NorthWestern Academic Calendar 2025-2026

NorthWestern Academic Calendar 2025-2026; Northwestern Fall 2025 classes

Northwestern Fall 2025 classes

The NorthWestern Academic Calendar 2025-2026 is a planning tool and a source of information for departments, faculty, staff, students, and external organizations. The calendar lists important dates such as those for enrollment, class start dates, add/drop deadlines, exam dates, and more. NorthWestern Academic Calendar 2025-2026

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for September

NorthWesternContinuing Student Registration for Fall Quarter 2024 ends at 11:59 p.m. and begins Tuesday, September 3, 2024
NorthWestern Registration for the Fall Quarter Opens for new TGS and Evanston Grad students on Thursday, September 19, 2024
NorthWestern’s Fall 2024 Classes Begin Tuesday, September 24, 2024
NorthWestern’s Last day to add or change classes (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date) begins Monday, September 30, 2024

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for October

NorthWestern Application for a degree due to The Graduate School to receive a degree in Fall is on Friday, October 25, 2024

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for November

NorthWestern’s Last day to drop a course for the Fall term begins Friday, November 1, 2024
NorthWestern Pre-Registration for Winter 2025 begins Monday, November 4, 2024
NorthWestern Registration for Winter 2025 begins Monday, November 11, 2024
NorthWestern’s Last day to change grading status to or from P/NP starts on Friday, November 15, 2024
NorthWestern Dissertation, PhD Final Exam, and change of grade forms due to TGS for Fall PhD candidates begins at 6 pm on Wednesday, November 27, 2024

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for December

NorthWestern WCAS Reading period begins Monday, December 2, 2024
NorthWestern Master’s completion form due for TGS Fall master’s candidates is Friday, December 6, 2024
NorthWestern Fall classes end Saturday, December 7, 2024
NorthWestern WCAS Reading period ends Sunday, December 8, 2024
NorthWestern Fall Exams Begin Monday, December 9, 2024
NorthWestern Fall exams end Saturday, December 14, 2024
NorthWestern Grades due by 3:00 pm on Monday, December 16, 2024
NorthWestern Fall 2024 Degrees Conferred on Friday, December 20, 2024

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for January

NorthWestern Winter classes begin on Monday, January 6, 2025
NorthWestern’s Last day to add or change classes (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date) begins Friday, January 10, 2025
No Classes – Martin Luther King Jr. Day (University Offices Closed)Monday, January 20, 2025
NorthWestern’s Application for a degree due to The Graduate School to receive a degree in Winter begins Friday, January 31, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for February

NorthWestern Pre-Registration for Spring 2025 begins Monday, February 10, 2025
NorthWestern’s Last day to drop Winter term courses begins Friday, February 14, 2025
NorthWestern’Registration for Spring 2025 begins Monday, February 17, 2025
NorthWestern Dissertation, PhD Final Exam, and change of grade forms due to TGS for Winter PhD candidates begins Friday, February 28, 2025
NorthWestern Registration for Spring 2021 begins Monday, February 19, 2024
NorthWestern’s Last day to change grading status to or from P/NP start Friday, February 28, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for March

NorthWestern Withdrawal petition deadline at 5:00 PM on Friday, March 7, 2025
NorthWestern WCAS Reading period begins Monday, March 10, 2025
NorthWestern Master’s completion form due for TGS Winter master’s candidates starts Friday, March 14, 2025
NorthWestern WCAS Reading period ends Sunday, March 16, 2025
NorthWestern Winter exams begin Monday, March 17, 2025
NorthWestern Winter exams end Saturday, March 22, 2025
NorthWestern Grades due by 3:00 pm Monday, March 24, 2025
NorthWestern Winter Degrees Conferred on Friday, March 28, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for April

NorthWestern’s Spring term courses begin Tuesday, April 1, 2025
NorthWestern’s Last day to add or change classes for the Spring term (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date) begins Monday, April 7, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for May

NorthWestern’s Last day to drop courses for the Spring term starts Friday, May 9, 2025
NorthWestern’s No classes – Memorial Day (University offices closed) Monday, May 26, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for June

NorthWestern Spring examinations begin Monday, June 9, 2025
NorthWestern Spring examinations end Friday, June 13, 2025
NorthWestern Spring grades due by 3:00 PM Tuesday, June 17, 2025
NorthWestern No Classes – Juneteenth (University offices closed) Thursday, June 19, 2025
Spring Degrees Conferred at NorthWestern is on Friday, June 20, 2025
NorthWestern Summer classes begin Monday, June 23, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for September/2025-2026

NorthWestern Fall 2025 Classes Begin Tuesday, September 16, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for November

NorthWestern Thanksgiving Vacation begins at 6:00 PM (No classes). A calendar anomaly permits a 1-week Thanksgiving Break this year only. This is not a permanent change to all Fall quarters. Monday, November 24, 2025
University offices close at 6:00 pm for Thanksgiving break at NorthWestern is Wednesday, November 26, 2025

NorthWestern Academic Calendar for December