Spring 2025 Academic Calendar
Spring 2025 at a Glance
- Classes Begin: January 13, 2025
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr./Idaho Human Rights Day (no classes): January 20, 2025
- Presidents’ Day (no classes): February 17, 2025
- Spring Break (no classes): March 17-21, 2025
- Classes End: May 2, 2025
- Finals Week: May 5-May 9, 2025
- Commencement: May 10, 2025
Spring 2025 Session Deadlines
| Session1 | Tuition and Fee Payment Deadline | Start Date2 Last Date to Register or Waitlist Without Permission Number | Last Date to Register or Waitlist Without Permission Number | Drop Fee Begins | Last Date to Register or Drop without a W. (Refund3) | Last Date to Drop or Completely Withdraw with a W. (No Refund) | Last Date of Course Instruction | Grades Due4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | January 11 | January 13 | January 17 | January 19 | January 27 | March 24 | May 2 (Final Exams May 5 – May 9) | May 13 |
| 1st 5-week | January 11 | January 13 | January 14 | January 17 | January 17 | February 4 | February 14 | February 18 |
| 2nd 5-week | February 15 | February 18 | February 19 | February 22 | February 23 | March 12 | March 28 | April 1 |
| 3rd 5-week | March 29 | March 31 | April 1 | April 4 | April 4 | April 22 | May 2 | May 13 |
| 1st 7-week | January 11 | January 13 | January 15 | January 17 | January 21 | February 12 | February 28 | March 4 |
| 2nd 7-week | March 8 | March 10 | March 12 | March 14 | March 17 | April 9 | May 2 | May 13 |
| 1st 10-week | January 11 | January 13 | January 15 | January 18 | January 22 | February 27 | March 28 | April 1 |
| 2nd 10-week | February 15 | February 18 | February 20 | February 23 | February 27 | April 4 | May 2 | May 13 |
- Special Session 1 (SP1) and Special Session 2 (SP2) deadlines are available on the Registrar’s Office website.
- Complete withdrawals on or after this date are subject to a nonrefundable $40.00 processing fee.
- Last date to add with permission number, last date to drop or completely withdraw without a W and receive a refund (less a nonrefundable $40.00 processing fee), last date to change from credit-to-audit or audit-to-credit.
- Grades will not be considered official until the end-of-term processing has been completed.
Spring 2025 Academic Calendar
| Date | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Monday, September 16 (2024) | Recommended spring priority application deadline for graduate degree-seeking applicants to have all admission materials received by the Graduate College. In order to receive full consideration for spring admission, all applications must be completed and submitted to the Graduate College prior to the spring application deadline established by the individual graduate program. |
| Monday, September 30 (2024) | Spring 2025 on-campus housing application available at noon for residence halls. |
| Tuesday, October 1 (2024) | Recommended last day to submit 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for financial aid to be ready for the Spring 2025 fee payment deadline. |
| Tuesday, October 1 (2024) | Spring scholarship deadline. Last day to have all admission materials received in Admissions for new freshman and transfer students who want to be considered for scholarships for Spring 2025. The 2024-2025 FAFSA must be filed by this date to be considered for need-based scholarships. |
| Tuesday, October 1 (2024) | Priority date for international student application materials to be received by International Admissions for spring semester consideration. |
| Monday, October 28 (2024) | Registration for continuing students begins for Spring 2025 (by appointment). |
| Monday, November 4 (2024) | Last day to submit an Application for Admission to Candidacy form to the Graduate College for graduate degrees and certificates to be awarded in May 2025. |
| Sunday, December 1 (2024) | Standard application deadline for undergraduate, degree-seeking applicants to have all admission materials received by Admissions. Applicants who miss this application deadline will be considered for degree-seeking status on a space-available basis. Students who are not eligible for degree-seeking admission may be considered for non degree-seeking status and are ineligible for financial aid. |
| Sunday, December 1 (2024) | Deadline for first-time, degree-seeking, domestic undergraduate students who plan to enroll to submit an online Intent to Enroll form and accompanying 0.00 enrollment confirmation. |
| Monday, December 9 (2024) | Registration for Non-Degree and Open Enrollment begins. |
| Monday, December 23 (2024) | Recommended date to finalize student course schedules for Spring 2025 for financial aid purposes. |
| Monday, December 23 (2024) | Recommended last day to submit a Graduate Admission Application to the Graduate College for Spring 2025 admission consideration. |
| Wednesday, January 8 | University, college, and department activities for faculty begin this week. |
| Monday, January 13 | Course instruction begins. |
| Friday, January 17 | Weekend courses begin. |
| Friday, January 17 | Last day faculty may submit drops for nonattendance during the first week of the semester to the Registrar’s Office. |
| Friday, January 17 | Deadline to apply for graduation for graduate and undergraduate degrees and certificates to be awarded in May 2025. Students apply for graduation on myBoiseState. Late applications will be accepted but a late fee will be assessed. |
| Monday, January 20 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No classes. University offices closed.) |
| Monday, January 27 | Last day for students living on campus to downgrade residential meal plans. |
| Monday, January 27 | Spring financial aid Pell recalculation date. Pell Grant eligibility determined by number of credits registered on this date. |
| Monday, January 27 | Last day to add graduate dissertation, thesis, project, or portfolio credit. |
| Monday, January 27 | Last day to submit Idaho Residency Determination Worksheet with documentation to the Registrar's Office to declare Idaho residency for Spring 2025 consideration. |
| Friday, February 14 | Last day to add undergraduate internship and independent study. |
| Friday, February 14 | Last day to add graduate assessment (master's preliminary examination, doctoral preliminary examination, thesis proposal, dissertation proposal, master's comprehensive examination, doctoral comprehensive examination), directed research, independent study, internship/practicum, or reading and conference. |
| Monday, February 17 | Presidents’ Day (No classes. University offices closed.) |
| Friday, March 7 | Recommended last day for final oral dissertation, thesis, or project defense for graduate degrees to be awarded in May 2025. |
| Friday, March 14 | Last day for students who received a thesis or dissertation enrollment waiver to submit the final version of thesis or dissertation to the Graduate College. |
| Friday, March 14 | Last day to submit advisor-approved version of dissertation or thesis with signed Final Reading Approval, Access Agreement for a Thesis or Dissertation or Embargo Request for a Thesis or Dissertation, and Thesis/Dissertation Checklist forms to the Graduate College for graduate degrees to be awarded in May 2025. |
| Monday–Friday, March 17-21 | Spring Break (No Classes. University offices open.) |
| Friday, April 4 | Second Pell recalculation date for students enrolled in sessions with start dates on/after January 21 |
| Friday, May 2 | Course instruction ends. |
| Friday, May 2 | Last day to submit the final version of dissertation or thesis to the Graduate College for graduate degrees to be awarded in May 2025. |
| Friday, May 2 | Last Day to submit graduation applications to be considered for the current term. |
| Sunday, May 4 | Weekend courses end. |
| Monday–Friday, May 5 - May 9 | Final semester examinations for the Regular session. Exam schedule listed on the Registrar’s Office website. |
| Friday, May 9 | Last day to submit an advisor-approved copy of thesis or dissertation, along with signed Final Reading Approval, Access Agreement for a Thesis or Dissertation or Embargo Request for a Thesis or Dissertation, and Thesis/Dissertation Checklist forms, to the Graduate College to receive a thesis or dissertation enrollment waiver for the subsequent semester. |
| Saturday, May 10 | Commencement |
| Tuesday, May 13 | Grade reports due on myBoiseState. |