skip to main contentskip to footer

Quick links

  • Athletics
  • Make a gift
  • Student portal
  • Job openings
  • Employee directory
  • Apply
  • Costs
  • Explore
Explore U of I
  • Visit and virtual tour
  • Student life
  • Find your degree
  • Get around campus
  • Meet Moscow
  • Join our email list
  • Events
  • Join ZeeMee
  • Athletics
Academics
  • Academic calendar
  • Find a major
  • Academic support
  • Undergrad research opportunities
  • Meet the colleges
  • Online learning
  • Explore in-demand careers
Admissions
  • Meet your counselor
  • Deadlines
  • First-year students
  • Graduate students
  • Law students
  • Online students
  • Transfer students
  • International students
  • Admitted students
Financial aid
  • Cost of attendance
  • Steps for financial aid
  • FAFSA information
  • Financial aid FAQs
  • In-state scholarships
  • Out-of-state and international scholarships
  • Connect with financial aid
More
  • Student life
  • Research
  • Recreational offerings
  • Student resources
  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • Newsroom
  • Events
  • Sustainability initiatives
Find your passion - Explore majors Become a Vandal - Start an application
  • Student portal
  • Make a gift
  • Athletics
  • Directory
Events
Get jazzed
Attend concerts, workshops, student performances and special jazz events at the 59th annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival April 22-25.
See ‘The Comedy of Errors’
Enjoy a fast‑paced Shakespearean romp in Theatre Arts’ production of “The Comedy of Errors” opening April 30.
Get tickets for Finals Fest
Celebrate the end of the semester at Finals Fest May 7 with a live performance by Young the Giant and Rec Hall.
Events
News
New apartment housing is under construction at South Hill on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, and is scheduled to open in August 2026. South Hill will offer modern, sustainable housing for graduate students, married couples and families at the University of Idaho. The development includes 451 total beds — 232 for graduate students and 219 for married and parenting students — to meet a range of housing needs. A commons community center will provide shared spaces for studying, collaboration and social engagement.
New graduate housing will soon welcome students
University of Idaho dedicates a new meat science facility
U of I dedicates new meat science laboratory
News
Support a Vandal - Make a gift
  • Apply
  • Costs
  • Explore
  • Explore
  • Academics
  • Admissions
  • Financial Aid
  • Student life
  • Research
  • Recreational offerings
  • Student resources
  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • Newsroom
  • Events
  • Sustainability initiatives

4620 - Academic Calendars

  1. Home/
  2. Policies/
  3. FSH/
  4. Chapter 4: General Academic Policies/
  5. 4620 - Academic Calendars

Owner:

  • Position: University Registrar
  • Email: registrar@uidaho.edu

Last updated: July 1, 2024

CONTENTS:

  • A. Academic Calendar
  • B. Planning Calendars

A. ACADEMIC CALENDAR. Each academic year includes two semesters, a summer session between Spring and Fall Semesters, an intersession between Fall and Spring semesters, and short courses that fall within one of these standard sessions. The Fall semester ends shortly before Christmas; the Fall and Spring semesters together must include at least 160 instructional days, including the final-examination period. In each year there are 79 instructional days in the fall semester and 81 in the spring. Changes in the established pattern for the academic calendar require approval by the Faculty Senate and the university faculty.

B. PLANNING CALENDARS. For planning purposes, the pattern of the academic calendar has been projected as shown in the link below.

PDF: Academic Calendars

Version History

Amended July 2024. Description pending.

Amended January 2024. Revised to delay all dates for Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026 by one week.

Amended January 2019. Minor changes to fall term start dates for 2019 and 2026.

Amended January 2015. Updated and reformatted the calendar.

Amended July 2009. Changed Faculty Council to Faculty Senate.

Amended January 2009. Updated calendar.

Amended 2001. Added subsection D.

Amended February 1991. Modified subsection A, abolishing the requirement that regents approve all annual calendars.

Amended 1989. Updated summer scheduling.

Amended 1984. Updated summer scheduling.

Adopted 1979.

Footer

Ready to apply?

Start your application
Joe_Vandal_rgb_2026.svg

Footer Navigation

Resources

  • Jobs
  • Privacy statement
  • Web accessibility
  • Title IX

Campus

  • Directory
  • Map
  • Safety
  • Events

Information For

  • Prospective students
  • Current students
  • Parents
  • Employees
Logo

University of Idaho

875 Perimeter Drive, Moscow, ID 83844

208-885-6111

info@uidaho.edu

Engage with U of I on Facebook. Get the latest U of I updates on X. Catch up with U of I on Instagram. Grow your professional network by connecting with U of I on LinkedIn. Interact with University of Idaho's video content on YouTube. Join the University of Idaho ZeeMee conversation.
Support a Vandal - Make a gift
  • Athletics
  • News
  • Policies

© 2026 University of Idaho