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Academic Calendars

Academic Dates 2025/2026

2025

April

Tuesday, 1 Classes end, Law

Thursday, 3

Exams begin, Law (For the full Law examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage)

Friday, 11

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Tuesday, 15 Exams begin, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Wednesday, 16 Exams end, Law
Thursday, 17

Oral exams, Denistry (4th year)
Friday, 25

End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2025
Friday, 25

Exams end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene

May

Friday, 2 Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (3rd year)
Monday, 5 Classes begin, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Wednesday, 7

Classes begin, Dentistry (3rd year)
Friday, 9

Classes end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Classes end, Dentistry Patient Completion/Student Clearance (4th year)
Tuesday, 13

Exams begin, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Friday, 17

Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Monday, 19 Victoria Day - University closed (does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Friday, 23 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Friday, 31 Spring Convocations

June

Wednesday, 4 Online Registration Opens (Third year, 3rd and 4th combined degree, upper year part-time students, Law)
Tuesday, 10 and Wednesday 11 Medicine (PreClerkship) Deferral exam dates
Wednesday, 11 Online Registration Opens (Second year, transfer, exchange, and visiting students Law)
Saturday, 15 Online application (Section 1) opens, Medicine
Monday, 16 to Friday, 20 Summer break for full term courses
(does not apply to programs in the Faculty of Dentistry or the Faculty of Medicine)
Monday, 16 Dentistry Grad Perio Orientation/classes begin
Dentistry General Practice Residency Orientation/classes begin
Winter deferred and supplemental exams begin, Law
Friday, 27

Classes end, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Winter term ends, Dentistry General Practice Residency (Year 1)
Winter deferred and supplemental exams end, Law
Monday, 30

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year)

July

Tuesday, 1

Postgrad Medicine academic year begins
Canada Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine Clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 2

Last day to apply to graduate in Fall
Tuesday, 8 to Thursday, 10 Supplemental Exam Dates, Medicine (PreClerkship)
Friday, 11 Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd year)
Monday, 14 Dentistry Clinic Summer Closure (all clinics)
Monday, 20 Online Registration Opens (Incoming 1Ls, Law)
Thursday, 31 Last day to apply to Medicine - online application (Section 1) closes

August

Monday, 4 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 5 Classes begin, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Saturday, 10 Deadline to write MCAT for 2025-2026 Medicine application cycle
Monday, 11 Classes begin, Medicine Clerkship (third year - Class of 2027)
Friday, 15

Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Registration (NB Medicine students, 1st year)
Saturday, 23

Registration (NS Medicine Students, 1st year)
Monday, 25 to Friday, 29

Orientation week (Medicine, first year)
Monday, 25

Classes begin, Medicine (second year)
Monday, 18

Orientation, Dentistry and Dental Hygiene
Saturday, 24

Grades due for courses with formal exams
Saturday, 24

Grades due for courses with formal exams
Thursday, 28

Orientation, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Friday, 29

Summer term ends, Dentistry General Practice Residency

September

Monday, 1 Labour Day - University closed
Tuesday, 2 Classes begin, Medicine (first year)
Tuesday, 2 Deadline to submit Section 2 of the online application, Medicine
Tuesday, 2

Classes begin, Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Classes begin, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Classes begin, Dentistry General Practice Residency
Deadline to pay application processing fee, Medicine
Orientation begins, first year, Law
Wednesday, 3  Classes begin, second and third year, Law
Monday, 8 Intensive courses begin, first year, Law
Tuesday, 16 Last date to add or change fall term courses, Law
Monday, 29

Full year courses begin, first year, Law
Tuesday, 30

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - University Closed

October

Wednesday, 1 Application deadline Doctor of Dental Surgery, Dentistry General Practice Residency Program and Paediatric General Practice Dental Residency Program
Wednesday, 1 Last day to drop fall term classes without a "W", Law
Monday, 13 Thanksgiving Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine Clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 28- Wednesday, 29 Fall Convocations
Friday, 24 Practice Exam, Denistry (4th year)
Thursday, 30 Last day to drop fall term classes with a “W”, Law

