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Academic Calendars

Academic Dates 2026/2027

2026

April

Friday, 10

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Classes end, Law

Monday, 13

Exams begin, Law (For the full Law examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage)
Tuesday, 14 Exams begin, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Thursday, 16

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

Exams end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Exams end, Law

May

Friday, 1 Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (3rd year)
Friday, 1 End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2026
Monday, 4 Classes begin, Bachelor of 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)
Friday, 15

Classes end, Medicine (first and second year)
Monday, 18 Victoria Day - University closed (does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Friday, 22 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Friday, 29 Spring Convocations for Dentistry, Law, and Medicine

June

Wednesday, 3 Online Registration Opens (Third year, 3rd and 4th combined degree, upper year part-time students, Law)
Tuesday, 9 DDS3 Oral Exams
Tuesday, 9 and Wednesday, 10 Medicine (PreClerkship) Deferral exam dates
Wednesday, 10 Online Registration Opens (Second year, transfer, exchange, and visiting students Law)
Saturday, 15 Online application (Section 1) opens, Medicine
Monday, 15 to Friday, 19 Summer break for full term courses
(does not apply to programs in the Faculty of Dentistry or the Faculty of Medicine)
Monday, 15 Dentistry Grad Perio Orientation/classes begin
Dentistry General Practice Residency Orientation/classes begin
Winter deferred and supplemental exams begin, Law
Friday, 26

Classes end, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Winter term ends, Dentistry General Practice Residency (Year 1)
Winter deferred and supplemental exams end, Law
Monday, 29

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year)

July

Wednesday, 1

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

Last day to apply to graduate in Fall
Tuesday, 7 to Thursday, 9 Supplemental Exam Dates, Medicine (PreClerkship)
Friday, 10 Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd year)
Monday, 20 Dentistry Clinic Summer Closure (all clinics)

Tuesday, 21

 Online Registration Opens (Incoming 1Ls, Law)
Friday, 31 Last day to apply to Medicine - online application (Section 1) closes

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
Saturday, 8 Deadline to write MCAT for 2026-2027 Medicine application cycle
Monday, 10 Classes begin, Medicine Clerkship (third year - Class of 2028)
Friday, 14

Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Registration (NB Medicine students, 1st year)
Saturday, 22

Registration (NS Medicine Students, 1st year)
Monday, 24 to Friday, 28

Orientation week (Medicine, first year)
Monday, 24

Classes begin, Medicine (second year)
Monday, 17

Orientation, Dentistry (3rd and 4th year)
Saturday, 24

Grades due for courses with formal exams
Saturday, 24

Grades due for courses with formal exams
Monday, 24

Orientation, Dentistry (1st and 2nd year) and Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd year)
Thursday, 27

Orientation, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (Honours)
Friday, 28

Summer term ends, Dentistry General Practice Residency
Monday, 31

Classes begin, Medicine (first year)
Monday, 31

Classes begin, Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Classes begin, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Classes begin, Dentistry General Practice Residency

September

Tuesday, 1 Orientation begins, first year, Law
Wednesday, 2 Classes begin, second and third year, Law
Thursday, 3 Deadline to submit Section 2 of the online application, Medicine
Thursday, 3

Deadline to pay application processing fee, Medicine
Monday, 7 Labour Day - University closed
Tuesday, 8 Intensive courses begin, first year, Law
Monday, 21 Full year courses begin, first year, Law
Tuesday, 22

Last date to add or change fall term courses, Law
Wednesday, 30

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - University Closed

October

Thursday, 1 Application deadline Doctor of Dental Surgery, Dentistry General Practice Residency Program and Paediatric General Practice Dental Residency Program
Wednesday, 7 Last day to drop fall term classes without a "W", Law
Monday, 12 Thanksgiving Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine Clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 20 - Wednesday, 21 Fall Convocations (subject to change)

November

Monday, 5

 Last day to drop fall term classes with a "W", Law

Monday, 9 -
Friday, 13           

 Fall Break
(does not apply to programs in the Faculty of Dentistry or the Faculty of Medicine)
Wednesday, 11 Remembrance Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Friday, 27 Classes end, Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Monday, 30

Early Application Deadline (Law)
Exams begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene (all programs)

December

Tuesday, 1

Last day to apply to graduate in Spring
Application deadline, Doctor of Dental Surgery Program (DDS)
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 Exam end, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd, and 3rd years)
Saturday, 19

