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2024-2025 Academic Affairs Administration Calendar

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January 2025 (Spring Semester)

January 2-21: Registrar's Office Annual Course Inventory Updates within People Soft.

January 2-March 15: On Behalf of the Provost, the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment Sends Letters to Deans Identifying Programs Due for Review.

January 3: Deadline for Dean to Complete Review, Upload Recommendation Letter into Workflow, Record a Recommendation for Teaching, Scholarship and Service, and Forward (Submit) the P&T File to the submission box.

January 5: Final Application Deadline for Graduate Students. (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See application deadlines on the program's website).

January 6:

  • Faculty Reporting Date (One week before 1st day of class)Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (Winter Mini Session)
  • Fee Payment Deadline for Open Registration and Early Registration by 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods.
  • Spring Financial Aid Disbursement Begin

January 7 & 10:

  • International Student Orientation (ISO)
  • First-Year Student Orientation (FSO)
  • Transfer Student Orientation (TSO)

January 7: First Administrative Drop (1st 8-Week Session and Regular Session by 5 p.m.)

January 8:

  • Priority Application Deadline for Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate/Graduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration).
  • Final Application Deadline for Transfer Students

January 10:

  • Open Registration Ends (1st 8-Week and Regular Sessions)
  • Final Application Deadline for Returning UHCL Students
  • Catalog editors notify reviewers of final review. Last opportunity to make changes by 5 p.m.
  • Curriculog program forms due to Assistant Registrar - Academic Support for 2025-2026 catalog year. Curriculog forms close 5 p.m.
  • Final Application and Documents Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer Students, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (Spring 2025).

January 11: Last Class Day/Final Exam (Winter Mini Session)

January 11-14: Late Registration (Period 1st 8-Week Session)

January 11-21: Late Registration/Add/Drop Period (Regular Session)

January 13:

  • First Class Day for Regular Session and 1st 8-Week Session
  • Deadline for Candidate's 5 Business-Day Window to Review P&T File and Add any Candidate Letter of Information/Rebuttal, if Desired, to the P&T File. P&T File Is Released to the University P&T Committee (UPTC) for review. If no rebuttal is needed, candidate forwards file to UPTC for review on or before this date.

January 13-February 12: Spring Online Graduation Application Available

January 14: Late Registration Ends (1st 8-Week Session)

January 17: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (Winter Mini-Session)

January 20: Martin Luther King Holiday

January 21:

  • Catalogs locked and UG/GRD editorial review process begins (Acalog content is inaccessible and no further editing/changes are permitted) by 8 a.m.
  • Late Registration Ends (Regular Session)
  • Census Date (1st 8-Week Session); Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade.
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (1st 8-Week Session)

January 22:

  • Fee Payment Deadline for 1st 8-Week Session and Spring Late Registration by 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods.
  • Second Administrative Drop for 1st 8-Week and Regular Sessions after 5 p.m.

January 29:

  • Official Census Date for Spring Regular Session
  • Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade (Regular Session)
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Regular Session)

January-May: Deans Submit self-study Reports to the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment.

February 2025

February 1:

  • Spring UHCL Core Curriculum Assessment Cycle Begins.
  • Internal Final Program Review Report Due to Deans.

February 1-14: CBM003 THECB Spring Supplemental Course Inventory available for New Courses.

February 1-28: Office of Planning and Assessment Provides Assessment Plan, Overall Status and Evaluation of Completed Assessment Plans Report to Deans/Divisions/AVPs/Provost.

February 3:

  • Provost Informs Colleges and Faculty of Final Faculty Development Leave Approvals.
  • Syllabus Tool Audit Completed and Corrections Due.

February 7: Deadline for University P&T Committee (UPTC) Members to Submit their Pre-Meeting Votes for P&T Cases to the Provost Office.

February 7-9: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

February 10:

  • Provost Call for Nominations: Presidents Distinguished Faculty Awards (Teaching, Research, Service, Lecturer and Adjunct).
  • UPTC Meeting to Review and Vote on P&T Cases.
  • 20th class day of Regular Session (State Reporting Date)

February 11: Third Administrative Drop for Regular Session

February 12:

  • Registration Opens (2nd 8-Week Session)
  • Last Day to Apply for Spring Semester Graduation on Time (30 days after first class day).

February 13-March 14: Online Late Graduation Application Available

February 14:

  • CBM003 Spring Supplemental Course Inventory Due to Registrar. Manual entry into PeopleSoft and Acalog. Changes to current, live catalog no longer permissible with Curriculog.
  • Faculty Emeritus: Nominations to Chair of Council of Professors Due.

February 15: International Education Fee Award Scholarship Spring Final Deadline (dependent on remaining funds).

February 17:

  • Deadline for Provost to upload and submit UPTC decision letter to submission box. Candidate has five business days (deadline 2/25/25) to inform provost of intent to appeal P&T decision of UPTC. P&T files are submitted to president.
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the CSE Dean.
  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (1st 8-Week Session)

February 25: Mid-Term Grades Due to the Colleges by Noon (Spring Regular Session).

March 2025

March 1:

  • Final Application Deadline for International Students from Institutions Outside the US for Summer (if the program's application deadline is earlier, students should apply by the program's application deadline).
  • Freshman Priority Application Deadline (All Summer Sessions)

March 1-15: Office of Planning and Assessment Provides Core Curriculum Assessment Report to Deans/Divisions/AVPs/Provost.

March 1-April 30: Submit Annual Course Inventory to THECB (time pending on when THECB copies prior year).

March 1-May 1: External Program Review Reports and Dean Response Due to the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment.

March 3:

  • Payment Deadline for 2nd 8-Week Session Registration and Spring Late Registration by 5 p.m. for All Payment Methods
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COE Department Chair.
  • Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs go live on UHCL Website.
  • Summer/Fall Class Schedules Available Online (Four Weeks Prior to Early Registration).
  • CBM-002 THECB TSI Report Due
  • CBM-008 THECB Faculty Report
  • CBM-0E1 THECB Student End of Semester Report Due
  • CBM-00S THECB Student Schedule Report Due
  • Submission of Application for COE Dissertation Defense

March 4: Nominations Due to Provost: President's Distinguished Faculty Awards (Teaching, Research, Service, Lecturer and Adjunct).

