Columbia School of Social Work

Academic Calendar

Dates are subject to change.

The Policy of the University is to respect its members’ beliefs. No students will be penalized for absence due to religious beliefs and alternative means will be sought for satisfying the academic requirements involved.

CSSW Academic Calendar

2024 - 2025 Academic Calendar

2025 Fall Semester

Date: August 25
Name: Fall Orientation
Description: CSSW Orientation begins for students beginning the program in the fall.

Date: August 25
Name: Add/Drop Period Resumes
Description: Registration resumes for all students; Students may add and drop courses with tuition refund

Date: September 1
Name: University Holiday
Description: Academic and Administrative Holiday; No Classes

Date: September 2
Name: Term Begins; Change of Program Period Begins

Date: 9/11/2025
Name: Registration Closes for all students

Date: 9/12/2025
Name: Change of Program Period Ends
Description: Last day to Add/Drop via SSOL; Last Day to drop fall term courses without incurring financial responsibility for the class; Last day to formally change Academic Program for current term

Date: 10/15/2025
Name: October Degrees Conferred

Date: 11/3/2025
Name: Academic Holiday
Description: Administrative Offices Open; No Classes Held

Date: 11/4/2025
Name: University Holiday
Description: Administrative and Academic Offices Closed; No Classes Held

Date: 11/7/2025
Name: Last day to Drop Fall Classes; Last day to change grading option to Pass/Fail for electives.
Description: Last Day to Withdraw from a fall semester course without a "W" grade. Students May Not Withdraw from Full Semester Courses After This Date. Courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript.

Date: 11/7/2025
Name: Last day to change grading option to Pass/Fail for electives.

Date: 11/26/2025
Name: Academic Holiday
Description: Administrative Offices Open; No Classes Held

Date: 11/27/2025
Name: University Holiday
Description: Administrative and Academic Offices Closed; No Classes Held

Date: 11/28/2025
Name: University Holiday
Description: Administrative and Academic Offices Closed; No Classes Held

Date: 12/19/2025
Name: Term Ends

Date: 1/2/2026
Name: Deadline to Submit Fall Grades

2026 Spring Semester

Date: 1/2/2026
Name: Practicum Begins
Description: Practicum Instruction Resumes (Continuing Students)

Date: 1/12/2026
Name: New Student Orientation Begins
Description: Programming spans Monday-Thursday. Please refer to the orientation schedule for required programming and additional details.

Date: 1/12/2026
Name: Change of Program Period Begins
Description: Registration resumes for all students. Students may add and drop courses with tuition refund.

Date: 1/19/2026
Name: University Holiday
Description: Academic and Administrative Holiday; No Classes

Date: 1/20/2026
Name: Term Begins
Description: First Day of Classes (Spring term); Practicum Begins (16-month & 5-Term Intl.)

Date: 1/23/2026
Name: Last Day to add A-Term 7-week Courses
Description

Date: 1/29/2026
Name: Registration Closes for all students
Description

Date: 1/30/2026
Name: Change of Program Period Ends
Description: Last day to Add/Drop via SSOL; Last Day to drop fall term courses without incurring financial responsibility for the class; Last day to formally change Academic Program for current term.

Date: 1/30/2026
Name: Last Day to drop A-Term Mini-Courses
Description

Date: 2/11/2026
Name: February Degrees Conferred
Description

Date: 3/23/2026
Name: Summer Term Registration Opens (TENTATIVE)
Description

Date: 3/16/2026 - 3/20/2026
Name: Academic Holiday
(Spring Recess)
Description: Administrative Offices Open; No Classes Held

Date: 3/27/2026
Name: Last day to Drop Spring Classes
Description: Last day to Withdraw from a Spring semester course (both full semester and B-term). Courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript. After this date, all students must accept a credit-bearing letter grade (e.g., A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, F, P) for the course.

Date: 3/27/2026
Name: Last day to change grading option to Pass/Fail for electives.
Description

Date: 5/4/2026
Name: Last Day of Spring Classes
Description

Date: 5/8/2026
Name: Deadline to Submit Grades for Spring 2026 Graduates
Description

Date: 5/8/2026
Name: Last Day of Practicum
(all pathways)
Description

Date: 5/15/2026
Name: Deadline to Submit Grades for Spring 2026 non-graduating students
Description

Date: 5/20/2026
Name: University Commencement
Description

Date: 5/21/2026
Name: CSSW Graduation Ceremony
Description

2026 Summer Session

Date: 5/26/2026
Title: Summer Session Begins
Description: First day of summer session for continuing students (mandatory for 16-Month and 5-Term International Students).

Date: 5/29/2026
Title: Add/Drop Ends
Description: Students may add and/or drop courses through Vergil, without penalty, until this date. Students are not charged tuition for courses dropped during this time, and dropped courses do not appear on the student's transcript.

Date: 6/19/2026
Title: University Holiday
Description: University offices are closed; No classes held.

Date: 7/3/2026
Title: University Holiday
Description: University offices are closed; No classes held.

Date: 7/10/2026
Title: Last Day to Withdraw from Full-Term Summer Courses
Description: Last day to drop full-term courses. Courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript.

