ESF Academic Catalog
Academic Calendar
Fall 2025
Syracuse Campus
| Classes begin | August 25 |
| Financial Drop Deadline - Last day to drop for 100% tuition refund Bursar's Office liability schedule |
August 31 |
| Labor Day (no classes) | September 1 |
| Last day to add a class | September 2 |
| Academic Drop Deadline - Last day to drop a class | September 19 |
| Grad: Deadline for Candidacy or Exam Chair Request | September 19 |
| Fall break (no classes) | October 13 - 14 |
| Mid-term grading | October 13 - 17 |
| Advising for Spring 2026 | October 27 - November 4 |
| Registration for Spring 2026 | November 5 - January 2 |
| Thanksgiving Recess (no classes) | November 23 - 30 |
| Last day to withdraw from a class | December 3 |
| Last day of classes | December 9 |
| Reading day | December 10 |
| Final Exams | December 11 - 12 |
| Reading days | December 13 - 14 |
| Final Exams | December 15 - 16 |
| Grad MS/PhD: Final Thesis/Dissertation & other final documents due to graduate school |
December 16 |
| Grad MPS/MLA/MF: Present Capstone &submit final documents | December 16 |
| Grades due | December 23 |
Wanakena Campus
| Ranger School Arrival/Move-in | August 17 |
| Ranger School classes begin | August 20 |
| Labor Day (no classes) | September 1 |
| Fall break (no classes) | October 13 |
| Thanksgiving Recess | November 23-November 30 |
| Last day of classes Ranger School | December 19 |
| Grades due Ranger School | December 26 |
Spring 2026
Syracuse Campus
| Classes begin | January 12 |
| Financial Drop Deadline - Last day to drop for 100% tuition refund Bursar's Office liability schedule |
January 18 |
| Martin Luther King Day (no classes) | January 19 |
| Last day to add a class | January 20 |
| Academic Drop Deadline - Last day to drop a class | February 6 |
| Grad: Deadline for Candidacy or Exam Chair Request | February 6 |
| Mid-term Grading | March 2 - 6 |
| Spring break (no classes) | March 8 - 15 |
| Advising for Fall 2026 | April 1 - April 7 |
| Registration for Fall 2026 | April 8 - June 30 |
| Last day to withdraw from a class | April 17 |
| Last day of classes | April 27 |
| Reading days | April 28 - 29 |
| Final Exams | April 30 - May 1 |
| Reading days | May 2 - 3 |
| Final Exams | May 4 - 5 |
| Grad MS/PhD - Final Thesis/Dissertation & other final documents due to graduate school |
May 5 |
| Grad MPS/MLA/MF - Present Capstone & submit final documents | May 5 |
| ESF May Commencement | May 9 |
| Grades due | May 12 |
Wanakena Campus
| Ranger School Arrival/Move-in | January 11 |
| Ranger School classes begin | January 12 |
| Martin Luther King Day (no classes) | January 19 |
| Ranger School Spring Recess (no classes) | March 14-22 |
| Last day of classes Ranger School | May 15 |
| Ranger School Commencement | May 16 |
| Grades due Ranger School | May 20 |
Summer 2026
| Registrar's Office to begin accepting registration forms | February 1 |
| Maymester (2 weeks) | May 11 - 22 |
| Memorial Day (no classes, campus closed) | May 25 |
| Summer Session 1 (6 weeks) | May 18 - June 26 |
| Juneteenth (no classes, campus closed) | June 19 |
| Summer Session 2 (6 weeks) | June 29 - August 7 |
| Independence Day observed (no classes) | July 3 |
| Combined Summer Session (12 weeks) | May 18 - August 7 |