Baylor's Academic Calendars
What is an Academic Calendar?
The Academic Calendar is the foundation of an institution's programs and sets important administrative deadlines that support students and university processes.
An academic calendar is a schedule of events that occur during an academic year, including important dates for students, faculty, and staff. They typically include:
- Start & End dates
- Holidays
- Examination dates
- Add, drop, and withdraw deadlines
- Grading deadlines
The Academic Calendar helps to guide the processes of important administrative offices like Financial Aid, Student Accounts, Information Systems, the Office of the Registrar, and Institutional Research, to name a few.
Baylor's Academic Calendars
Baylor offers a variety of programs with varying needs and therefore our administrative offices supports two primary Academic Calendars. These Academic Calendars have differing holidays as well as start and end dates.
Semester Calendar | Trimester Calendar* | ||||
Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall | Spring | Summer |
Late August - Mid December | Mid January - Mid May | Mid May - Mid August | Early Jan - Late April | Early May - Mid August | Early September - Mid December |
| Full Term | Full Term | Full Term | Full Term | Full Term | Full Term |
| 7 Week 1 | Wintermester | Minimester | Part of Term A | Part of Term A | Part of Term A |
| 7 Week 2 | 7 Week 1 | Summer 1 | Part of Term B | Part of Term B | Part of Term B |
| 7 Week 2 | Summer 2 | Part of Term 2 | Part of Term 2 | Part of Term 2 | |
*The Trimester Calendar is primarily used by Baylor's Incentivized Professional Online Programs.