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 |