University Calendar
Opening and Closing Dates
| 2021 | |
| Fall | August 23–December 10 |
| Homecoming | October 17–23 |
| 2022 | |
| Spring | January 5–April 29 |
| Spring Break | March 14–18 |
| Summer | 2022 |
| First 6 Week Session (A) | May 9–June 17 |
| Second 6 Week Session (B) | June 20–July 29 |
| 12 Week Session (C) | May 9–July 29 |
| 8 Week Session (F) | May 9–July 1 |
| Law 8 Week Session (LW8) | May 2–June 24 |
For extended dates, see the Extended Calendar available online at https://registrar.fsu.edu/.
Legal Holidays (No Classes)
| 2021 | |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 6 |
| Veteran’s Day | Thursday, November 11 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 25 |
| Friday after Thanksgiving | Friday, November 26 |
| Christmas Day | Saturday, December 25 |
| 2022 | |
| New Year’s Day | Saturday, January 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Monday, January 17 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 30 |
| Independence Day | Monday, July 4 |
For registration dates, see the Registration Guide available online at https://registrar.fsu.edu/.
Admission Application Deadlines*
| Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Summer 2022 | |
| Undergraduate | |||
| First Year | Priority November 1 | The University does not typically accept first- year in college applications for the Spring term. | November 1 |
| March 1 | November 1 | ||
| Transfer | June 1 | November 1 | March 1 |
| Readmission | July 1 | November 1 | March 1 |
| Graduate1 | July 1 | November 1 | March 1 |
| Non-Degree | |||
| Undergraduate | August 1 | December 1 | May 1 |
| Graduate | August 1 | December 1 | May 1 |
| Transient | |||
| Undergraduate2 | August 1 | December 1 | April 1 |
| Graduate | August 1 | December 1 | April 1 |
1 Many graduate programs have earlier deadlines than the University-wide published dates. Contact the individual program or department for the applicable admission deadline. Programs that use the University-wide dates may have earlier deadlines for financial-award consideration.
2 Includes the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University/Florida State University Interinstitutional Registration Program.
*All information used to make an admission decision must be received by the published deadline. If the University deadline falls on a weekend, applicants have until the following Monday to submit applications and all supporting documents. Additionally, the University reserves the right to close admission earlier if warranted by enrollment limitations. Deadlines for applications and supporting documents at the FSU Panama City Campus are typically one month prior to the start of each term. Further information on the Panama City campus is available at https://www.pc.fsu.edu/.