November

Tuesday, 11 Remembrance Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Monday, 11 - Friday, 15 Fall Break
(does not apply to programs in the Faculty of Dentistry or the Faculty of Medicine)
Friday, 28 Classes end, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Thursday, 30 Early Application Deadline (Law)

December

Monday, 1

Last day to apply to graduate in Spring
Application deadline, Doctor of Dental Surgery Program (DDS)
Exams begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Tuesday, 2

Classes end, Law
Thursday, 4  Exams begin, Law (For the full Law examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage)
Friday, 12 Exam end, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd, and 3rd years)
Friday, 19

Classes end, Dentistry General Practice Residency
Saturday, 20

Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Tuesday, 24 Grades due for courses with formal exams

2026

January

Thursday, 1 New Year's Day - University Closed
Monday, 5 Classes resume, Medicine (first and second year) Classes resume
Monday, 5

Classes begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Tuesday, 6 Clinics begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Classes begin, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd, and 3rd years)
Classes begin, Dentistry General Practice Residency

Friday, 9

Final Application deadline, Law

Monday, 12

Classes resume, all years Law
Intensive courses begin, first year, Law
Thursday, 15 Application deadline, Dentistry, Qualifying Program
Monday, 19 Last day to add or change winter term classes, Law
Saturday, 31 Fall deferred and supplemental exams period 1, Law

February

TBD Last date to write the LSAT for the 2025-2026 Law application
Monday, 2 Full year courses resume, first year, Law
Last day to drop winter term courses without a “W”, Law
Friday, 6 Munro Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Saturday, 15 Application deadline, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (Honors)
Monday, 16 Nova Scotia Heritage Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Monday, 16 - Friday, 20 Winter Break
(does not apply to Medicine or Dentistry)
Tuesday, 17-Friday, 20 Fall deferred and supplemental exams period 2, Law

March

Wednesday, 4 Last day to drop Winter term classes with a “W”, Law
Monday, 16 - Friday, 20 Study break, Medicine (first and second year), Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, Dentistry Grad Perio

April

Friday, 3 Good Friday - University Closed
Monday, 7 Classes end, regular session unless otherwise indicated
Friday, 10

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Classes end, Law
Monday, 13 Exams begin, Law (For the full Law school examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage)
Tuesday, 14 Exams begin, Dentistry (3rd year) Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Thursday, 16

Oral exams, Dentistry (4th year)
Friday, 24

Exams end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (1st year and 2nd years), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene
Grades due for courses with formal exams
Exams end, Law

May

Friday, 1

End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2026
Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (3rd year)
Friday, 2 Grades due for courses with formal exams
Monday, 4 Classes begin, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Wednesday, 6 Classes begin, Dentistry (3rd year)
Friday, 8 Classes end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Classes end, Dentistry Patient Completion/Student Clearance (4th year)
Tuesday, 12 Exams begin, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Saturday, 16 Classes end, Medicine (first year)
Monday, 18 Victoria Day - University closed 
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Saturday, 23 Classes end, Medicine (second year)
Friday, 22 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)

June

Wednesday, 3 Online Registration Opens (Third year, 3rd and 4th combined degree, upper year part-time students, Law)
Monday, 1 - Friday, 12 Spring Convocations
Tuesday, 9 - Wednesday, 10 Medicine (PreClerkship) Deferral exam dates
Wednesday, 10 Online Registration Opens (Second year, transfer, exchange, and visiting students Law)
Monday, 15 Winter deferred and supplemental exams begin, Law
Friday, 26 Classes end, Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Classes end, Dentistry General Practice Residency
Winter deferred and supplemental exams end, Law
Monday, 29 Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year)

July

Wednesday, 1

Canada Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Postgrad Medicine Academic Year begins
Wednesday, 2 Last day to apply to graduate in Fall
Tuesday, 7 - Thursday, 9 Supplemental Exam Dates, Medicine (PreClerkship)
Friday, 10 Classes end Dentistry Grad Perio (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 20

Dentistry Clinic Summer Closure (all clinics)
Online Registration Opens (first year, Law)

August

Monday, 3 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 4 Classes begin, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Friday, 14 Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Monday, 17 Orientation, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene
Tuesday, 26 Grades due for courses with formal exams