD Fri-Sun Chaplaincy program retreat
June 2-3 Mon-Tues Shavuot (Classes held)
June 7 Saturday Eid al-Adha - HIU CLOSED**
June 14 Saturday Eid al-Ghadir** (Classes held)
June 19 Thursday Juneteenth - HIU CLOSED
June 27 Friday Summer session ends
June 30 - July 4 Mon-Fri Summer Break - HIU CLOSED
Independence Day observed July 4


**Because the dates of Islamic holidays change with the phases of the moon, the dates given above should be considered tentative. 


Other important dates:
January 8: Fall grades due
May 28: Spring grades due
August 1: Summer grades due

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