University of California Term Dates

Academic Calendar 2024-2025

 

Fall Term 2024BerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesMercedRiversideSanta BarbaraSanta CruzSan Diego
Earliest Possible Arrival Date7/228/268/248/247/298/248/278/228/24
Latest Possible Arrival Date8/279/159/249/248/259/179/259/199/25
Mandatory Orientation/Check-inOnline9/169/259/258/269/18-20Online9/20Online
Program Start Date*8/219/259/239/238/289/239/269/219/23
Instruction Begins8/289/259/269/268/289/269/269/269/26
Academic/Administrative Holidays9/2, 11/11, 11/28-11/2911/11, 11/28-11/2911/11, 11/28-11/2911/11, 11/28-11/299/2, 11/11, 11/28-11/2911/11, 11/28-11/2911/11, 11/28-11/2911/11, 11/28-11/2911/11, 11/28-11/29
Instruction Ends12/1312/612/612/612/1312/612/612/612/6
Final Exams12/16-12/2012/9-12/1312/7-12/1312/9-12/1312/14-12/2012/7-12/1312/7-12/1312/9-12/1312/7-12/14
Term Ends12/2012/1312/1312/1312/2012/1312/1312/1312/14
Administrative Holiday12/24-12/2512/24-12/2512/24-1/112/24-12/2512/24-12/2512/24-12/2512/24-12/2512/24-12/2512/24-12/25
Administrative Holiday12/31-1/112/31-1/1 12/31-1/112/31-1/112/31-1/112/31-1/112/31-1/112/31-1/1

*Arrive no more than 30 days prior to this date.
Note: All dates are subject to change; TBA=To be announced

Winter Quarter 2025
Spring Semester 2025**
BerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesMercedRiversideSanta BarbaraSanta CruzSan Diego
Earliest Possible Arrival Date12/1512/712/312/312/2212/312/712/412/3
Latest Possible Arrival Date1/201/51/51/51/131/21/51/51/5
Mandatory Orientation/Check-InOnline1/81/71/61/141/3Online1/6Online
Program Start Date*1/141/61/21/21/211/21/61/31/2
Instruction Begins1/211/61/61/61/211/61/61/61/6
Academic/Administrative Holidays1/20, 2/17, 3/281/20, 2/171/20, 2/171/20, 2/171/20, 2/17, 3/281/20, 2/171/20, 2/171/20, 2/171/20, 2/17
Spring Holiday3/24-3/27   3/24-3/27    
Instruction Ends5/93/143/143/145/93/143/143/143/14
Final Exams5/12-5/163/17-3/213/15-3/213/17-3/215/10-5/163/15-3/213/15-3/213/17-3/213/15-3/22
Term Ends5/163/213/213/215/163/213/213/213/22

*Arrive no more than 30 days prior to this date
**Spring semester is for UC Berkeley and UC Merced only.
Note: All dates are subject to change; TBA=To be announced

Spring Quarter 2025BerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesMercedRiversideSanta BarbaraSanta CruzSan Diego
Instruction Begins 3/313/313/31 3/313/313/313/31
Academic/Administrative Holiday5/263/28, 5/263/28, 5/263/28, 5/265/263/28, 5/263/28, 5/263/28, 5/263/28, 5/26
Instruction Ends 6/56/66/6 6/66/66/66/6
Final Exams 6/6-6/126/7-6/126/9-6/13 6/7-6/136/7-6/136/9-6/126/7-6/13
Term Ends 6/126/136/13 6/136/136/126/13

Note: All dates are subject to change.

Academic Calendar 2023-2024

 

Fall Term 2023BerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesMercedRiversideSanta BarbaraSanta CruzSan Diego
Earliest Possible Arrival Date7/178/288/268/267/248/268/298/298/26
Latest Possible Arrival Date8/159/179/279/268/219/209/279/21Week of 9/25
Mandatory Orientation/Check-In8/169/18Online9/278/229/21-22, 9/25Online9/22Online
Program Start Date*8/169/279/259/258/239/259/289/289/25
Instruction Begins8/239/279/289/288/239/289/289/289/28
Academic/Administrative Holidays9/4, 11/10, 11/22-11/2411/10, 11/23-11/2411/10, 11/23-11/2411/10, 11/23-11/249/04, 11/10, 11/23-11/2411/10, 11/23-11/2411/10, 11/23-11/2411/10, 11/23-11/2411/10, 11/23-11/24
Instruction Ends12/812/812/812/812/812/812/812/812/8
Final Exams12/11 - 12/1512/11 - 12/1512/9 - 12/1512/11 - 12/1512/11 - 12/1712/9 - 12/1512/9 - 12/1512/9 - 12/1612/9 - 12/16
Term Ends12/1512/1512/1512/1512/1712/1512/1512/1612/16
Administrative Holiday12/25 - 12/2612/25 - 12/2612/25 - 12/26 12/25 - 12/2612/25 - 12/2612/25 - 12/2612/25 - 12/2612/25 - 12/2612/25 - 12/26
Administrative Holiday1/1 -1/212/29-1/1 12/29- 1/1 12/29-1/1 12/29-1/1 12/29- 1/112/29- 1/112/29- 1/112/29- 1/1 

*Arrive no more than 30 days prior to this date. 
TBA=To be announced
Note: All dates are subject to change.

Winter Quarter 2024
Spring Semester 2024**
BerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesMercedRiversideSanta BarbaraSanta CruzSan Diego
Earliest Possible Arrival Date12/1012/912/512/412/1012/412/912/912/4
Latest Possible Arrival Date1/101/71/71/71/111/31/71/71/7
Mandatory Orientation/Check-In1/11 1/10 Online1/81/121/4Online1/8Online
Program Start Date*1/91/81/31/31/91/31/81/81/3
Instruction Begins1/161/81/81/81/161/81/81/81/8
Academic/Administrative Holidays1/15, 2/19, 3/291/15, 2/191/15, 2/191/15, 2/191/15, 2/19, 3/291/15-2/191/15, 2/191/15, 2/191/15, 2/19
Spring Holiday3/25 - 3/28   3/25 - 3/28    
Instruction Ends5/33/153/153/155/33/153/153/153/15
Final Exams5/6 - 5/103/18 - 3/223/16 - 3/223/16 - 3/225/6 - 5/103/16 - 3/223/16 - 3/223/16 - 3/223/16 - 3/23
Term Ends5/103/223/223/225/103/223/223/223/23

*Arrive no more than 30 days prior to this date; TBA=To be announced
**Spring Semester is for UC Berkeley and UC Merced only
Note: All dates are subject to change.

Spring Quarter 2024BerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesMercedRiversideSanta BarbaraSanta CruzSan Diego
Instruction Begins 4/14/14/1 4/14/14/14/1
Academic/Administrative Holiday5/275/275/275/275/275/275/275/275/27
Instruction Ends 6/66/76/7 6/76/76/76/7
Final Exams 6/7 - 6/136/8 - 6/146/8 - 6/14 6/8 - 6/146/8 - 6/146/8 - 6/146/8 - 6/14
Term Ends 6/136/146/14 6/146/146/146/14

Note: All dates are subject to change.