Academic Calendar
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 (Thursday only) | ||
| October 12 | Saturday | Yom Kippur - HIU Closed | ||
| October 14 | Monday | Indigenous Peoples' Day (federally Columbus 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 2-3 | Mon-Tues | Shavuot (Classes held) | ||
| June 7 | Saturday | Eid al-Adha - HIU CLOSED** | ||
| June 13-15 | Fri-Sun | Chaplaincy program retreat | ||
| 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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