Pitt Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Pitt Academic Calendar 2025-2026

This page’s Academic Calendars section contains the 2025-2026 Extended Academic Calendar. The Academic Calendar Committee made up of University representatives, creates the academic calendar for the University of Pittsburgh. The Academic Calendar is created by the Academic Calendar Committee, which then sends it to the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Chancellor for review. To view the most recent academic calendar or an extended academic calendar, click on one of the links below. Pitt Academic Calendar 2025-2026;

Pitt Academic Calendar 2025-2026 Fall Term

Pitt 2025 Fall Term Classes Begin – Monday, August 25, 2025
Pitt 2025 Fall Labor Day – Monday, September 1, 2025
Pitt 2025 Fall Add/Drop Ends Friday, September 5, 2025
Pitt 2025 Fall Extended Drop Ends Friday, September 12, 2025
Pitt 2025 Fall Break starts – Sunday, October 12, 2025 – Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Pitt 2025 Fall Election Day – Remote Classes Except for Labs – Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Thanksgiving Recess Begins -Sunday, November 23, 2025
Thanksgiving Recess Ends-Sunday, November 30, 2025
Pitt 2025 Fall Last Day Undergraduate Day Classes -Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Pitt 2025 Fall Final Exams for Undergrad Day Classes-Wednesday, December 10, 2025; Thursday, December 11, 2025;
Friday, December 12, 2025; Monday, December 15, 2025; Tuesday,
December 16, 2025
Pitt Fall Term Ends: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Pitt Winter Break for Students Begins: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Pitt Fall Term Grades Due: on Thursday, December 18, 2025
Pitt Fall December Commencement Convocation is Sunday, December 21, 2025
Pitt Winter Break for Staff Begins Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Pitt Fall Homecoming To Be Determined
Pitt Fall Family Weekend To Be Determined

Pitt Academic Calendar 2025-2026 Spring Term

Pitt All University Offices & Buildings Open Monday, January 5, 2026
Pitt 2026 Winter Break for Students Ends – Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Pitt 2026 Spring Term Classes Begin – Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Pitt Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday Observed(University Closed) – Monday, January 19, 2026
Pitt 2026 Spring Term Add/Drop Ends – Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Pitt 2026 Spring Term Extended Drop Ends – Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Pitt 2026 Spring Recess for Students – Sunday, March 8, 2026 – Sunday, March 15, 2026
University’s Observance of Spring Holiday(University Closed)-Friday, March 13, 2026
Pitt Spring Last Day Undergraduate Day Classes -Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Pitt Spring Reading Day-Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Pitt 2026 Spring Term Final Exams for Undergrad Day Classes begin– Thursday, April 23, 2026; Friday, April 24, 2026; Monday, April 27,
2026; Tuesday, April 28, 2026; Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Pitt 2024 Spring Term Ends– Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Pitt 2024 Spring Term Grades Due- Saturday, May 2, 2026
Annual Undergrad Commencement Convocation for Pitt 2024 Spring Term is Sunday, May 3, 2026