March 5: Faculty Emeritus: Recommendations due from Council of Professors to Deans, Provost and President.

March 6: Last Class Day (1st 8-Week Session)

March 7-8: Final Exam (1st 8-Week Session)

March 7-9: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

March 8: End of 1st 8-Week Session

March 10: First Class Day (2nd 8-Week Session)

March 11: Registration ends (2nd 8-Week Session)

March 14: Notification of Non-Reappointment of Non-Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty from Deans.

March 15: International Education Fee Award Scholarship Summer Priority Deadline.

March 17: Faculty Research Support Fund Proposals Due to Office of Sponsored Programs, via email by 5 p.m.

March 17-22: Spring Break Holiday (Students)

March 24:

  • Census Date (2nd 8-Week Session); Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade.
  • Final Date for COE Dissertation Defense
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (2nd 8-Week Session)

March 25: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (1st 8-Week Session)

March 27: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to HSH Dean.

March 28:

  • Initial Appointment for Format Check of Dissertation with the Library.
  • Deans Send Names of Program Review Committees to the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment.
  • Deans provide Provost's Office with the following information (1) associate professors going up for promotion to professor; (2) assistant professors going up for promotion and tenure to associate professor and (3) any associate professors or professors going up for tenure for 2025-26.

March 31-April 10: Early Registration and Advising (May Mini-Session, Summer, and Fall).

April 2025

April 1:

  • Faculty-Led Education Abroad Proposal Deadline for Spring/Spring Break (At least 1-1.5 years prior to proposed Education Abroad semester).
  • Final Application Deadline for International Students from Institutions Outside the US for Summer 2025 (if the program's application deadline is earlier, students should apply by the program's application deadline).
  • Provost Sends Update of Faculty to Complete Sixth-Year Reviews to Deans Along with the P&T Calendar for the Upcoming Academic Year.

April 1-30: Annual Submission to THECB (Edit Returns begin)

April 3:

  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean.
  • Office of the Provost approves the final list of candidates going up for P&T in 2025-26. Candidates requesting the addition of a PRC member from an appropriately related discipline or program across campus submits request to dean in writing.

April 4:

  • Deadline for any University P&T Appeals Committee to Submit Recommendation Regarding an Appeal Case to the President.
  • Initial Appointment for Format Check of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects with Library.
  • Deans Written Notification to Faculty Who Will Undergo Third-Year Review.

April 7: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (Regular Session)

April 11-13: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

April 11-May 12: May Mini-Session Open Registration Ends at 5 p.m.

April 11-May 30: Summer Open Registration and Advising Ends by 5 p.m.

April 11-August 15: Fall Open Registration and Advising Ends by 5 p.m.

April 14: Final Approval of Dissertation by the COE Dean

April 15: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to Dean of CSE.

April 28: Each college provides Office of the Provost a list of peer review committees (members and chairs) and department chair reviewers for each candidate. Dean's decision and justification provided to candidate in writing. Candidate notified in writing of final committee membership.

April 21: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (2nd 8-Week Session)

April 24: Submission of Theses/Projects to the Dean for Approval

April 25:

  • Faculty Emeritus: President Forwards Nominations to UHS Board of Regents Meeting (Date subject to change).
  • The President's P&T Decision Letter Is Uploaded to Workflow and is Forwarded to the University of Houston System for Board of Regents Approval. (Date subject to change upon scheduling of 2025 BOR Meetings).

April 26-May 5: 100% Online Courses May Schedule Final Exams

April 28:

  • Last Class Day Regular Session
  • Submission of Theses/Projects to the Dean for Approval

April 29-May 5: Final Exams Spring Regular Session

April 30: CBM003 Annual Course Inventory Due to Registrar

May 2025

May 1:

  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean.
  • Summer Priority Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate and Graduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration).
  • Priority Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate and Graduate Students (Summer II Session). Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration).
  • Freshman Final Application Deadline for Summer I (Freshmen applying after the online application closes must submit all requirements and a paper application to the Office of Admissions by May 14).
  • Final Application Deadline for New Graduate Students. (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See Application Deadlines on the program's website).
  • Final Application Deadline for International Students for Fall 2025 (If the program's application deadline is earlier, Students should apply by the program's application deadline).

May 2:

  • Final Date for HSH Dissertation Defense
  • Initial Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Spring Session).

May 5:

  • Final Approval of Theses/Projects by the Dean
  • Final Submission of Dissertations to the HSH Dean's Office

May 6: May Mini-Session Fee Payment Deadline by Noon For All Payment Methods.

May 8: Last Class Day (2nd 8-Week Session)

May 9: Deadline for Final Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Spring Session).

May 9-10: Final Exams (2nd 8-Week Session)

May 10:

  • Official Closing of Spring Semester and Degree Conferral Date
  • Spring Commencement Ceremony

May 12: First Class Day (May Mini-Session)

May 12-June 11: Online Graduation Application Available (Summer Session)

May 13:

  • Official Census Date for May Mini-Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw a Course Without Receiving a Grade Census Date for May Mini-Session.
  • Census Date (May Mini-Session); Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade.
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (May Mini-Session)

May 15:

  • Dean notifies the Provost of Non-Reappointment of Tenure Track Faculty in the academic year preceding the academic year in which the appointment is to expire, when the faculty member is in the third or later year of appointment.
  • International Education Fee Award Scholarship Summer and Fall Deadline (dependent on remaining funds).
  • Grades Due to Colleges by Noon ( Regular and 2nd 8-Week Sessions)

May 16: Faculty Check-out Date (Friday after grades are due)

May 19: Candidates receive access to the 2025-26 P&T workflow. Candidates submit a list of at least five external reviewers to their associate dean or their college designee.

May 21: Graduation Clearances due by 5 p.m.

May 22: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the HSH Dean.

May 23: Final Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (Summer I Session).

