Academic Calendar
The Academic Calendar is Kent State University's official schedule for class beginning and end dates, commencement, spring break, and holidays for fall, spring and summer semesters.
Fall Semester
2011
2012
2013
International student orientation Aug 21-22 Aug 20-21 Aug 19-20Graduate student orientation Aug 23-24 Aug 21-22 Aug 20-21
University convocation Aug 26 Aug 24 Aug 23
Destination Kent State: Welcome Weekend Aug 26-28 Aug 24-26 Aug 23-25
Classes begin Aug 29 Aug 27 Aug 26
Deadline for associate degree candidates to submit application for December graduation Sept 2 Aug 31 Aug 30
Deadline for master's and doctoral degree candidates to apply for December graduation Sept 2 Aug 31 Aug 30
Labor Day - no classes and offices closed (note 1) Sept 5 Sept 3 Sept 2
Deadline for bachelor's degree candidates to apply for May graduation Sept 15 Sept 15 Sept 15
Veterans Day observance - no classes and offices closed
(note 1) Nov 11 Nov 12 Nov 11
Final date for oral examination of master's and doctoral degree candidates for December graduation Nov 11 Nov 9 TBA
Thanksgiving recess - no classes (note 2) Nov 23-27 Nov 21-25 Nov 27-
Dec 1
Thanksgiving observed - offices closed (note 3) Nov 24-25 Nov 22-23 Nov 28-29
Deadline for master's thesis or doctoral dissertation to be filed in college office for December graduation Nov 28 Nov 26 TBA
Classes end Dec 11 Dec 9 Dec 8
Final examinations Dec 12-18 Dec 10-16 Dec 9-15
Deadline for bachelor's degree candidates to apply for August graduation Dec 15 Dec 15 Dec 15
Ashtabula Campus commencement Dec 16 Dec 14 TBA
Stark Campus commencement Dec 16 Dec 14 TBA
Kent Campus graduate degrees commencement Dec 17 Dec 14 Dec 13
Kent Campus bachelor's degree commencements Dec 17 Dec 15 Dec 14
Christmas observance - offices closed (notes 1, 4) Dec 26-27 Dec 24-25 Dec 24-25
Holiday schedule (note 5) Dec 28-30 TBA TBA
New Year’s Day observance - offices closed (note 1) Jan 2 Jan 1 Jan 1
Spring Semester
2012
2013
2014
Classes begin Jan 9 Jan 14 Jan 13Deadline for associate degree candidates to apply for May graduation Jan 13 Jan 18 Jan 17
Deadline for master's and doctoral degree candidates to apply for May graduation Jan 13 Jan 18 Jan 17
Martin Luther King Jr Day -
no classes and offices closed (note 1) Jan 16 Jan 21 Jan 20
Deadline for bachelor's degree candidates to apply for December graduation Mar 15 Mar 15 Mar 15
Spring recess - no classes
(note 6) Mar 19-25 Mar 25-31 Mar 24-30
Classes resume Mar 26 Apr 1 Mar 31
Final date for oral examination of master's and doctoral degree candidates for May graduation Mar 30 Apr 5 TBA
Honors Week Apr 15-21 Apr 7-13 TBA
Deadline for master's thesis or doctoral dissertation to be filed in college office for May graduation Apr 16 Apr 22 TBA
Classes end Apr 29 May 5 May 4
Final examinations Apr 30-
May 6 May 6-12 May 5-11
Kent Campus graduate degrees commencement May 4 May 10 May 9
Remembrance Day (note 7) May 4 May 4 May 4
Ashtabula Campus commencement May 4 May 10 TBA
East Liverpool Campus commencement May 4 May 10 TBA
Salem Campus commencement May 4 May 10 TBA
Stark Campus commencement May 4 May 10 TBA
Trumbull Campus commencement May 4 May 10 TBA
Tuscarawas Campus commencement May 4 May 10 TBA
Geauga Campus commencements May 4-5 May 10-11 TBA
Kent Campus bachelor's degree commencements May 5 May 11 May 10
Summer
2012
2013
2014
Classes begin for summer intersession May 14 May 20 May 19Memorial Day - no classes and offices closed (note 1) May 28 May 27 May 26
Classes end for summer intersession June 1 June 7 June 6
Classes begin for summer I and II June 4 June 10 June 9
Deadline for associate degree candidates to apply for August graduation June 8 June 14 June 13
Deadline for master's and doctoral degree candidates to apply for August graduation June 8 June 14 June 13
Independence Day - no classes and offices closed (note 1) July 4 July 4 July 4
Final date for oral examination of master's and doctoral degree candidates for August graduation July 6 July 12 TBA
Classes end for summer I July 7 July 13 July 12
Classes begin for summer III July 9 July 15 July 14
Deadline for master's thesis or doctoral dissertation to be filed in college office for August graduation July 23 July 29 TBA
Classes end for summer II July 28 Aug 3 Aug 2
Geauga Campus commencement Aug 10
Aug 16 TBA
Classes end for summer III Aug 11 Aug 17 Aug 16
Kent Campus bachelor's degree commencements Aug 11 Aug 17 Aug 16
Kent Campus graduate degrees commencement Aug 11 Aug 17 Aug 16
Notes
- State- or federal-designated holiday
- Thanksgiving: classes recessed Wednesday noon through Sunday; offices are closed Thursday and Friday
- Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is a movable holiday, observed the day after Thanksgiving
- Presidents Day, the third Monday in February, is a movable holiday, observed contiguous with Christmas Day
- University offices deemed non-essential operations are closed
- Spring Recess: no classes, offices are open
- Remembrance Day (May 4): final exams, classes or parts of classes recess from noon through 2 p.m.
