UVic Academic Calendar 2025-2026
UVic Academic Calendar 2025-2026; UVic drop dates
UVic drop dates
The Calendar is the University’s official manual for all programs, courses, services, and rules. Each academic year, UVic publishes three calendars for undergraduate and graduate students. The Calendar contains information on the courses and programs, as well as other details and student services. It is the official source for curriculum details, significant academic dates, and registration and course prerequisites at the University of Victoria.
Some of the rules and policies that apply to all University of Victoria students are listed in the Calendar. The Academic Calendar’s contents, including its programs, course offerings, price structure, policies, and regulations, are subject to review, change, or amendment at any time and without prior notice by the University of Victoria. UVic Academic Calendar 2025-2026;
UVic Academic Calendar Summer session 2025/UVic drop dates
May 2025
- UVic Summer session May-August courses begin for all faculties on Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
- UVic Summer Session Senate meets Friday, May 2nd, 2025
- UVic Summer session Last day for the Faculty of Law course changes begins Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
- UVic Summer session May and May-June courses begin Monday, May 12th, 2025
- UVic Summer Session Last day for graduate students to register for a personal leave in summer is Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
- University Closed (Victoria Day)Monday, May 19th, 2025
- UVic Summer session Senate Committee on Academic Standards meets to approve Convocation lists on Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
- UVic Summer session Fees deadline for summer is Saturday, May 31st, 2025
June 2025/UVic drop dates
- UVic May Courses End Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
- UVic June Courses Begin Thursday, June 5th, 2025
- UVic’s First registration date for Winter Session 2025/2026 is Monday, June 9th, 2025
- UVic Spring Convocation starts Monday, June 9th – Friday, June 13th, 2025
- UVic May-June and June Courses End Friday, June 27th, 2025
- UVic Reading Break May-August sections only (except Law)Monday, June 30th, 2025
July 2025
- UVic University Closed (Canada Day)Saturday, Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
- UVic Reading Break May-August sections only (except Law)Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
- UVic July and July-August courses begin Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
- UVic Deadline to apply to graduate for Fall Convocation (all faculties) is Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
- UVic July courses end Friday, July 25th, 2025
- UVic Supplemental and deferred examinations for Winter Session 2024-2025 (except for Business and Law courses)Tuesday, July 29th – Thursday, July 31st, 2025
- UVic August courses begin Monday, July 28th, 2025
- UVic July courses end Friday, July 25th, 2025
August 2025
- UVic University Closed (British Columbia Day)Monday, August 4th, 2025
- UVic May-August examinations begin for all faculties on Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
- UVic May-August examinations end for all faculties on Saturday, August 16th, 2025
- UVic July-August and August courses end Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
- UVic May-August classes end for all faculties on Friday, August 1st, 2025
UVic Academic Calendar Winter session – first term-September 2025
- UVic University Closed (Labour Day)Monday, September 1st, 2025
- UVic Winter session – first term First-year registration and opening assembly for Faculty of Law begin Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
- UVic Winter session – first term classes begin for all faculties on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
- UVic Winter session – first term Last day for adding or dropping courses in the Faculty of Law is Thursday, September 11th, 2025
- UVic Winter session – first term Last day for a 100% reduction of tuition fees for standard first-term and full-year courses is Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
- UVic Winter session – first term Last day for graduate students to register for a personal leave in the first term is Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
- UVic Winter session – first term The Last day for adding courses that begin in the first term is Friday, September 19th, 2025
- UVic Winter session – first term The Last day for paying first-term fees without penalty is Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
- UVic University Closed (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) on Tuesday, September 30th
October 2025
- UVic Senate meets Friday, October 3rd, 2025
- UVic University Closed (Thanksgiving Day)Monday, October 13th, 2025
- UVic’s Last day for a 50% reduction of tuition fees for standard courses is Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
- UVic Senate Committee on Academic Standards meets to approve Convocation lists on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
- UVic’s Last day for withdrawing from first-term courses without penalty of failure is Friday, October 31st, 2025
November 2025
- UVic Senate meets Friday, November 7th, 2025
- UVic University Closed (Remembrance Day, Nov 11th)Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
- UVic Reading Break for all faculties begins Monday, November 10th – Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
- UVic Fall Convocation Monday, November 10th and Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
- UVic Faculty of Graduate Studies deadline to apply to graduate for Spring Convocation is Saturday, November 15th, 2025
December 2025
- UVic Senate meets Friday, December 5th, 2025
- UVic’s Last day of classes in the first term for all faculties starts Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
- National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women at UVic begins Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
- UVic First-term examinations begin for all faculties on Saturday, December 6th, 2025
- UVic Undergraduate deadline to apply to graduate for Spring Convocation is Monday, December 15th, 2025
- UVic First term examinations end for all faculties on Saturday, December 20th, 2025
- UVic University is closed (Winter Break) from Thursday, December 25th – Wednesday, December 31st, 2025.
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