May 23-25: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

May 26: Memorial Day Holiday

TBD: International Student Orientation (ISO) (Summer Session)

May 27:

  • Summer Financial Aid Disbursements Begin
  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (May Mini-Session)

May 28: Fee Payment Deadline for Early and Open Registration. 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods.

May 30:

  • Dean notifies Tenure Track Faculty of Non-Reappointment in the academic year preceding the academic year in which the appointment is to expire, when the faculty member is in the third or later year of appointment.
  • Last Class Day/Final Exam (May Mini-Session)
  • End of Summer Open Registration and Fee Payment Deadline.
  • Candidates provide external review packet to their associate dean or their college designee.

May 31-June 4: Summer Late Registration/Add/Drop

June 2025

June 2:

  • Provost Sends Official Letter of Reappointment to Tenure Track/Non-Tenure-Track Faculty.
  • Classes Begin (Summer I 8-Week, 5-Week Sessions)

June 3: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean.

June 5:

  • Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (May Mini-Session).
  • Official Census Date for Regular 5-Week Summer Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw a Course Without Receiving a Grade Census Date for 5-Week Session.
  • Fee Payment Deadline for Summer Late Registration by 5 p.m. for all payment methods.
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Summer Regular 5-Week Session)

June 9:

  • Official Census Date for Regular 8-Week Summer Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw a Course Without Receiving a Grade Census Date for 8-Week Session.
  • Submission of Application for COE Dissertation Defense.
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Regular 8-Week Session)

June 12-27: Summer Online Late Graduation Application Available

June 13: Associate dean or college designee sends external evaluation file to P&T candidate's outside reviewers.

June 19: Emancipation Day Holiday

June 20-22: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

June 23:

  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (5-week session)
  • 15th class day of Regular Session (State Reporting Date)

June 25: Final Date for COE Dissertation Defense

June 26: Last Day to Apply for Summer Graduation–45 Days After First Class Day of May Mini-Session

June 27: Initial Appointment for Format Check of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects with Library (Summer Session)

June 28: Summer II Final Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-seeking Undergraduate Students

June 30: Summer II Financial Aid Disbursements Begin

July 2025

July 1: Fee Payment Deadline for Summer II Late Registration 5 p.m. for all payment methods.

July 1-15: CBM003 Summer Supplemental Course Inventory Excel available for New Courses.

July 3:

  • Initial Appointment for Format Check of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects with Library (Fall Session).
  • College Annual Reports Due to Provost/Vice Provost.

July 4: Independence Day Holiday

July 5: Last Class Day/Final Exam (5-Week Session)

July 7:

  • Classes Begin Summer II (4-Week Session)
  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (8-Week Session)

July 7-9: Summer II Late Registration 4-week Only by 11:59 p.m.

July 9:

  • Official Census Date for Regular 4-Week Summer Session
  • Last Day to Drop or Withdraw a Course Without Receiving a Grade Census Date for 4-Week Session
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Regular 4-Week Session)

July 10: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (5-Week Session)

TBD: Transfer Student Orientation (TSO) Summer

July 15:

  • CBM003 Summer Supplemental Course Inventory File Due to Registrar. Manual entry into People Soft. Changes to current, live catalog no longer permissible with Curriculog.
  • Freshman Priority Application Deadline

July 18-20: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

July 21: Catalog cloned in Acalog

July 21-August 22: Map 2026-2027 Acalog catalogs to 2026-2027 Curriculog Forms.

July 24: Submission of Theses/Projects to the Dean for Approval

July 25: Initial Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Summer Session).

July 26: Last Class Day/Final Exam (8-Week Session)

July 28: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (4-Week Session)

July 31:

  • Final Approval of Dissertations by the HSH Dean.
  • Final Approval of Theses/Projects to the Dean for Approval.

August 2025

August 1:

  • Fall Final Application Deadline for New Graduate Students (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See Application Deadlines on the program's website).
  • Fall Semester Priority Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration).
  • Deadline for Final Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Summer Session).

August 2:

  • Last Class Day/Final Exam (4-Week Session)
  • Official Closing of Summer Semester and Summer Degree Conferral Date (no commencement ceremony).

August 4: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean.

August 7: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (4-Week, 8-Week Sessions)

August 9: Final Application Deadline for Returning UHCL Students

August 11:

  • Financial Aid Disbursements begin
  • Faculty Reporting Date (One week before 1st day of class)

August 12: Fall Final Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application to the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration.)

August 12 & 13: New Faculty Orientation

August 13: Graduation Clearances due by Noon

August 18: Classes Begin; First Class Day (Fall 2025 Regular Session and 1st 8-Week Session)

August 21: Catalog cloned in Acalog

August 29: Catalog opened for editing in Acalog. Curriculog forms available for adds, changes and deletions to courses and programs for the 2026-2027 catalog year.

2025-2026 Academic Affairs Administration Calendar

View PDF of 2025-2026 Academic Affairs Administration Calendar.

January 2025

January 3 (24-25 P&T Cycle continues): Deadline for Dean to Complete Review, Upload Recommendation Letter into Workflow, Record a Recommendation for Teaching, Scholarship and Service, and Forward (Submit) the P&T File to the submission box

January 13: Deadline for Candidate's 5 Business-Day Window to Review P&T File and Add any Candidate Letter of Information/Rebuttal, if Desired, to the P&T File. 2024-2025 P&T File Is Released to the University P&T Committee (UPTC) for review. If no rebuttal is needed, candidate forwards file to UPTC for review on or before this date

January 15: Faculty Annual Review- Faculty submit Annual Evaluation to Department Chairs

February 2025

February 7: Deadline for University P&T Committee (UPTC) Members to Submit their Pre-Meeting Votes for 2024-25 P&T Cases to the Provost Office

February 10: UPTC Meeting to Review and Vote on 2024-25 P&T Cases

February 15: Dean notifies Provost of Non-Reappointment of Tenure Track Faculty in the first academic year of service if the appointment expires at the end of year one and the appointment term is nine months in duration; or if a one-year appointment terminates during the first academic year, at least three months in advance of termination if the appointment term is more than nine months in duration

February 17: Deadline for Provost to upload and submit UPTC decision letter to submission box. Candidate has five business days (deadline 2/25/25) to inform provost of intent to appeal P&T decision of UPTC. P&T files are submitted to president

February 28: Dean notifies Tenure Track Faculty of Non-Reappointment in the first academic year of service if the appointment expires at the end of year one and the appointment term is nine months in duration; or if a one-year Appointment terminates during the first academic year, at least three months in advance of termination if the Appointment term is more than nine months in duration.

