Academic dates
Stay on track with key academic dates at the ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ. Find term timelines, add and drop deadlines, fee due dates, and exam periods in one place to help you plan your studies and avoid missing important deadlines.
May 1, 2026
- Continuing undergraduate student awards application closes
May 3, 2026
- Last day to join a Spring waitlist
May 4, 2026
- First day of Spring classes
May 6, 2026
- All waitlists cleared (purge). Course enrolment becomes first-come, first-served.
May 7, 2026
May 12, 2026
- Spring fee payment deadline
- Last day to submit third-party sponsorship applications
- Last day to opt in for UPass
- Last day to enrol in a Spring term payment plan
May 18, 2026
- Victoria Day (university closure)
May 28–29, 2026
June 1, 2026
- Registration opens for Summer Term payment plans
June 3–10, 2026
June 15, 2026
- Last day of Spring classes
- Last day to withdraw from a Spring Term course
June 17, 2026
- First day of Spring Term final exams
June 20, 2026
- End of Spring Term final exams
June 28, 2026
- End of Spring Term
- Last day to join a Summer Term course waitlist
June 28, 2026
- Last day to join a Summer course waitlist
June 29, 2026
- First day of Summer classes
July 1, 2026
- Canada Day (university closure)
- Louise McKinney Scholarship application opens
- Indigenous Careers Award application opens
- Jason Lang Scholarship application opens
July 2, 2026
- All waitlists cleared (purge). Course enrolment becomes first-come, first-served.
July 3, 2026
- Last day to drop a class without penalty
- Last day to add or swap a class without penalty
July 8, 2026
- Summer Term fee payment deadline
- Last day to enrol in a Summer Term payment plan
- Last day to submit third-party sponsorship applications for Summer Term
- Last day to opt in for UPass
Aug. 1, 2026
- Registration opens for Fall Term payment plans
Aug. 3, 2026
- Heritage Day (university closure)
Aug. 12, 2026
- Last day to withdraw from a Summer Term course
- Last day of Summer Term classes
Aug. 14, 2026
- First day of Summer Term final exams
Aug. 18, 2026
- End of Summer Term final exams
Aug. 23, 2026
- End of Summer Term
Aug. 24–28, 2026
- Block Week
Aug. 28, 2026
- Last day to withdraw from a Block Week course
Aug. 31, 2026
- Last day to join a Fall Term course waitlist
Sept. 1, 2026
- First day of Fall classes
Sept. 7, 2026
- Labour Day (university closure)
- All waitlists cleared (purge). Course enrolment becomes first-come, first-served.
Sept. 10, 2026
- Last day to drop a Fall class without penalty
Sept. 11, 2026
- Last day to add/swap a Fall course
Sept. 15, 2026
- Deadline to apply for Fall Graduation
Sept. 18, 2026
- Fall tuition and fee payment deadline
- Last day to enrol in a Fall payment plan
- Last day to submit third-party sponsorship applications
- Last day to opt in for UPass
Sept. 30, 2026
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (University closure)
- Jason Lang Scholarship application closes (Fall disbursement)
- Louise McKinney Scholarship application closes
Oct. 1, 2026
- Alberta Student Aid Awards application opens
- Student Peer Assistance Bursary application opens
- SU Quality Money International Bursary application opens
- Prestige Awards application opens
- High School Awards application opens
Oct. 12, 2026
- Thanksgiving Day (university closure)
Oct. 15, 2026
- Indigenous Careers Award application closes (Fall disbursement)
Oct. 30, 2026
- SU Quality Money International Bursary application closes (Fall disbursement)
Nov. 8–14, 2026
- Term break (no classes)
Nov. 9–10, 2026
Nov. 11, 2026
- Remembrance Day (university closure)
Dec. 1, 2026
- Alberta Student Aid Awards application closes
- Prestige Awards application closes
Dec. 4, 2026
- Last day to withdraw from a Fall course
- Last day of Fall classes
Dec. 8, 2026
- Start of Fall final exams
Dec. 18, 2026
- End of Fall final exams
Dec. 24, 2026
- End of Fall Term
Dec. 25–31, 2026
- Holiday observance (university closure)
TBD
- Spring/Summer Term course schedule available
- Spring/Summer Term course registration
- Fall/Winter Term course schedule available
- Fall/Winter Term course registration
Jan. 1, 2027
- New Year’s Day (university closure)
Jan. 4–8, 2027
- Block Week
Jan. 8, 2027
- Last day to withdraw from a Block Week course
Jan. 10, 2027
- Last day to join a Winter Term course waitlist
Jan. 11, 2027
- First day of Winter classes
Jan. 15, 2027
- Deadline to apply for Winter Conferral of Degree
- Indigenous Careers Award application closes (Winter disbursement)
- Jason Lang Scholarship application closes (Winter disbursement)
Jan. 18, 2027
- All waitlists cleared (purge). Course enrolment becomes first-come, first-served.
