| Summer 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2025 | Mon. | Registration opens for Summer 2025 for Online and Professional Master’s programs (except Cybersecurity and PRIME) students at 9:00 a.m. EDT. |
| March 31 - April 10, 2025 | Mon. - Thurs. | Registration for Summer courses for continuing Brown undergraduates and select masters students with summer program courses (including PRIME) opens at 9:00 a.m.EDT on Monday March 31 and continues through Thursday April 10 at 5:00 p.m. EDT |
| April 15 - April 22, 2025 | Tues. - Tues. | Registration period for fall courses for Brown undergraduates. Summer registration closed during this period. |
| April 23 - June 18, 2025 | Wed. - Thurs. | Registration period for Summer courses for Brown undergraduates and select masters students with summer program courses (including PRIME) re-opens at 9:00 a.m.EDT and remains open until Wednesday June 18 at 5:00 p.m. EDT |
| June 15, 2025 | Sun. | Residence halls open. |
| June 16, 2025 | Mon. | Summer Session classes begin. |
| June 18, 2025 | Wed. | Last day to change courses (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). (All students MUST be in their registered courses by Wednesday, June 18.) |
| June 19, 2025 | Thurs. | Juneteenth Holiday. No University exercises. |
| June 23, 2025 | Mon. | Last day to change grade options (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline) |
| July 4, 2025 | Fri. | Independence Day holiday. No University exercises. |
| July 25, 2025 | Fri. | Classes end. |
| July 26 - Jul 29, 2025 | Sat. - Tues. | Reading period. |
| July 29, 2025 | Tues. | Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). |
| Jul 30 - Aug 1, 2025 | Wed. - Fri. | Final examination period. |
| August 1, 2025 | Fri. | Summer Session ends. |
| August 2, 2025 | Sat. | Residence halls close. |
| Fall 2025 | ||
| July 9, 2025 | Wed. | Registration opens for Fall 2025 for Online and Professional Master’s programs (except Cybersecurity and PRIME) students at 9:00 a.m. EDT. |
| Aug. 1, 2025 | Fri. | Last day for payment of charges. |
| Aug. 26, 2025 | Tues | Beginning of Graduate School All-Student Orientation. |
| Aug. 28, 2025 | Thurs. | Beginning of College Orientation. |
| Aug. 29 - Sept 1, 2025 | Fri. - Mon. | Registration of new undergraduate and all graduate students students (residential programs, Cybersecurity, and PRIME) for the fall semester begins at 4:00 pm EDT Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday Sept 1. (Maximum of 4 credit hours allowed for undergraduates). |
| Sept. 2, 2025 | Tues. | Registration re-opens at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Sept 2 for all students for the fall semester. (Up to a maximum of 5 credit hours allowed). |
| Sept. 2, 2025 | Tues. | Opening Convocation at 4:00 p.m. EDT |
| Sept. 3, 2025 | Wed. | Classes of the first semester begin. |
| Sept. 3, 2025 | Wed. | First day of RISD Fall Session. |
| Sept. 16, 2025 | Tues. | Last day to add a course without a fee. (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline) Banner Web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course. |
| Sept. 30, 2025 | Tues. | Last day to add a course (includes late fee), change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). |
| Oct. 1, 2025 | Wed. | Deadline for undergraduates on personal leave (including employment and military leave) or on Full-time Study Away status to request return to studies at Brown for Spring. |
| Oct. 13, 2025 | Mon. | Indigenous Peoples' Day. No University exercises. |
| Oct. 17, 2025 | Fri. | Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). |
| Oct. 18, 2025 | Sat. | Mid-semester |
| Oct. 21, 2025 | Tues. | Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must file their concentration declaration forms via ASK to avoid having a No Concentration hold placed against their Banner registration (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). |
| Oct. 27, 2025 | Mon. | Advising period for spring pre-registration begins. Students in their first through third semesters will need to procure their advising PIN from their advisor in order to register. |
| Nov. 11, 2025 | Tues. | Registration opens for Spring 2026 for undergraduate students semester level 07 and above and all continuing graduate students (residential programs, Cybersecurity, and PRIME) at noon EST. Registration remains open until Tuesday, November 18, 5:00 p.m. EST. (Maximum of 4 credit hours allowed for undergraduates). |