March 2025

March 14: Faculty Annual Review - Department Chairs submit Final Ratings to Dean

March 15: Textbook Adoption Deadline for Summer and Fall

March 28:

  • The 2025-2026 catalogs are cloned to the Working/Unpublished 2026-2027 catalogs in Acalog
  • Deans provide Provost's Office with the following information (1) associate professors going up for promotion to professor; (2) assistant professors going up for promotion and tenure to associate professor and (3) any associate professors or professors going up for tenure for 2025-2026

March 28-April 11: Map 2026-2027 catalogs to 2026-2027 Curriculog forms

April 2025

April 1:

  • Faculty Annual Review - Deans notify Faculty of Annual Review Results
  • Deans notify Provost of Unsatisfactory Annual Evaluation Results

April 3: Office of the Provost approves the final list of candidate going up for P&T in 2025-26. Candidates requesting the addition of a PRC member from an appropriately related discipline or program across campus submits request to dean in writing

April 4: Deadline for any University P&T Appeals Committee to Submit Recommendation Regarding a 2024-25 Appeal Case to the President

April 14: Acalog 2026-2027 catalogs opened for editing. Curriculog forms available for adds, changes and deletions to courses and programs for the 2026-2027 catalog year

April 25:

  • The President's 2024-25 P&T Decision Letter Is Uploaded to Workflow
  • (2024-25 P&T Cycle Ends) 2024-2025 P&T is Forwarded to the University of Houston System for Board of Regents Approval. (Date subject to change upon scheduling of 2025 BOR Meetings)

April 28: Each college provides Office of the Provost a list of 2025-26 peer review committee (members and chairs) and department chairs reviewers for each candidate. Dean's decision and justification provided to candidate in writing. Candidate notified in writing of final committee membership

May 2025

May 15: Dean notifies the Provost of Non-Reappointment of Tenure Track Faculty in the academic year preceding the academic year in which the appointment is to expire, when the faculty member is in the third or later year of appointment

May 19: Candidates receive access to the 2025-26 P&T workflow. Candidates submit a list of at least five external reviewers to their associate dean or their college designee

May 30:

  • 2025-26 Candidates provide external review packet to their associate dean or their college designee
  • Dean notifies Tenure Track Faculty of Non-Reappointment in the academic year preceding the academic year in which the appointment is to expire, when the faculty member is in the third or later year of appointment

June 2025

June 2: Provost Sends Official Letter of Reappointment to Tenure Track/Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

June 13: Associate Dean or college designee sends external evaluation file to 2025-26 P&T candidate's outside reviewers

August 2025 (Fall Semester)

August 1:

  • Application Deadline for New Graduate Students (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See Application Deadlines on the program's website)
  • Freshman Final Application Deadline
  • Priority Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate or Graduate Students. (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration)

TBD:

  • First-Year Student Orientation (FSO)
  • Transfer Student Orientation (TSO)
  • International Student Orientation (ISO)

August 8-10: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

August 11:

  • Faculty Reporting Date (One week before 1st day of class)
  • Fall Financial Aid Disbursements Begin

August 12:

  • Fee Payment Deadline for Early and Open Registration by 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods
  • First Administrative Drop 1st 8-Week Session and Regular Session by 5 p.m.
  • Fall Final Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate or Graduate Students. (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application to the Office of Admissions.)

August 12 & 13: New Faculty Orientation

August 14: Final Application Deadline for Returning UHCL Students

August 15: Open Registration Ends (1st 8-Week and Regular Sessions)

August 16-19: Late Registration (1st 8-Week Session)

August 16-25: Late Registration (Regular Session)

August 18: First Class Day (1st 8-Week Session and Regular Session)

August 18-29: Weeks of Welcome (Fall 2025)

August 18-September 17: Online Graduation Application Available

August 19: Late Registration Ends (1st 8-Week Session)

August 25:

  • Late Registration Ends Regular Session at 11:59 p.m.
  • Census Date for 1st 8-Week Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (1st 8-Week Session)
  • Fee Payment Deadline for Fall 1st 8-Week Session and Regular Session Late Registration,5 p.m. For All Payment Methods
  • Second Administrative Drop for 1st 8-Week and Regular Session by 5 p.m.

August 29-September 12: CBM003 THECB Fall Supplemental Course Inventory excel file available for New Courses

August 29-December 19: Annual Course Inventory cycle opens for upcoming catalog year (Curriculog add, change and delete course forms). Course approvals due to Assistant Registrar-Academic Support by Noon

August 31:

  • Colleges request stipends for external reviewers through the Provost's Office by this Date
  • Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Planning and Assessment Submits Graduate-Level Program Reviews to THECB prior to this Date

September 2025

September 1:

  • Fall UHCL Core Curriculum Assessment Cycle Begins
  • Institutional Assessment Cycle Begins. Templates Available for Results and Use of Results and Upcoming Assessment Cycle for Outcomes, Methods and Criteria
  • Labor Day Holiday

September 3:

  • Syllabus Tool Audit Completed and Corrections Due
  • Official Census Date for Regular Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Regular Session)

September 5:

  • Candidates must submit their Promotion and Tenure Document in the 2025-26 P&T workflow. Associate Dean or college designee have access to files to facilitate submission of external review letters
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the HSH Dean
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COE Dean

September 12:

  • Deadline for Associate Dean or college designee to Upload the External Review Documentation into Workflow and Submit the Candidate's P&T File to the PRC Committee. This represents the deadline for external review letters to be received
  • CBM003 THECB Fall Supplemental Course Inventory Due to Registrar. Manual entry into PeopleSoft and Acalog. Changes to current, live catalog no longer permissible with Curriculog

September 15:

  • 20th Class Day of Regular Session (State Reporting Date)
  • Provost Announces the Number of Funded Faculty Development Leaves in Each College for the 2025-26 Academic Year
  • Third Administrative Drop for Regular Session by 5 p.m.

