Academic Calendars

The academic calendar of Washington University in St. Louis is designed to provide an optimal amount of classroom instruction and examination within a manageable time frame, facilitating our educational mission to promote learning among both students and faculty.

Please note * indicates no classes.

Fall Semester

Brown School

	2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
First Day of Classes	08/26	08/24	08/30	08/29	08/28
Labor Day*	09/02	09/07	09/06	09/05	09/04
Fall Break*	10/12 to 10/15	—	10/09 to 10/12	10/08 to 10/11	10/07 to 10/10
Thanksgiving Break*	11/27 to 12/01	11/26 to 11/27	11/24 to 11/28	11/23 to 11/27	11/22 to 11/26
Last Day of Classes	12/06	12/16	12/10	12/09	12/08
Finals	—	—	—	—	—

Law School

	2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
First Day of Classes	08/26	08/24	08/30	08/29	08/28
Labor Day*	09/02	09/07	09/06	09/05	09/04
Fall Break*	10/12 to 10/15	—	10/09 to 10/12	10/08 to 10/11	10/07 to 10/10
Thanksgiving Break*	11/27 to 12/01	—	11/24 to 11/28	11/23 to 11/27	11/22 to 11/26
Last Day of Classes	12/06	11/20	12/03	11/23	11/22
Final Exams (remote Fall 2020)	12/09 to 12/18	11/30 to 12/11	12/6 to 12/17	11/28 to 12/09	11/27 to 12/08

Arts & Sciences, McKelvey School, Olin School, Sam Fox School, University College

	2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
First Day of Classes	08/26	09/14	08/30	08/29	08/28
Labor Day*	09/02	—	09/06	09/05	09/04
Fall Break*	10/12 to 10/15	—	10/09 to 10/12	10/08 to 10/11	10/07 to 10/10
Thanksgiving Break*	11/27 to 12/01	11/26 to 11/27	11/24 to 11/28	11/23 to 11/27	11/22 to 11/26
Last Day of Classes	12/06	12/18	12/10	12/09	12/08
Finals (remote Fall 2020)	12/09 to 12/18	01/04 to 01/10	12/13 to 12/22	12/12 to 12/21	12/11 to 12/20

Note: University College’s Last Day of Classes in Fall 2020, including the Final Exam period, is 12/22.

Spring Semester

Brown School

	2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
Martin Luther King Day*	01/20	01/18	01/17	01/16	01/15
First day of classes	01/13	01/19	01/18	01/17	01/16
Spring Break*	03/09 to 03/23	—	03/13 to 03/19	03/12 to 03/18	03/10 to 03/16
Wellness Breaks*	—	02/11 to 02/12,   03/09 & 04/07	—	—	—
Last Day of Classes	04/24	05/06	04/29	04/28	04/26
Finals	—	—	—	—	—

Law School

	2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
Martin Luther King Day*	01/20	01/18	01/17	01/16	01/15
First Day of Classes	01/13	01/19	01/18	01/17	01/16
Spring Break I*	03/09 to 03/23	02/15 to 02/16	03/13 to 03/19	03/12 to 03/18	03/10 to 03/16
Spring Break II*	—	03/24 to 03/26	—	—	—
Last Day of Classes	04/24	04/23	04/22	04/21	04/19
Final Exams	04/27 to 05/06	04/28 to 05/11	04/25 to 05/06	04/24 to 05/05	04/22 to 05/03

Arts & Sciences, McKelvey School, Olin School, Sam Fox School, University College

	2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
Martin Luther King Day*	01/20	01/18	01/17	01/16	01/15
First Day of Classes	01/13	01/25	01/18	01/17	01/16
Spring Break*	03/09 to 03/23	—	03/13 to 03/19	03/12 to 03/18	03/10 to 03/16
Wellness Days*	—	03/02 to 03/03,  04/12	—	—	—
Last Day of Classes	04/24	05/04	04/29	04/28	04/26
Reading and Finals	04/27 to 05/06	05/05 to 05/13	05/02 to 05/11	05/01 to 05/10	04/29 to 05/08

Summer

	2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
First Session Begins	05/18	05/24	05/23	05/22	05/20
Memorial Day*	05/25	05/31	05/30	05/29	05/27
Independence Day*	07/03	07/05	07/04	07/04	07/04
Last Session Ends	08/13	08/19	08/18	08/17	08/15

Commencement

2019 – 2020	2020 – 2021	2021 – 2022	2022 – 2023	2023 – 2024
05/30/2021	05/21	05/20	05/19	05/17

Changes to the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic calendars reflect accommodations made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The academic calendar committee is appointed annually by the Provost. Committee members include representatives from each school; the chairperson of the committee is the University Registrar. New academic calendars are generally established in the spring, four years in advance of the current academic year.