# Calendar

**Source**: https://bulletin.yale.edu/bulletins/ism/calendar
**Parent**: https://bulletin.yale.edu/bulletins/ism/message-director

The following dates are subject to change as the university makes decisions regarding the 2025–2026 academic year.

## Fall 2025

| Event | Institute of Sacred Music | Divinity School | School of Music | Faculty of Arts & Sciences |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Course registration begins* |  | M, Aug. 25 | W, Jul. 9/ F, Sept. 5 | M, Aug. 25 |
| *Fall-term classes begin* | W, Aug. 27 | W, Aug. 27 | F, Sept. 5 | W, Aug. 27 |
| *Labor Day* | M, Sept. 1, *No classes* | M, Sept. 1, *No classes* | M, Sept. 1, *No classes* | M, Sept. 1, *No classes* |
| *ISM Fellows application deadline* | W, Oct. 15 |  |  |  |
| *Reading Period (YDS)* |  | SA–SU, Oct. 11–19 |  |  |
| *October recess (FAS)* |  |  |  | W–SU, Oct. 15–29 |
| *Reading Period (YDS)* |  | SA–W, Nov. 22–26 |  |  |
| *November recess* | TH–SU, Nov. 27–30 | TH–SU, Nov. 27–30 | SA–SU, Nov. 22–30 | SA–SU, Nov. 22–30 |
| *Application deadline (ISM/YSM)* | M, Dec. 1 |  | M, Dec. 1 |  |
| *Fall-term classes end* |  | W, Dec. 3 | F, Dec. 12 | TH, Dec. 11 |
| *Reading period (YDS)* |  | TH–T, Dec. 4–9 |  |  |
| *Final exams* |  | W–W, Dec. 10–16 | M–W, Dec. 15–17 | TH–W, Dec. 11–17 |
| *Fall term ends; winter recess begins* |  | W, Dec. 16 | TH, Dec. 18 | W, Dec. 17 |

## Spring 2026

| Event | Institute of Sacred Music | Divinity School | School of Music | Faculty of Arts & Sciences |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Course registration begins* |  | F, Jan. 2 | M, Jan. 12 | M, Jan. 5 |
| *Spring-term classes begin* | M, Jan. 12 | M, Jan. 12 | M, Jan. 12 | M, Jan. 12 |
| *Application deadline (ISM/YDS)* | SU, Feb. 1 | SU, Feb. 1 |  |  |
| *Reading period (YDS)* |  | W–SU, Feb. 11–15 |  |  |
| *YSM auditions* | M–SU, Feb. 16–22 |  | M–SU, Feb. 16–22 |  |
| *D.M.A. entrance exams* |  |  | SA, Feb. 21 |  |
| *Spring recess* | SA–SU, Mar. 7–22 | SA–SU, Mar. 7–22 | SA–SU, Mar. 7–22 | SA–SU, Mar. 7–22 |
| *Spring-term classes end* |  | F, Apr. 24 | F, May 1 | TH, Apr. 30 |
| *Reading period (YDS)* |  | SA–W, Apr. 25–29 |  |  |
| *Spring-term exams* |  | TH–T, Apr. 30–May 5 | M–W, May 4–6 | TH–W, Apr. 30–May 6 |
| *Spring term ends* |  | T, May 5 | W, May 6 | W, May 6 |
| *University Commencement* | M, May 18 | M, May 18 | M, May 18 | M, May 18 |

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