September 16:

  • Faculty Research Support Fund Proposals Due to Office of Sponsored Programs, via email by 5 p.m.
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the CSE Dean

September 17: Last Day to Apply for Graduation on Time (30 days after first class day)

September 18-October 17: Fall Online Late Graduation Application Available

September 19-21: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

September 22: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (1st 8-Week Session)

September 29: Spring 2026 Semester Class Schedule viewable by advisors and students (UGRD Only)

September 30: Mid-Term Grades Due to the Colleges by Noon (Fall Regular Session)

October 2025

October 1:
 
  • QEP Annual Report due to Deans/Divisions/AVPs/Provost
  • Final Application Deadline for International Students for Spring 2026 (If the program's application deadline is earlier, Students should apply by the program's application deadline)
October 6:
 
  • Fee Payment Deadline for 2nd 8-Week Session
  • Financial Aid Disbursements Begin (Fall 2nd 8-Week)
October 7: Deadline to Submit Application for COE Dissertation Defense (Fall Session)
 
October 9: Last Class Day (1st 8-Week Session)
 
October 10 & 11: Final Exam (1st 8-Week Session)
 
October 11: End of 1st 8-Week Session
 
October 13: First Class Day (2nd 8-Week Session)
 
October 14: Registration ends (2nd 8-Week Session)
 
October 15:
 
  • Textbook Adoption Deadline for Spring Session
  • Faculty Development Leave Applications (FDL) Due to College FDL Committee
  • Assessment Results and Use of Results Report
  • Programs and Units Submit Completed Assessment Plans for Outcomes, Methods and Criteria
October 16: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (1st 8-Week Session)
 
October 17: Deadline for PRC to Complete Their Review, Upload Recommendation Letter into Workflow, Record Committee's Overall Recommendation for Teaching, Scholarship and Service, and Forward (Submit) Candidate's P&T File to the Department Chair
 
October 20:
 
  • Census Date for 2nd 8-Week Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (2nd 8-Week Session)
  • Spring 2026 Semester Classes are viewable by advisors and students (GRD Only)
October 21: Final Date for COE Dissertation Defense (Fall Session)
 
October 24-26: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology
 
October 27-November 6: Early Registration and Advising (Winter Mini and Spring Regular Sessions)
 
October 31:
 
  • Initial Appointment for Format Check of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects with Library (Fall Session)
  • Catalog reviewers (faculty/content owners) provide all changes to editor(s) by Noon. This is content other than courses and programs
  • Fall, Winter and Summer Faculty-Led Education Abroad Program Proposal Deadline (Due 1-1.5 years prior to proposed semester)

November 2025

TBD November: Curriculog Program forms going to Shared Governance needs to be on agenda for November Faculty Senate Meeting to be considered for the upcoming catalog year

November 1:

  • International Education Fee Award Scholarship Spring Priority Deadline
  • CBM-009 Graduation Report Due
  • CBM-011 THECB Facilities Room Inventory Report Due and CBM-014 THECB Facilities Building Inventory Report Due
  • Freshman Priority Application Deadline for Spring 2026

November 3:

  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (Regular Session)
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean

November 7-December 9: Spring Open Registration and Advising Ends by 5 p.m. (Winter Mini Session)

November 7-January 9: Open Registration and Advising Ends by 5 p.m. (Spring Regular Session)

November 11: Final Approval of Dissertations by the COE Dean (Fall Session)

November 14:

  • Deadline for Department Chair to Complete Review, Upload Recommendation Letter into Workflow, Record Recommendation for Teaching, Scholarship and Service, and Forward (Submit) P&T File to submission box
  • Faculty Development Leave Committee Submits Approved Proposals to Dean
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the CSE Dean

November 14-16: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

November 15:

  • Curriculog Course and Program Forms due to Associate Dean's Office
  • CBM-00B Admissions Annual Report Due
  • CBM-005 Building and Room Report Due

November 17: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (2nd 8-Week Session)

November 21: Deadline for Candidate's Five Business-Day Window to Review P&T File and Add any Candidate Letter of Information/Rebuttal, if Desired, to the P&T File. P&T File Is Released to the Dean for Review. If no rebuttal is needed, candidate forwards file to dean on or before this date

November 25:

  • Last Class Day (Regular Session)
  • Catalog editors finish entering changes into Acalog. Editors notify reviewers (faculty/content owners) that changes in Acalog are ready for review

November 26-29: Thanksgiving Holidays (Students)

November 27-28: Thanksgiving Holidays (Staff)

November 28: Initial Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Fall Session)

December 2025

December 1:

  • Reading Day
  • Priority Application Deadline for Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate/Graduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration)
  • Freshman Final Application Deadline (Spring 2026)
  • Spring Semester Priority Application Deadline for Transfer Students
  • Dean notifies Provost of Non-Reappointment of Tenure Track Faculty in the second year of service if the appointment expires at the end of the second academic year and the appointment term is nine months in duration; or, if an appointment terminates during the second academic year of service, at least six months in advance of its termination when the appointment term is more than nine months in duration
  • Fee Payment Deadline by Noon For All Payment Methods (Winter Mini Session)

December 2: Deadline for Final Submission of Dissertations, Theses and Projects to the HSH Dean's Office (Fall Session)

December 2-8: Final Exams (Regular Session)

December 4: Last Class Day (2nd 8-Week Session)

December 5:

  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean
  • Deadline for Final Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Fall Session)

December 5 & 6: Final Exam (2nd 8-Week Session)

December 8:

  • Official Closing of the Fall Semester and Degree Conferral Date
  • Deans Submit Internal Program Review Reports (self-study) for exiting programs to the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment

December 9: First Class Day (Winter Mini Session)

December 10:

  • Census Date (Winter Mini Session)
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Winter Mini Session)
  • End of Open Registration (Winter Mini Session)

December 12:

  • Grades Due to the Colleges by Noon (Regular and 2nd 8-Week Session)
  • Faculty Check-out

December 13: (Tentative) Commencement

December 15:

  • Dean notifies Tenure Track Faculty of Non-Reappointment in the second year of service if the appointment expires at the end of the second academic year and the appointment term is nine months in duration; or, if an appointment terminates during the second academic year of service, at least six months in advance of its termination when the appointment term is more than nine months in duration
  • Deadline for Deans of each college to forward funded Faculty Development Leave Proposals and nominations to Provost

TBD (based on Planning & Budget Calendar): Annual Course-Related Fee Requests and Projected Fee Budgets from Colleges to Vice Provost/Chief Business Administrator

December 16: Graduation Clearances due by 5 p.m.