Classes end, Dentistry General Practice Residency
Exams end, Law (For the full Law examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage)
Monday, 21

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

2027

January

Friday, 1 New Year's Day - University Closed
Monday, 4 Classes resume, Medicine (first and second year) Classes resume
Monday, 4

Classes begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Classes begin, Dentistry Grad Perio (1st, 2nd, and 3rd years)
Classes begin, Dentistry General Practice Residency
Tuesday, 5 Clinics begin, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene (all programs)

Sunday, 10

Final Application deadline, Law

Monday, 11

Classes resume, all years Law
Intensive courses begin, first year, Law
Friday, 15 Application deadline, Dentistry, Qualifying Program
Monday, 25 Last date to add or change winter term classes, Law
Saturday, 30 Fall deferred and supplemental exams period 1, Law
Sunday, 31 Last date to write the LSAT for the 2027-2028 Law application

February

Friday, 5 Munro Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 9

Last date to drop winter term courses without a "W", Law
Monday, 15

Nova Scotia Heritage Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Monday, 15 - Friday, 19 Winter Break
(does not apply to Medicine or Dentistry)
Tuesday, 16 - Friday, 19 Fall deferred and supplemental exams period 2, Law

March

Tuesday, 16 Last date to drop winter term classes with a "W", Law
Monday, 8 - Friday, 12 Study break, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene (all programs), Dentistry Grad Perio
Monday, 15 - Friday, 19 Study break, Medicine (first and second year)
Friday, 26 Good Friday - University Closed

April

Friday, 9

Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (all programs)
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, 13 Exams begin, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Thursday, 15

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

Exams end, Dentistry (3rd year), Dental Hygiene (all programs)
Grades due for courses with formal exams
Exams end, Law (For the full Law school examination schedule please refer to "Important Dates" on the Schulich School of Law webpage)
Friday, 30

End of Medicine Clerkship, Class of 2027
Friday, 30

Classes end, Dentistry Grad Perio (3rd year)

May

Friday, 2 Grades due for courses with formal exams
Monday, 3 Classes begin, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Wednesday, 5 Classes begin, Dentistry (3rd year)
Friday, 7 Classes end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Classes end, Dentistry Patient Completion/Student Clearance (4th year)
Tuesday, 11 Exams begin, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Friday, 21 Classes end, Medicine (second year)
Friday, 21 Exams end, Dentistry (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 18 Victoria Day - University closed 
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship)
Friday, 28 Classes end, Medicine (second year)
Monday, 31 May - Friday, June 11 Spring Convocations (subject to change)

June

Monday, 31 May - Friday, June 11 June Spring Convocations (subject to change)
Wednesday, 2 Online Registration Opens (Third year, 3rd and 4th combined degree, upper year part-time students, Law)
Tuesday, 8 DDS3 Oral Exams
Tuesday, 8 - Wednesday, 9 Medicine (PreClerkship) Deferral exam dates
Wednesday, 9 Online Registration Opens (Second year, transfer, exchange, and visiting students Law)
Monday, 14 Winter deferred and supplemental exams begin, Law
Friday, 25 Classes end, Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (1st year)
Classes end, Dentistry General Practice Residency
Winter deferred and supplemental exams end, Law
Monday, 28 Classes end, Dentistry (3rd year)

July

Thursday, 1

Canada Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Postgrad Medicine Academic Year begins
Last day to apply to graduate in Fall

Friday, 2

 Last day to apply to graduate in Fall

Tuesday, 6 - Thursday,
8

 Supplemental Exam Dates, Medicine (PreClerkship)
Friday, 9 Classes end Dentistry Grad Perio (1st and 2nd years)
Monday, 19

Dentistry Clinic Summer Closure (all clinics)
Tuesday, 20

Online Registration Opens (first year, Law)

August

Monday, 2 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day - University closed
(does not apply to Medicine clerkship and Post-grad residents)
Tuesday, 3 Classes begin, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Friday, 13 Classes end, Dentistry IMU and Qualifying Program
Monday, 16 Orientation, Dentistry (3rd and 4th year)
Monday, 23 Orientation, Dentistry (1st and 2nd year), Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (1st and 2nd year)
Tuesday, 26 Grades due for courses with formal exams