Date	Event
October 28, 2025	Class Availability posted; Registration Assignments viewable in STAR GPS
November 11, 2025	HOLIDAY: Veterans Day (non-instructional day)
November 17 – 21, 2025	Registration assignments begin: Continuing Classified (currently enrolled, internal transfers and returnees with 30+ credits) Spring 2026 Graduates: Application for Graduation Opens
November 27, 2025	HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving Day (non-instructional day)
November 28, 2025	Non-instructional day
December 1 – 5, 2025	Registration assignments begin: Incoming Classified (newly accepted freshmen, external transfers, internal transfers & returnees with 0-29.99 credits)
December 8, 2025	Registration begins: All Unclassified (non-degree seeking students)
December 25, 2025	HOLIDAY: Christmas Day (non-instructional day)
January 1, 2026	HOLIDAY: New Year’s Day (non-instructional day)
January 9, 2026	Payment Receipt Deadline
January 12	Semester begins Late registration begins (single $30 system-wide late fee) UH Employee Faculty & Staff registration begins
January 19	HOLIDAY: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (non-instructional day)
January 20 by 11:59 p.m. (HST)	Deadline to: Register for a course Register to audit a course Change course grading mode & variable credits Drop a course for 100% tuition refund Submit Change of Major/Minor requests for Spring 2026
February 4	Deadline to: Drop a course without a “W” grade Drop a course for 50% tuition refund Submit UH Employee tuition waivers
February 5 – March 27	Restricted Withdrawal period (with a “W” grade, 0% tuition refund) via STAR GPS
March 1 – May 1	Online registration opens for the Spring 2026 commencement ceremony: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/commencement/
February 13	Spring & Summer 2026 Graduates: Deadline to file Application for Graduation & Spring Commencement book name inclusion deadline *
February 16	HOLIDAY: President’s Day (non-instructional day)
March 16 – 20	SPRING RECESS
March 26	HOLIDAY: Kuhio Day (non-instructional day)
March 27 by 11:59 p.m. (HST)	Deadline to drop a course (with a “W” grade, 0% tuition refund)
April 1	Deadline to: Submit an “I” grade removal for Fall 2025 Apply for Credit by Examination
April 3	HOLIDAY: Good Friday (non-instructional day) Theses and Dissertations due to Graduate Division
May 6	Last day of instruction
May 7 – 8	Study Period
May 11 – 15	Final Examination Period
May 15	Semester ends & Degree conferral date
May 16	Commencement: Please see Commencement website for ceremony information
May 19 by 4:00 p.m. (HST)	Faculty Grade Submission Deadline
May 20	Grades available in STAR GPS

*Submit your Application for Graduation by this date to have your name printed in the commencement program. Even if you miss the deadline, you can still participate in the Commencement ceremony.

Some dates are tentative and subject to change. If certain dates are not available, please check back at a later time for updates.

Colleges/Schools may have other dates specific to their programs. Please check with your department or program for these deadlines. Graduate students may check with Graduate Division.

Academic dates and deadlines for Outreach College may not coincide with this Academic Calendar. Please visit Outreach College for extension term dates and deadlines.