December 19:

  • Final approvals of course forms (adds, changes and deletions) in Curriculog for 2026-2027 catalog due to Assistant Registrar - Academic Support by noon
  • Catalog reviewers (faculty/content owners) complete approval or rejection changes in Analog. Reviewers notify editors of any further changes

December 19-21: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

December 24, 2025-January 2, 2026: Winter Holidays. No Classes in Winter Mini-Session when university is closed for winter holidays

December 25, 2025-January 1, 2026: Office of Information Technology System/Network Maintenance

January 2026 (Spring Semester)

January 2: Deadline for Dean to Complete Review, Upload Recommendation Letter into Workflow, Record a Recommendation for Teaching, Scholarship and Service, and Forward (Submit) the 2025-26 P&T File to the submission box

January 2-21: Registrar's Office Annual Course Inventory Updates within People Soft

January 5:

  • Final Application Deadline for Graduate Students. (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See application deadlines on the program's website)
  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (Winter Mini Session)
  • Spring Application Deadline for New Graduate Students (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See Application Deadlines on the program's website)
  • Spring Financial Aid Disbursement Begin
  • Fee Payment Deadline for Open Registration and Early Registration by 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods
  • Faculty Reporting Date (One week before 1st day of class)

January 6:

  • Final Application Deadline for Transfer Students
  • First Administrative Drop (1st 8-Week Session and Regular Session by 5 p.m.)

TBD:

  • International Student Orientation (ISO)
  • First-Year Student Orientation (FSO)
  • Transfer Student Orientation (TSO)

January 8: Final Application Deadline for Returning UHCL Students

January 9:

  • Open Registration Ends (1st 8-Week and Regular Sessions)
  • Catalog editors notify reviewers of final review. Last opportunity to make changes by 5 p.m.
  • Curriculog program forms due to Assistant Registrar - Academic Support for 2026-2027 catalog year. Curriculog forms close 5 p.m.

January 10: Last Class Day/Final Exam (Winter Mini Session)

January 10-13: Late Registration (Period 1st 8-Week Session)

January 10-20: Late Registration/Add/Drop Period (Regular Session)

January 12:

  • First Class Day (Regular Session and 1st 8-Week Session)
  • Deadline for Candidate's 5 Business-Day Window to Review P&T File and Add any Candidate Letter of Information/Rebuttal, if Desired, to the P&T File. P&T File Is Released to the University P&T Committee (UPTC) for review. If no rebuttal is needed, candidate forwards file to UPTC for review on or before this date

January 12-February 11: Spring Online Graduation Application Available

January 13: Late Registration Ends (1st 8-Week Session)

January 15:

  • Faculty submit Annual Evaluation to Department chairs
  • On Behalf of the Provost, the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment Sends Letters to Deans Identifying Programs Due for Review

January 16: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (Winter Mini-Session)

January 19: Martin Luther King Holiday

January 20:

  • Census Date (1st 8-Week Session); Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (1st 8-Week Session)
  • Late Registration Ends (Regular Session)

January 21:

  • Catalogs locked and UG/GRD editorial review process begins (Acalog content is inaccessible and no further editing/changes are
    permitted) by 8 a.m.
  • Fee Payment Deadline for 1st 8-Week Session and Spring Late Registration by 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods
  • Second Administrative Drop for 1st 8-Week and Regular Sessions after 5 p.m.

January 28:

  • Official Census Date for Spring Regular Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade (Regular Session)
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Regular Session)
  • Syllabus Tool Audit Completed and Corrections Due

February 2026

February 1:

  • Spring UHCL Core Curriculum Assessment Cycle Begins
  • Internal Final Academic Program Review Report for exiting programs are Due to Deans

February 2: Provost Informs Colleges and Faculty of Final Faculty Development Leave Approvals

February 2-13: CBM003 THECB Spring Supplemental Course Inventory available for New Courses

February 6: Deadline for University P&T Committee (UPTC) Members to Submit their Pre-Meeting Votes for 2025-26 P&T Cases to the
Office of the Provost

February 6-8: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

February 9:

  • 20th Class Day of Regular Session (State Reporting Date)
  • UPTC Meeting to Review and Vote on 2025-26 P&T Cases
  • Third Administrative Drop for Regular Session

February 11:

  • Provost Call for Nominations: Presidents Distinguished Faculty Awards (Teaching, Research, Service, Lecturer and Adjunct)
  • Last Day to Apply for Spring Semester Graduation on Time (30 days after first class day)

February 12: Registration Opens (2nd 8-Week Session)

February 12-March 13: Online Late Graduation Application Available

February 14: CBM003 Spring Supplemental Course Inventory Due to Registrar. Manual entry into PeopleSoft and Acalog. Changes to current, live catalog no longer permissible with Curriculog.

