Student Employment Calendar 2025-2026
Important note on international student dates: The dates below assume students are using summer as their vacation term (allowing them to be full time during that particular term). If they chose a different academic term to take off then they would need to be part time during the summer term and could be full time during one of the other terms. If you have any questions about a student’s particular situation, please email International Student Scholar Services at isss@du.edu.
2025-2026 Academic Year
| Summer Session 2025 | |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | May 16 – August 15 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | June 7 – September 7 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | June 13 – September 7 |
| Classes begin | June 14 |
| Juneteenth, university closed | June 19 |
| Federal Work-Study Hire Form Available | July 1 |
| Start date for using 2025-2026 work-study awards | July 14 |
| Independence Day, university closed | July 4 |
| Classes end | August 22 |
| Fall Quarter 2025 | |
| Deadline to accept Federal Work-Study funds via MyDU in your Financial Aid package | September 1 |
| Labor Day, university closed | September 1 |
| Classes begin | September 8 |
| FAFSA Form Available | October 1 |
| Last day of classes | November 15 |
| Thanksgiving, university closed | November 27 – November 28 |
| Winter Break, F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | November 21 – January 4 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | November 15 – January 4 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | December 18 – January 2 |
| Winter Holiday, university closed | December 25 – December 31 |
| New Year’s Day | January 1 |
| Winter Quarter 2026 | |
| Classes begin | January 5 |
| FAFSA Priority Deadline for Early Decision I & II, Early Action, Regular Decision, and New Graduate & Law Students | January 15, subject to change, please go to https://www.du.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid for more info |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, university closed | January 19 |
| Last day of classes | March 16 |
| Spring Break, F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | March 21 – March 29 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | March 14 – March 29 |
| Spring Quarter 2026 | |
| Classes begin | March 30 |
| FAFSA Priority Deadline for returning Undergrads, Graduates, & Law Students | April 15 |
| Last day of work-study employment for the 2025-26 academic year (SCOL students only) | May 14 |
| F-1/J-1 students can start working full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | May 15 |
| Memorial Day, university closed | May 25 |
| Last day of classes | June 7 |
| Last day to use Federal Work-Study for the 2025-26 academic year (all students except SCOL) | June 11 |
| Summer Session 2026 | |
| Classes begin | June 13 |
| Juneteenth, university closed | June 19 |
| Independence Day, university closed | July 4 |
| Classes end | August 21 |
| F-1/J-1 students can work full-time on-campus (SCOL only) | May 15 – August 14* (estimate pending release of academic calendar) |
| F-1/J-1 students can start working full-time on-campus (UCOL only) | June 6 – September 7* (estimate pending release of academic calendar) |
| F-1/J-1 students can start working full-time on-campus (programs other than SCOL and UCOL) | June 12 – September 7 |
