Dates & Deadlines

Previous Year2025-26 Academic YearFollowing Year
Dates and Deadlines for Fall 2025; Term Code: 2259
DateDeadline/Action
Mar 3 (M)Graduation applications due (Undergraduate)
Apr 7 (M)

Schedule of Classes published on GET

Advising and enrollment validation begin for continuing students

Apr 14 (M)

Fee payment begins

Registration begins for continuing students by appointment only

June 16 (M)Graduation applications due (Graduate and Doctorate)
July 9 (W)

Last day to use Management Payment Plan (two payments due on this date)

Last day to use the Installment Payment Plan

Aug 18 (M)

Semester begins

Convocation

Aug 18 (M)Last day to drop all class for 100% refund
Aug 19 (Tu)First day of instruction
Sep 1 (M)Labor Day (University closed)
Sep 3 (W)

No record drop deadline (use GET to drop)

Add deadline (includes applications for WPE (UNIV 4000), and CR/NC and ABC-/NC grading)

Last day to submit Return from Educational Leave

Sep 3 (W)Last day for partial refunds
Sep 4 (Th)

Withdrawal (W) period begins (requires instructor and department chair signatures on the Petition to Withdraw form; submit form to SS 3380)

Deadline for students disqualified in Spring 2024 to be reinstated

Sep 4 (Th)Tuition and fees billing statements available to download on GET
Sep 15 (M)Payment deadline for tuition and fees
Sep 16 (Tu)Census
Sep 17 (W)Last day to apply for Cal State LA recommended credentials
Sep 24 (W)Deadline to submit Credit By Exam requests
Oct 8 (W)Last day to register for directed teaching
Oct 13 (M)Scheduled final exams viewable in GET
Oct 23 (Th)Last day to drop all classes for a prorated refund
Nov 11 (Tu)Veterans Day (University closed)
Nov 14 (F)Withdrawal (W) period ends
Nov 15 (Sa)Emergency Withdrawal period begins (extenuating circumstances only; requires instructor, department chair, and college dean signatures on the Petition to Withdraw and Addendum to Petition to Withdraw forms; submit forms to SS 3380)
Nov 24 (M) - 26 (W)Fall Recess (no instruction)
Nov 27 (Th) - 29 (Sa)Thanksgiving Day Holiday (University closed)
Dec 5 (F)Emergency Withdrawal period ends
Dec 6 (Sa)Last day of instruction
Dec 8 (M) - 13 (Sa)Final exams
Dec 17 (W)Final grades due by 9 AM
Dec 19 (F)Semester ends
Dec 19 (F)Final grades available on GET
Dec 25 (Th) – Jan 1 (Th)Winter Break (University closed)

 

Winter 2026 Term Code: 2261


For Winter 2026 Information please contact PaGE.

Dates and Deadlines for Spring 2025; Term Code: 2263
DateDeadline/Action
Oct 12 (Su)Deadline to submit self-certification for AB 2881 student parent early registration
Oct 13 (M)Schedule of Classes published in GET
Oct 15 (W)Graduation applications due (Undergraduate)
Oct 20 (M)Advising and enrollment validation begin for continuing students
Oct 27 (M)Tuition and Fees payment begins
Dec 8 (M)

Last day to use Management Payment Plan

Last day to use the Installment Payment Plan

Nov 3 (M)Registration begins for continuing students by appointment only
Nov 17 (M)Graduation applications due (Graduate and Doctorate)
Jan 19 (M)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (University closed)

Last day to drop all classes for 100% refund, less a $5.00 processing fee

Jan 20 (Tu)

Semester begins

First day of instruction

Feb 3 (Tu)Last day to Petition for Leave of Absence (Advanced to Candidacy Graduate Students only)
Feb 3 (Tu)

No record drop deadline (use GET to drop)

Add deadline (includes applications for WPE (UNIV 4000), and CR/NC and ABC-/NC grading)

Last day to submit Return from Educational Leave

Last day for partial refunds

Feb 4 (W)

Withdrawal (W) period begins (requires instructor and department chair signatures of the Petition to Withdraw form; submit form to SS 3380)

Tuition and Fees billing statement available to download on GET

Feb 5 (Th)Deadline for students disqualified in Fall 2025 to be reinstated
Feb 11 (W)Tuition and billing fees due
Feb 16 (M)Census
Feb 17 (Tu)Last day to apply for Cal State LA recommended credentials
Feb 24 (Tu)Deadline to submit Credit By Exam requests
Mar 10 (Tu)Last day to register for directed teaching
TBDScheduled final exams viewable in GET
Mar 26 (Th)Last day to drop all classes for a prorated refund
Mar 31 (Tu)Cesar Chavez Day (University closed)
Mar 30 (M) -Apr 5 (Su)Spring Break
Apr 24 (F)Withdrawal (W) period ends
Apr 25 (Sa)Emergency Withdrawal period begins (extenuating circumstances only; requires instructor, department chair, and college dean signatures on the Petition to Withdraw and Addendum to Petition to Withdraw forms; submit forms to SS 3380)
May 8 (F)Emergency Withdrawal period ends
May 9 (Sa)Last day of instruction
May 11 (M) - May 16 (Sa)Final exams
May 20 (W)Final grades due by 9 AM
May 22 (F)Final grades available on GET
May 23 (Sa)Semester ends
May 25 (M)Memorial Day (University closed)