February 15: International Education Fee Award Scholarship Spring Final Deadline (dependent on remaining funds)

February 16:

  • Dean notifies Provost of Non-Reappointment Tenure Track Faculty in the first academic year of service if the appointment expires at the end of year one and the appointment term is nine months in duration; or if a one-year appointment terminates during the first academic year, at least three months in advance of termination if the appointment term is more than nine months in duration
  • Faculty Emeritus: Nominations to Chair of Council of Professors Due
  • Deadline for Provost to upload and submit UPTC decision letter to submission box. Candidate has five business days (deadline 2/25/26) to inform provost of intent to appeal P&T decision of UPTC. P&T files are submitted to President
  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (1st 8-Week Session)

February 17: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the CSE Dean

February 24: Mid-Term Grades Due to the Colleges by Noon (Spring Regular Session)

February 27: Dean notifies Tenure Track Faculty of Non-Reappointment in the first academic year of service if the appointment expires at the end of year one and the appointment term is nine months in duration; or if a one-year Appointment terminates during the first academic year, at least three months in advance of termination if the Appointment term is more than nine months in duration

March 2026

March 1:

  • Final Application Deadline for International Students from Institutions Outside the US for Summer (if the program's application deadline is earlier, students should apply by the program's application deadline)
  • Freshman Priority Application Deadline (All Summer Sessions)

March 1-April 30: Submit Annual Course Inventory to THECB (time pending on when THECB copies prior year)

March 2:

  • Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs go live on UHCL Website
  • Summer/Fall Class Schedules Available Online (Four Weeks Prior to Early Registration)
  • CBM-002 THECB TSI Report Due
  • CBM-008 THECB Faculty Report
  • CBM-0E1 THECB Student End of Semester Report Due
  • CBM-00S THECB Student Schedule Report Due

March 3:

  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COE Department Chair
  • Submission of Application for COE Dissertation Defense (Spring Session)

March 5: Last Class Day (1st 8-Week Session)

March 6-7: Final Exam (1st 8-Week Session)

March 7: End of 1st 8-Week Session

March 9:

  • Financial Aid Disbursements Begin ( 2nd 8-Week Session)
  • Nominations Due to Provost: President's Distinguished Faculty Awards (Teaching, Research, Service, Lecturer and Adjunct)

March 9-13: Spring Break Holiday (Students)

March 10:

  • Payment Deadline for 2nd 8-Week Session Registration and Spring Late Registration by 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods
  • Faculty Emeritus: Recommendations due from Council of Professors to Deans, Provost and President

March 15:

  • Textbook Adoption Deadline for Summer and Fall Sessions
  • International Education Fee Award Scholarship Summer Priority Deadline

March 16:

  • Department Chairs submit Annual Review Final Ratings to Deans
  • First Class Day (2nd 8-Week Session)

March 17:

  • Registration ends (2nd 8-Week Session)
  •  Faculty Research Support Fund Proposals Due to Office of Sponsored Programs, via email by 5 p.m.

March 19: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (1st 8-Week Session)

March 20-22: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

March 23:

  • Census Date (2nd 8-Week Session); Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (2nd 8-Week Session)

March 24: Final Date for COE Dissertation Defense (Spring Session)

March 27:

  • Catalog cloned in Acalog
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to HSH Dean
  • Initial Appointment for Format Check of COE Dissertation with the Library (Spring Session)
  • Deans Send Names of Program Review Committees for Entering Programs to the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment

March 27-April 10: Map 2027-2028 Acalog catalogs to 2027-2028 Curriculog Forms.

March 30-April 9: Early Registration and Advising (May Mini-Session, Summer, and Fall)

April 2026

April 1:

  • Faculty-Led Education Abroad Proposal Deadline for Spring/Spring Break (At least 1-1.5 years prior to proposed Education
    Abroad semester)"
  • Final Application Deadline for International Students from Institutions Outside the US for Summer 2026 (if the program's application deadline is earlier, students should apply by the program's application deadline)
  • Deans notify Faculty of Annual Review Results
  • Deans notify Provost of Unsatisfactory Annual Review
  • Provost Sends Update of Faculty to Complete Sixth-Year Reviews to Deans
  • Provost Office forwards P&T Calendar for the Upcoming Academic Year to Deans

April 1-30: Annual Submission to THECB (Edit Returns begin)

April 3:

  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean
  • Deadline for any University P&T Appeals Committee to Submit Recommendation Regarding an 2025-26 Appeal Case to the President
  • Deans Written Notification to Faculty Who Will Undergo Third-Year Review

April 6: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (Regular Session)

April 10-May 11: May Mini-Session Open Registration Ends at 5 p.m.

April 10-May 29: Summer Open Registration and Advising Ends by 5 p.m.

April 10-August 14: Fall Open Registration and Advising Ends by 5 p.m.

April 13: Catalog opened for editing in Acalog. Curriculog forms available for adds, changes and deletions to courses and programs for the 2027-2028 catalog year

April 14: Final Approval of Dissertation by the COE Dean (Spring Session)

April 15: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to Dean of CSE

April 17-19: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

April 20: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (2nd 8-Week Session)

April 24:

  • Faculty Emeritus: Office of the Provost forwards President Nominations to UHS Board of Regents Meeting (Date subject to change)
  • The President's P&T Decision Letter Is Uploaded to Workflow
  • P&T is Forwarded to the University of Houston System for Board of Regents Approval. (Date subject to change upon scheduling of 2026 BOR Meetings)

April 29:

  • Deadline for submitting Theses/Projects to the Dean for Approval (Spring Session)
  • Last Class Day (Regular Session)

April 30:

  • Reading Day
  • CBM003 Annual Course Inventory Due to Registrar

May 2026

May 1:

  • Deadline for Final Submission of Dissertations, Theses and Projects to the HSH Dean's Office (Spring Session)
  • Deans provide all exiting Academic Program Review Documents for Exiting Programs - External Program Review Reports and Dean Response, Due to the Academic Program Review (APR) Coordinator in Office of Planning and Assessment on or Prior to This Date
  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean
  • Summer Priority Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate and Graduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration)
  • Priority Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate and Graduate Students (Summer II Session). Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration)
  • Freshman Final Application Deadline for Summer I (Freshmen applying after the online application closes must submit all requirements and a paper application to the Office of Admissions by May 14)
  • Final Application Deadline for New Graduate Students. (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See Application Deadlines on the program's website)
  • Final Application Deadline for International Students for Fall 2026 (If the program's application deadline is earlier, Students should apply by the program's application deadline)
  • Initial Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Spring Session)

May 1-7: Final Exams (Regular Session)

May 4: Fee Payment Deadline by Noon For All Payment Methods (May Mini-Session)

May 7: Last Class Day (2nd 8-Week Session)

May 8: Deadline for Final Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Spring Session)

