Undergraduate Programs
2015-2016 End of term dates
May 27, 2016 – Friday, spring semester ends
May 30, 2016 – Monday, Memorial Day (PLU closed)
Summer Session 2016 (June 6 – August 5)
- Term I: Monday, June 6 – Friday, July 1
- Term II: Tuesday, July 5 – Friday, July 29
- Independence Day Holiday: Monday, July 4 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Workshop Week: Monday, August 1 – Friday, August 5
- Summer Session Ends: Friday, August 5 (Diploma date for undergraduates)
- Final Grades Due: Friday, August 12
Fall Semester 2016 (September 6 – December 16)
- Student Orientation: Thursday, September 1 – Sunday, September 4
- Labor Day: Monday, September 5 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Opening Convocation: Tuesday, September 6 at 9:00 a.m.
- Classes Begin: Tuesday, September 6 at 11:50 a.m.
- Mid-Semester Break: Friday, October 21 (No classes, PLU offices open)
- Veterans Day: Friday, November 11 (Observance at Chapel)
- Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 23 at 1:35 p.m. – Sunday, November 27
PLU offices are closed Thursday-Friday, November 24-25
Classes resume on Monday, November 28 at 8:00 a.m. - Classes End: Saturday, December 10 (Saturday classes take final exam this day)
- Final Examinations: Monday, December 12 – Friday, December 16
- Fall Semester Ends: Friday, December 16
- Final Grades Due: Friday, December 23
January Term 2017 (January 3 – January 31)
- Classes Begin: Tuesday, January 3
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Holiday: Monday, January 16 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Classes End: Tuesday, February 7
Spring Semester 2017 (February 8 – May 26)
- Classes Begin: Wednesday, February 8
- President’s Day: Monday, February 20 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Spring Break: Monday, March 27 – Friday, March 31 (No classes, PLU offices open)
- Easter Break: Friday, April 14 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
Classes resume Monday, April 17 at 8:00 a.m. - Classes End: Saturday, May 20 (Saturday classes take final exam on this day)
- Final Examinations: Monday, May 22 – Friday, May 26
- Spring Semester Ends: Friday, May 26
- Baccalaureate: Friday, May 26 at 3 p.m.
- Commencement: Thursday, May 25
- Final Grades Due: Friday, June 2
Graduate Programs
Summer Session 2016 (May 31 – August 19)
- Session Begins: Tuesday, May 31
- Independence Day: Monday, July 4 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Summer Session Ends: Friday, August 19 (Diploma date for graduate students)
- Final Grades Due: Friday, August 26
Fall Semester 2016 (September 6 – December 16)
- Classes Begin: Tuesday, September 6
- Mid-Semester Break: Friday, October 21 (No classes, PLU offices open)
- Veterans Day: Friday, November 11 (Observance at Chapel)
- Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 23 at 1:35 p.m. – Sunday, November 27
PLU offices are closed Thursday and Friday, November 24-25
Classes resume on Monday, November 28 at 8:00 a.m. - Fall Semester Ends: Friday, December 16
- Final Grades Due: Friday, December 23
January Term 2017 (January 3 – January 31)
- Classes Begin: Tuesday, January 3
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Holiday: Monday, January 16 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Classes End: Tuesday, January 31
- Final Grades Due: Tuesday, February 7
Spring Term 2017 (February 8 – May 26)
- Classes Begin: Wednesday, February 8
- Presidents Day: Monday, February 20 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Spring Break: Monday, March 27 – Friday, March 31 (PLU offices open)
- Easter Break: Friday, April 14 (No classes, PLU offices closed)
- Spring Semester Ends: Friday, May 26
- Baccalaureate: Friday, May 26 at 3 p.m.
- Commencement: Saturday, May 27
- Final Grades Due: Friday, June 2