Jan. 21, 2027
- Last day to drop a Winter class without penalty
Jan. 22, 2027
- Last day to add/swap a Winter course
Jan. 29, 2027
- Tuition and fee payment deadline
- Last day to enrol in a Winter payment plan
- Last day to submit third party sponsorship applications
- Last day to opt in for UPass
Jan. 30, 2027
- SU Quality Money International Bursary application closes (Winter disbursement)
Feb. 13, 2027
- Winter Conferral of Degree
Feb. 14–20, 2027
- Term Break (no classes)
Feb. 15, 2027
- Family Day (university closure)
March 1, 2027
- Continuing undergraduate student awards application opens
- High School Awards application closes
March 26, 2027
- Good Friday (university closure)
March 29, 2027
- Easter Monday (university closure)
March 31, 2027
- Deadline to apply for Fall Graduation
April 1, 2027
- Registration opens for Spring Term payment plans
April 13, 2027
- Last day to withdraw from a Winter course
- Last day of Winter classes
April 16, 2027
- Start of Winter Term final exams
April 27, 2026
- End of Winter Term final exams
April 30, 2027
- End of term
- Student Peer Assistance Bursary application closes
TBD:
- First-year student registration
- Last day to join a Spring Term course waitlist
- All waitlists cleared (purge). Course enrolment becomes first-come, first-served.
- Transfer student course registration
- Open Studies course registration
May 1, 2027
- Spring Term starts
- Continuing undergraduate student awards application closes
May 3, 2027
- First day of Spring Term classes
May 6, 2027
May 11, 2027
- Spring tuition and fee payment deadline
- Last day to submit third-party sponsorship applications
- Last day to opt in for UPass
- Last day to enrol in a Spring Term payment plan
May 24, 2027
- Victoria Day (university closure)
June 1, 2027
- Registration opens for Summer Term payment plans
June 8–17, 2027
June 9, 2027
- Last day to submit third-party sponsorship applications for Summer Term
June 18, 2027
- First day of Spring Term final exams
June 22, 2027
- End of Spring Term final exams
June 27, 2027
- End of Spring Term
June 28, 2027
- First day of Summer classes
July 1, 2027
- Canada Day (university closure)
- Louise McKinney Scholarship application opens
- Indigenous Careers Award application opens
- Jason Lang Scholarship application opens
July 2, 2027
- Last day to drop a class without penalty
- Last day to add or swap a class without penalty
July 7, 2027
- Summer fee payment deadline
- Last day to submit third-party sponsorship applications
- Last day to enrol in a payment plan
- Last day to opt in for UPass
Aug. 1, 2027
- Registration opens for Fall Term payment plans
Aug. 2, 2027
- Heritage Day (university closure)
Aug. 11, 2027
- Last day to withdraw from a Summer Term course
- Last day of Summer Term classes
Aug. 14, 2027
- First day of Summer Term final exams
Aug. 18, 2027
- End of Summer Term final exams
Aug. 22, 2027
- End of Summer Term