University Calendar

Opening and Closing Dates

  2024
Fall August 26–December 13
Homecoming Weekend November 22–24
  2025
Spring January 6–May 2
Spring Break March 10–14
Summer 2025
First 6 Week Session (A) May 12–June 20
Second 6 Week Session (B) June 23–August 1
12 Week Session (C) May 12–August 1
8 Week Session (F) May 12–July 3*

For extended dates, see the Extended Calendar available online at https://registrar.fsu.edu.

Legal Holidays (No Classes)

  2024
Juneteenth Wednesday, June 19
Labor Day Monday, September 2
Veterans Day Monday, November 11 (observed)
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 28
Friday after Thanksgiving Friday, November 29
Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25
  2025
New Year's Day Wednesday, January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 20
Memorial Day Monday, May 26
Independence Day Friday, July 4

For registration dates, see the Registration Guide available online at https://registrar.fsu.edu.

Admission Application Deadlines*

  Fall 2025 Spring 2026 Summer 2026
Undergraduate      
First Year Early Action:
October 15
Regular Admission:
December 1
The University does not typically accept first-year in college applications for the Spring term. Early Action:
October 15
Regular Admission:
December 1
Rolling Admission March 1   March 1
Transfer June 1 November 1 March 1
Readmission July 1 November 1 March 1
Graduate1 July 1 November 1 March 1
Non-Degree August 1 December 1  May 1 
Undergraduate August 1 December 1 May 1
Graduate August 1 December 1 May 1
Transient August 1  December 1  April 1 
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.