4620 - Academic Calendars
Owner:
- Position: University Registrar
- Email: registrar@uidaho.edu
Last updated: July 1, 2024
CONTENTS:
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 June 2026. Updated linked planning calendar to extend through Spring 2033.
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.