Academic Calendar

Please note that the calendar below is subject to change. For future calendars, please visit the Office of the Registrar website.

Other important dates and deadlines can also be found on the Student Enrollment Calendar.

Please also review Campus Policies and Guidelines regarding the Academic Calendar and Student Accommodations, as well as the Religious Creed Policy.

For further information regarding Reading/Review/Recitation week, please click here

For Summer Sessions registration dates and deadlines, please see the Summer Sessions website.

Add the Academic Calendar to bCal

For PDFs of current and future Berkeley Academic Calendars, visit the Calendar page on the Office of the Registrar website. See the instructions at the bottom of the page to "Add a Calendar to Your bCal."

Fall Semester 2023

Fall Semester Begins Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Convocation To Be Determined
Instruction Begins Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Labor Day) Monday, September 4, 2023
Midpoint grading rosters open for instructors To Be Determined
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Veterans Day) Friday, November 10, 2023
Non-Instructional Day Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Thanksgiving) Thursday, November 23 & Friday, November 24, 2023
Formal Classes End Friday, December 1, 2023
Reading/Review/Recitation Week Monday, December 4–Friday, December 8, 2023
Last Day of Instruction Friday, December 8, 2023
Final Examinations Monday, December 11–Friday, December 15, 2023
Fall Semester Ends Friday, December 15, 2023
Winter Commencement Saturday, December 16, 2023
Academic & Administrative Holidays (Winter Holidays) Monday, December 25 & Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Academic & Administrative Holiday (New Year's) Monday, January 1 & Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Spring Semester 2024

Spring Semester Begins Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) Monday, January 15, 2024
Instruction Begins Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Presidents' Day) Monday, February 19, 2024
Midpoint grading rosters open for instructors To be determined
Spring Recess Monday, March 25–Thursday, March 28, 2024
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Cesar Chavez Day) Friday, March 29, 2024
Cal Day Saturday, April 13, 2024
Formal Classes End Friday, April 26, 2024
Reading/Review/Recitation Week Monday, April 29, 2024–Friday, May 3, 2024
Last Day of Instruction Friday, May 3, 2024
Golden Bear Welcome To be determined
Final Examinations Monday, May 6–Friday, May 10, 2024
Spring Semester Ends Friday, May 10, 2024
Commencement Saturday, May 11, 2024

Summer Sessions 2024

Session A (Six Weeks) Begins Monday, May 20, 2024
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Memorial Day) Monday, May 27, 2024
Session B (Ten Weeks) Begins Monday, June 3, 2024
Session C (Eight Weeks) Begins Monday, June 17, 2024
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Juneteenth) Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Session A (Six Weeks) Ends Friday, June 28, 2024
Session D (Six Weeks) Begins Monday, July 1, 2024
Session F (Three Weeks) Begins Monday, July 1, 2024
Academic & Administrative Holiday (Independence Day) Thursday, July 4, 2024
Session F (Three Weeks) Ends Friday, July 19, 2024
Session E (Three Weeks) Begins Monday, July 22, 2024
Sessions B, C, D, and E End Friday, August 9, 2024
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