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The campus operates year round, with fall and spring semesters of 16 weeks each and a summer term that includes two three-week sessions (Maymester and Augmester), two five-week sessions, an eight-week session, a 10-week session and two intensive (one- or more-week) sessions.
For a complete calendar of academic and financial dates and deadlines, visit colorado.edu/registrar.
Summer 2016 |
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May 9 (Mon.) |
Classes begin for session M (Maymester) |
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May 26 (Thurs.) |
Final exams for session M (Maymester) |
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May 30 (Mon.) |
Memorial Day holiday; campus closed |
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May 31 (Tues.) |
Classes begin for sessions A, C and D |
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July 1 (Fri.) |
Final exams for session A (first five-week session) |
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July 4 (Mon.) |
Independence Day; campus closed |
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July 5 (Tues.) |
Classes begin for session B (second five-week session) |
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July 22 (Fri.) |
Final exams for session C (eight-week session) |
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Aug. 1 (Mon.) |
Classes begin for session G (Augmester) |
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Aug. 5 (Fri.) |
Final exams for sessions B and D (second five-week session, 10-week session) |
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Aug. 18 (Thurs.) |
Final exams for session G (Augmester) |
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Aug. 18 (Thurs.) |
Official graduation date. No summer ceremony. |
Fall 2016 |
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Aug. 22 (Mon.) |
Classes begin |
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Sept. 5 (Mon.) |
Labor Day holiday; campus closed |
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Oct. 1 (Sat.) |
Freshman and transfer application deadline for spring semester |
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Oct. 1–4 (Thurs.–Sun.) |
Family Weekend |
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Nov. 15 (Tues.) |
Freshman non-binding early action application deadline for fall semester and summer sessions |
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Nov. 21-23 (Mon.–Wed.) |
Fall break; no classes |
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Nov. 24-25 (Thurs.–Fri.) |
Thanksgiving holiday; campus closed |
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Dec. 9 (Fri.) |
Last day of classes |
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Dec. 10 (Sat.) |
Reading Day |
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Dec. 11-15 (Sun.–Thurs.) |
Final exams (begin at 4:30 p.m. Sunday) |
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Dec. 15 (Thur.) |
Degree Conferral |
Spring 2017 |
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Jan. 15 (Sun.) |
Freshman application deadline for summer and fall sessions |
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Jan. 16 (Mon.) |
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday; campus closed |
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Jan. 17 (Tues.) |
Classes begin |
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Mar. 1 (Wed.) |
Transfer application deadline for fall and summer sessions |
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Mar. 27-31 (Mon.–Fri.) |
Spring break (campus closed Friday, March 31) |
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May 1 (Mon.) |
Freshman confirmation deadline |
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May 5 (Fri.) |
Last day of classes |
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May 6 (Sat.) |
Reading Day |
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May 7-11 (Sun.–Thurs.) |
Final exams (begin at 4:30 p.m. Sunday) |
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May 12 (Fri.) |
Commencement |
Summer 2017 |
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May 15 (Mon.) |
Classes begin for session M (Maymester) |
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May 29 (Mon.) |
Memorial Day holiday; campus closed |
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June 2 (Fri.) |
Final exams for session M (Maymester) |
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June 5 (Mon.) |
Classes begin for sessions A, C and D |
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July 4 (Tues.) |
Independence Day holiday; campus closed |
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July 7 (Fri.) |
Final exams for session A (first five-week session) |
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July 11 (Tues.) |
Classes begin for session B (second five-week session) |
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July 28 (Fri.) |
Final exams for session C (eight-week session) |
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Aug. 7 (Mon.) |
Classes begin for session G (Augmester) |
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Aug. 11 (Fri.) |
Final exams for sessions B and D (second five-week session, 10-week session) |
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Aug. 24 (Thurs.) |
Final exams for session G (Augmester) |
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Aug. 24 (Thurs.) |
Official graduation date. No summer ceremony. |
The university requests that make-up time be provided to students absent for religious reasons.