| Nov. 12, 2025 | Wed. | Registration opens for Spring 2026 for undergraduate students semester levels 05-06 at noon EST. (Students are unable to register for 5th semester unless approved concentration is filed). Registration remains open until Tuesday, November 18, 5:00 p.m. EST. (Maximum of 4 credit hours allowed for undergraduates). |
| Nov. 13, 2025 | Thurs. | Registration opens for Spring 2026 for undergraduate students semester levels 03-04 at noon EST. Registration remains open until Tuesday, November 18, 5:00 p.m. EST. (Maximum of 4 credit hours allowed for undergraduates). |
| Nov. 13 , 2025 | Thurs. | Students on serious warning who wish to drop a course after this date must meet with an academic dean for advising and to obtain a drop code. |
| Nov. 14, 2025 | Fri. | Deadline for submission of proposals for College Curriculum Council-approved undergraduate group study projects (GISPs), independent study projects, and internships for credit) for Semester II. |
| Nov. 14, 2025 | Fri. | Registration opens for Spring 2026 for undergraduate students semester levels 01-02 at noon EST. Registration remains open until Tuesday, November 18, 5:00 p.m. EST. (Maximum of 4 credit hours allowed for undergraduates). |
| Nov. 15 - 18, 2025 | Sat. - Tues. | Registration for Spring 2026 continues until Tuesday, November 18, 5:00 p.m. EST. |
| Nov. 26, 2025 | Wed. | Registration opens for Spring 2026 for Online and Professional Master’s programs (except Cybersecurity and PRIME) students at 9:00 a.m. EST. |
| Nov. 26 - 30, 2025 | Wed. - Sun. | Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon EST. |
| Dec. 01, 2025 | Mon. | Classes resume. |
| Dec. 1, 2025 | Mon. | Deadline for undergraduates to request a personal leave (including employment and military leave) or to request Full-time Study Away status for Spring. Any Full-time Study Away approved by the Study Away Review Committee for which the Registrar does not receive enrollment verification will not be honored. |
| Dec. 1 , 2025 | Mon | Last day of Fall RISD classes. |
| Dec. 7 , 2025 | Sun. | Beginning of Reading Period (optional and at the discretion of the instructor.) |
| Dec. 11 , 2025 | Thurs. | Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EST deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor. |
| Dec. 11 , 2025 | Thurs. | UG CONCENTRATIONS:Last day for students to declare second or third concentrations in ASK for students in their penultimate semester (typically the 7th semester) who are declaring a second/third concentration (5:00 p.m. EST deadline). |
| Dec. 11 , 2025 | Thurs. | UG CERTIFICATES: Last day for students in their ante-penultimate (typically 6th) semester to declare an undergraduate certificate in ASK. |
| Dec. 12 , 2025 | Fri. | Last day for approved 7th (or penultimate) semester undergraduates in eligible concentrations to submit writing completed in the concentration in ASK to complete part II of the writing requirement. Concentration advisors must approve submitted writing in ASK by the last day of the semester. |
| Dec. 12 - 20, 2025 | Fri. - Sat. | Final Examination Period (inclusive of Sunday) |
| Winter 2026 | ||
| Nov. 19 - Dec. 17, 2025 | Wed. - Wed. | Registration for Wintersession courses (begins at 9:00 a.m. EST). |
| Dec. 17, 2025 | Wed. | Last day to register for a Wintersession course (5:00 p.m. EST deadline). |
| Dec. 17, 2025 | Wed. | Wintersession tuition due. |
| Dec. 22, 2025 | Mon. | Wintersession courses begin. |
| Jan. 6, 2026 | Tues. | Last day to change a grade option declaration. |
| Jan. 13, 2026 | Tues. | Last day to drop a course or request an incomplete from an instructor. |
| Jan. 19, 2026 | Mon. | Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No University exercises. |
| Jan. 20, 2026 | Tues. | Final examinations. Wintersession ends. |
| Spring 2026 | ||
| Jan. 1, 2026 | Thurs. | Last day for payment of charges. |
| Jan. 5, 2026 | Mon. | First day of RISD Winter Session. |
| Jan. 9, 2026 | Fri. | Theses/Dissertations of candidates for Masters and Ph.D. degrees in February due. |
| Jan. 16 - Jan 19, 2026 | Fri. - Mon. | Registration of new undergraduate and new graduate students (residential programs, Cybersecurity, and PRIME) for the spring semester begins at 1:00 pm EST Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST Monday Jan 19. (Maximum of 4 credit hours allowed for undergraduates). |
| Jan. 19, 2026 | Mon. | Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No University exercises. |
| Jan. 20, 2026 | Tues. | Registration re-opens at 9:00 a.m. EST on Jan 20 for all students for the spring semester. (Up to a maximum of 5 credit hours allowed). |