Date: 7/13/2026
Title: Advanced Standing Orientation Begins

Date: 7/21/2026
Title: Advanced Standing Summer Session Begins

Date: 7/31/2026
Title: Summer Session Ends for Continuing Students
Description: Last day to withdraw or take a leave of absence effective in the summer 2026 session.

Date: 8/26/2026
Title: Summer Session Ends for Advanced Standing

Fall 2026

Date: 8/31/2026
Title: Fall Orientation Week Begins
Description

Date: 8/31/2026
Title: Registration Resumes; Add/Drop Period Begins
Description: Students may add and/or drop courses throughÿVergil, without penalty, during this period. Students areÿnot charged tuitionÿfor courses dropped during this time, and dropped courses do not appear on the student's transcript.

Date: 9/8/2026
Title: Fall Term Begins
Description

Date: 9/16/2026
Title: Registration Closes for all students; Change of Program Period Ends.
Description: Students may continue to drop courses through Vergil until the final drop deadline. Fall courses officially dropped by this date do not incur tuition charges. Last day to formally change Academic Program.

Date: 10/21/2026
Title: October Degrees Conferred
Description

Date: 10/23/2026
Title: Last Day to Withdraw from Full Semester Courses
Description: Last Day to Withdraw from a fall semester course without a "W" grade. Courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript.

Date: 11/1/2026
Title: Last Day to Submit Return from Leave of Absence Form for Spring 2027.
Description

Date: 11/2/2026
Title: Academic Holiday
Description: Administrative Offices Open; No Classes Held

Date: 11/3/2026
Title: University Holiday
Description: Administrative Offices Closed; No Classes Held

Date: 11/13/2026
Title: Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail Option
Description: Decisions to take a particular course Pass/Fail are not reversible after this date.

Date: 11/16/2026
Title: Spring 2026 Registration Begins
Description: Registration Appointments Assigned by Registration Group.ÿ

Date: 11/25/2026
Title: Academic Holiday
Description: Administrative Offices Open; No Classes Held

Date: 11/26 - 11/27/2026
Title: University Holidays
Description: Administrative Offices Closed; No Classes Held

Date: 12/21/2026
Title: Fall Term Ends
Description: Last day to withdraw or take a leave of absence effective in the fall 2026 term.

Date: 12/31/2026
Title: Deadline to Apply for May 2027 Conferral.
Description

Spring 2027

Date: 1/4/2027
Title: Spring Term Begins for Students Continuing from Fall Term

Date: 1/11/2027
Title: Spring Orientation Week Begins for New Students

Date: 1/11/2027
Title: Registration Resumes; Add/Drop Period Begins
Description: Students may add and/or drop courses throughÿVergil, without penalty, during this period. Students areÿnot charged tuitionÿfor courses dropped during this time, and dropped courses do not appear on the student's transcript.

Date: 1/18/2027
Title: University Holiday
Description: Administrative Offices Closed; No Classes Held

Date: 1/19/2027
Title: Spring Courses Begin

Date: 1/28/2027
Title: Registration Closes for all students; Change of Program Period Ends.
Description: Students may continue to drop courses through Vergil until the final drop deadline. Spring courses officially dropped by this date do not incur tuition charges. Last day to formally change Academic Program.

Date: 2/5/2027
Title: Last Day to Withdraw from A-term Courses
Description: Last Day to Withdraw from Spring A-term courses without a "W" grade. A-Term courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript.

Date: 2/10/2027
Title: February Degrees Conferred

Date: 3/5/2027
Title: Last Day to Withdraw from Full Semester Courses
Description: Last Day to Withdraw from Spring full-term courses without a "W" grade. Full-term courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript.

Date: 3/26/2027
Title: Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail Option
Description: Decisions to take a particular course Pass/Fail are not reversible after this date.

Date: 4/2/2027
Title: Last Day to Withdraw from B-term Courses
Description: Last Day to Withdraw from Spring B-term courses without a "W" grade. B-Term courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript.

Date: 5/3/2027
Title: Spring Term Ends
Description: Last day toÿwithdraw or take a leave of absenceÿeffective in the Spring 2027 term.

Date: 5/19/2027
Title: University Commencement

Summer 2027

Date: 5/25/2027
Title: Summer Session Begins
Description: First day of summer session for continuing students (mandatory for 16-Month and 5-Term International Students).

Date: 5/28/2027
Title: Add/Drop Ends
Description: Students may add and/or drop courses throughÿVergil, without penalty, until this date. Students areÿnot charged tuitionÿfor courses dropped during this time, and dropped courses do not appear on the student's transcript.

Date: 6/18/2027
Title: University Holiday
Description: University offices are closed; No classes held.

Date: 7/5/2027
Title: University Holiday
Description: University offices are closed; No classes held.

Date: 7/9/2027
Title: Last Day to Withdraw from Full-Term Summer Courses
Description: Last day to drop full-term courses. Courses dropped by this deadline are charged at full tuition but do not appear on a student's transcript.

Date: 7/12/2027
Title: Advanced Standing Orientation Begins

Date: 7/20/2027
Title: Advanced Standing Summer Session Begins

Date: 8/2/2027
Title: Summer Session Ends for Continuing Students
Description: Last day to withdraw or take a leave of absence effective in the summer 2026 session.

Date: 8/25/2027
Title: Summer Session Ends for Advanced Standing