LSUHSC School of Graduate Studies Calendar 2025-2026

Fall Semester

August 2025
Tuesday	04	Orientation Begins
Wednesday	13	Classes Begin
Wednesday	27	Last Day to Add/Drop Classes without a Penalty
September 2025
Monday	01	Labor Day
November 2025
Friday	07	Final Date for Submission of Theses and Dissertations
Friday	21	Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
Thursday	27	Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday	28	Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2025
Friday	05	Fall Semester Ends
Thursday	11	Conferral of Degrees

January 2026
Wednesday	14	Classes Begin
Monday	19	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Wednesday	28	Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
February 2026
Tuesday	17	Mardi Gras Holiday
April 2026
Friday	03	Easter Holiday
Friday	10	Last Day to Submit Theses/Dissertations
Friday	24	Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
May 2025
Friday	08	Spring Semester Ends
Thursday	14	Conferral of Degrees

May 2026
Wednesday	20	Classes Begin
June 2026
Wednesday	03	Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
Friday	19	Final Date for MD/PhD Students to Submit Approved Dissertations
July 2026
Friday	03	Independence Day Holiday
Friday	10	Final Date for Submission of Approved Theses and Dissertations
Friday	31	Summer Semester Ends
August 2026
Saturday	08	Conferral of Degrees