| Jan. 21, 2026 | Wed. | Classes of the second semester begin. |
| Feb. 3, 2026 | Tues. | Last day to add a course without a fee. (5:00 p.m. EST deadline) Banner web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course. |
| Feb. 6, 2026 | Fri. | Last day of Winter RISD classes. |
| Feb. 12, 2026 | Thurs. | First day of RISD Spring Session. |
| Feb. 14 - 17, 2026 | Sat. - Tues. | Long weekend. No University exercises. |
| Feb. 18, 2026 | Wed. | Classes resume. Last day to add a course (includes late fee), change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5:00 p.m. EST deadline). |
| March 6, 2026 | Fri. | Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 EST p.m. deadline). |
| March 7, 2026 | Sat. | Mid-semester. |
| March 16, 2026 | Mon. | Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must file their concentration declaration forms via ASK to avoid having a No Concentration hold placed against their Banner registration. (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). |
| Mar. 21 - 29, 2026 | Sat. - Sun. | Spring Recess. |
| March 30, 2026 | Mon. | Advising period for fall pre-registration begins. Students in their first through third semesters will need to procure their advising PIN from their advisor in order to register. |
| March 30, 2026 | Mon. | Classes resume. |
| April 1, 2026 | Wed. | Deadline for undergraduates on personal leave (including employment and military leave) or on Full-time Study Away status to request return to studies at Brown for Fall. |
| Apr. 7, 2026 | Tues. | Students on serious warning who wish to drop a course after this date must meet with an academic dean for advising and to obtain a drop code. |
| April 10, 2026 | Fri. | Deadline for submission of proposals for College Curriculum Council-approved undergraduate group study projects (GISPs), independent study projects, and internships for credit) for Semester I. |
| April 14, 2026 | Tues. | Registration opens for Fall 2026 for undergraduates semester level 07 and above and continuing graduate students (residential programs, Cybersecurity, and PRIME) at noon EDT and remains open until Tue April 21, 5:00 p.m. EDT. (Max of 4 credits allowed for undergraduates) |
| April 15, 2026 | Wed. | Registration opens for Fall 2026 for undergraduates semester levels 05-06 at noon EDT (approved concentration must be filed to register for 5th semester) and remains open until Tuesday April 21, 5:00 pm EDT (Max of 4 credits allowed for undergraduates). |
| April 16, 2026 | Thurs. | Registration opens for Fall 2026 for continuing undergraduate students semester levels 04 and below at noon EDT. Registration remains open until Tuesday, April 21, 5:00 p.m. EDT. (Maximum of 4 credit hours allowed for undergraduates). |
| Apr. 17 - Apr. 21 2026 | Fri. - Tues. | Registration for Fall 2026 continues until Tuesday, April 21 5:00 p.m. EDT. |
| April 24, 2026 | Fri. | Reading Period begins and will end on May 5 (optional and at the discretion of the instructor). |
| May 1, 2026 | Fri. | Deadline for undergraduates to request a personal leave (including employment and military leave) or to request Full-time Study Away status for Fall. Any Full-time Study Away approved by the Study Away Review Committee for which the Registrar does not receive enrollment verification will not be honored. |
| May 1, 2026 | Fri. | Theses of candidates for Masters and Ph.D. degrees in May due. |
| May 5, 2026 | Tues. | Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor. |
| May 5, 2026 | Tues. | Reading Period ends. |
| May 5, 2026 | Tues. | UG CONCENTRATIONS: Last day for students to declare second or third concentrations in ASK for students in their penultimate semester (typically the 7th semester) who are declaring a second/third concentration (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). |
| May 5, 2026 | Tues. | UG CERTIFICATES: Last day for students in their ante-penultimate (typically 6th) semester to declare an undergraduate certificate in ASK. |
| May 6 - May 15, 2026 | Wed. - Fri. | Final Examination Period. (No exams on Sunday May 10). |
| May 6, 2026 | Wed. | Last day for approved 7th (or penultimate) semester undergraduates in eligible concentrations to submit writing completed in the concentration in ASK to complete part II of the writing requirement. Concentration advisors must approve submitted writing in ASK by the last day of the semester. |
| May 13, 2026 | Wed. | Last day of Spring RISD classes. |
| May 24, 2026 | Sun. | Commencement. |