Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar 2018-2019 (PDF)

Fall Semester 2017
Event	Date
Fall classes start for fourth-year Podiatric Medicine students	May 30
Fall classes start for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	June 12
Fall classes start for first- and second-year Podiatric Medicine students	July 31
Fall International student orientation	August 21
Fall Graduate student orientation	August 22-23
University convocation	August 25
Destination Kent State: Welcome Weekend	August 25-27
Fall classes begin	August 28
Deadline for associate degree candidates to apply for December graduation	September 1
Deadline for master's and doctoral degree and graduate certificate candidates to apply for December graduation	September 1
Labor Day - no classes and offices closed (note 1)	September 4
Deadline for bachelor's degree and undergraduate certificate candidates to apply for May graduation	September 15
Fall classes end for fourth-year Podiatric Medicine students	October 6
Spring classes begin for fourth-year Podiatric Medicine students	October 10
Fall classes end for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	September 29
Fall final examinations for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	October 2-14
Spring classes begin for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	October 16
Final date for oral examination of master's and doctoral degree candidates for December graduation	November 9
Veterans Day observed - no classes and offices closed (note 1)	November 10
Fall classes end for first- and second-year Podiatric Medicine students	November 22
Thanksgiving recess - no classes (note 2)	November 22-26
Thanksgiving observed - offices closed (note 3)	November 23-24
Deadline for master's thesis or doctoral dissertation to be filed in college office for December graduation	November 27
Fall final examinations for first- and second-year Podiatric Medicine students	November 27-December 8
Fall classes end	December 10
Fall final examinations	December 11-17
Ashtabula Campus commencement	December 15
Stark Campus commencement	December 15
Kent Campus graduate degrees commencement (note 4)	December 15
Kent Campus bachelor's degree commencements	December 16
Deadline for bachelor's degree and undergraduate certificate candidates to apply for August graduation	December 15
Christmas observed - offices closed (notes 1, 5)	December 25-26
Holiday schedule (note 6)	December 27-31
New Year’s Day observed - offices closed (note 1)	January 1

Spring Semester 2018
Event	Date
Spring classes begin for first- and second-year Podiatric Medicine students	January 2
Spring international student orientation	January 11
Spring graduate student orientation	January 12
Spring classes begin	January 16
Deadline for associate degree candidates to apply for May graduation	January 19
Deadline for master's and doctoral degree and graduate certificate candidates to apply for May graduation	January 19
Martin Luther King Jr Day - no classes and offices closed (note 1)	January 15
Spring classes end for fourth-year Podiatric Medicine students	February 2
Summer classes begin for fourth-year Podiatric Medicine students	February 5
Spring classes end for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	February 9
Spring final examinations for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	February 12-23
Summer classes begin for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	March 5
Deadline for bachelor's degree candidates to apply for December graduation	March 15
Spring recess - no classes (note 7)	Mar 26-Apr 1
Spring classes resume	April 2
Final date for oral examination of master's and doctoral degree candidates for May graduation	April 6
Deadline for master's thesis or doctoral dissertation to be filed in college office for May graduation	April 23
Spring classes end for first- and second-year Podiatric Medicine students	April 27
Remembrance Day (note 8)	May 4
Spring classes end	May 6
Spring final examinations	May 7-13
Spring final examinations for first- and second-year Podiatric Medicine students	Apr 30-May 11
Commencement	May 12
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree commencement	May 12
Kent Campus steam shutdown (6 p.m. to 6 p.m.)	May 13-20

Summer Semester 2018
Event	Date
Summer classes end for fourth-year Podiatric Medicine students	May 18
Summer classes end for third-year Podiatric Medicine students	June 1
Summer intersession classes begin	May 21
Memorial Day - no classes and offices closed (note 1)	May 28
Summer classes begin for first-year Podiatric Medicine students	May 29
Summer intersession classes end	June 8
Summer I classes begin	June 11
Summer II classes begin	June 11
Deadline for associate degree candidates to apply for August graduation	June 15
Deadline for master's and doctoral degree and graduate certificate candidates to apply for August graduation	June 15
Summer classes end for first-year Podiatric Medicine students	July 6
Independence Day observed - no classes and offices closed (note 1)	July 4
Summer final examinations for first-year Podiatric Medicine students	July 9-16
Final date for oral examination of master's and doctoral degree candidates for August graduation	July 13
Summer I classes end	July 14
Summer III classes begin	July 16
Deadline for master's thesis or doctoral dissertation to be filed in college office for August graduation	July 30
Summer II classes end	August 4
Geauga Campus commencement	August 17
Summer III classes end	August 18
Kent Campus commencements	August 18

Calendar Notes

State- or federal-designated holiday.
Thanksgiving: classes recessed Wednesday through Sunday; offices are closed Thursday and Friday.
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is a movable holiday, observed the day after Thanksgiving.
Date for Kent Campus graduate commencement is tentative; it may be held the Saturday after the date listed.
Presidents Day, the third Monday in February, is a movable holiday, observed contiguous with Christmas Day.
Kent State may operate on a holiday schedule during the last part of December. When that occurs, information will be communicated to faculty and staff by the Division of Human Resources.
Spring Recess: no classes, offices are open.
Remembrance Day (May 4, 1970): final exams, classes or parts of classes recess from noon through 2 p.m.