May 8-9: Final Exam (2nd 8-Week Session)

May 9:

  • Official Closing of Spring Semester and Degree Conferral Date
  • (Tentative) Commencement

May 11: First Class Day (May Mini-Session)

May 11-June 10: Online Graduation Application Available (Summer Session)

May 12:

  • Census Date (May Mini-Session); Last Day to Drop or Withdraw Without Receiving a Grade
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (May Mini-Session)

May 14: Grades Due to Colleges by Noon ( Regular and 2nd 8-Week Sessions)

May 15:

  • International Education Fee Award Scholarship Summer and Fall Deadline (dependent on remaining funds)
  • Dean notifies the Provost of Non-Reappointment of Tenure Track Faculty in the academic year preceding the academic year in which the appointment is to expire, when the faculty member is in the third or later year of appointment
  • Faculty Check-out Date (Friday after grades are due)

May 15-17: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

May 20: Graduation Clearances due by 5 p.m.

May 22:

  • Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the HSH Dean
  • Final Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (Summer I Session)

May 25: Memorial Day Holiday

TBD: International Student Orientation (ISO) Summer Session

May 26:

  • Summer Financial Aid Disbursements Begin
  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (May Mini-Session)
  • Fee Payment Deadline for Early and Open Registration. 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods

May 29:

  • Last Class Day/Final Exam (May Mini-Session)
  • End of Summer Open Registration and Fee Payment Deadline

May 30: Dean notifies Tenure Track Faculty of Non-Reappointment in the academic year preceding the academic year in which the appointment is to expire, when the faculty member is in the third or later year of appointment

May 30-June 3: Summer Late Registration/Add/Drop

June 2026 (Summer Semester)

June 1:

  • First Class Day (Summer 1, 5-Week Session)
  • First Class Day (Summer Regular 10-Week Session)

June 2: Provost Sends Official Letter of Reappointment to Tenure Track/Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

June 3: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean

June 4:

  • Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (May Mini-Session)
  • Census Date for Summer 1, 5-Week Summer Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw a Course Without Receiving a Grade Census Date for 5-Week Session
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Summer 1, 5-Week Session)
  • Fee Payment Deadline for Summer Late Registration by 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods

June 9: Submission of Application for COE Dissertation Defense (Summer Session)

June 11-26: Summer Online Late Graduation Application Available

TBD: Transfer Student Orientation (TSO) Summer

June 12-14: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

June 16:

  • Census Date for Regular 10-Week Summer Session; Last Day to Drop or Withdraw a Course Without Receiving a Grade Census Date for 10-Week Session
  • CTAP Opt Out Deadline (Regular 10-Week Summer Session)

June 19: Emancipation Day Holiday

June 22:

  • Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (5-Week session)
  • 15th Class Day of Regular Session (State Reporting Date)

June 26:

  • Final Date for COE Dissertation Defense (Summer Session)
  • Last Day to Apply for Summer Graduation–45 Days After First Class Day of May Mini-Session
  • Initial Appointment for Format Check of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects with Library (Summer Session)

June 28: Summer II Final Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-seeking Undergraduate Students

June 29: Summer II Financial Aid Disbursements Begin

July 2026

July 1-15: CBM003 Summer Supplemental Course Inventory Excel available for New Courses

July 2: Last Class Day/Final Exam (Summer 1, 5-Week Session)

July 3:

  • College Annual Reports Due to Provost/Vice Provost
  • Independence Day Holiday

July 6: First Class Day (Summer II, 5-Week Session)

July 7: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (10-Week Session)

July 9:

  • Census Day (Summer II, 5-Week Session)
  • Grades Due to Colleges by Noon (Summer 1, 5-Week Session)
  • Fee Payment Deadline for Summer II Late Registration 5 p.m. For All Payment Methods

TBD: Transfer Student Orientation (TSO) Summer

July 14: Deadline for submitting Dissertations, Theses/Projects to the COE Dean for Approval (Summer Session)

July 15:

  • CBM003 Summer Supplemental Course Inventory File Due to Registrar. Manual entry into People Soft. Changes to current, live catalog no longer permissible with Curriculog
  • Freshman Priority Application Deadline

July 17-19: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology

July 24: Initial Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Summer Session)

July 27: Last Day to Drop/Withdraw (2nd 5-Week Session)

July 31: Deadline for Final Electronic Submission (Vireo) of Dissertations, Theses, and Projects to Library (Summer Session)

August 2026

August 1:
 
  • Fall Final Application Deadline for New Graduate Students (Some programs may have earlier deadlines. See Application Deadlines on the program's website.)
  • Fall Semester Priority Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application in the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration.)
August 4: Faculty Development and Support Fund Proposals Due to the COB Dean
 
August 7:
 
  • Last Class Day/Final Exam (Summer Regular 10-Week Session)
  • Last Class Day/Final Exam (Summer II, 5-Week Session)
  • Official Closing of Summer Semester and Summer Degree Conferral Date (No Commencement Ceremony)
  • Deadline for Final Submission of Dissertations, Theses and Projects to the HSH Dean's Office (Summer Session)
August 7-9: Maintenance Window for Office of Information Technology
 
August 12: Fall Final Application Deadline for Undergraduate Transfer, Returning and Non-Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (Students who apply after this date must submit all required documentation with their paper application to the Office of Admissions and will be processed for Late Registration)
 
August 13:
 
  • Grades Due to Colleges By Noon (Summer Regular 10-Week Session)
  • Grades Due to Colleges By Noon (Summer II, 5-Week)
August 14:
 
  • Graduation Clearances due by Noon
  • Final Application Deadline for Returning UHCL Students
August 21: Catalog Cloned in Acalog
 
Fall 2026 (actual date TBD): Office of Planning and Assessment Provides Core Curriculum Assessment Report to Deans/Divisions/AVPs/Provost

Administration Calendar Archive

Contact

  • Office of the Provost

    Phone: 281-283-3000
    Fax: 281-283-3009
    Email: provost@uhcl.edu
    Bayou Building, 2525
    2700 Bay Area Blvd, Box 74
    Houston, TX 77058-1002

    Office hours:
    Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.