PQRST the Calendar

Fall Quarter 2025 at UC Irvine

The Fall Quarter 2025 at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) runs on the standard quarter system, spanning approximately 11 weeks total (10 weeks of instruction plus finals). Below is a summary of the key academic calendar dates, drawn from the official UCI Registrar’s calendar. Note that UCI considers factors like religious holidays when setting dates to minimize conflicts.

#### Key Registration and Enrollment Dates

– **Schedule of Classes available**: May 3, 2025

– **Enrollment windows**:

  – Continuing students: May 19 – June 4, 2025

  – New graduate and transfer students: Starts June 9, 2025

  – New freshmen: Starts August 25, 2025

– **Open Enrollment period**: June 4 – September 15, 2025 (7 p.m. start to 5 p.m. end), and September 18 – October 10, 2025 (noon start to 5 p.m. end)

– **Waitlist release**: September 17, 2025 (5–8 p.m.)

– **18-unit enrollment limit lifted (undergrads)**: September 2, 2025 (noon)

– **Last day to enroll units to avoid loss of student status**: October 17, 2025 (5 p.m.)

#### Fee Payment Deadlines

– **Last day to pay tuition and fees without classes being dropped**: September 15, 2025

– **Last day to pay tuition and fees to avoid loss of student status**: October 17, 2025

#### Instruction and Course Adjustment Deadlines

– **Quarter begins**: September 22, 2025

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– **Waitlists deactivated**: October 10, 2025 (5 p.m.)

– **Last day to add/drop a course, change grading option, or variable units without dean’s approval**: October 10, 2025 (5 p.m.)

– **Last day to submit part-time study petition (grad students)**: October 15, 2025 (noon)

– **Last day for late payment/enrollment**: October 17, 2025 (4 p.m.)

– **Last day to submit part-time study petition (undergrads)**: October 17, 2025 (5 p.m.)

– **Last day to drop a course without a “W” grade (dean’s approval required)**: November 7, 2025 (5 p.m.)

– **Last day to change variable units (dean’s approval required)**: November 7, 2025 (5 p.m.)

– **Last day to change grading option, withdraw from a course (“W” assigned), or withdraw from the term (dean’s approval required)**: December 5, 2025 (5 p.m.)

– **Instruction ends**: December 5, 2025

#### Finals and Grades

– **Final examinations**: December 6–12, 2025

– **Quarter ends**: December 12, 2025

– **Deadline to submit final grades**: December 18, 2025 (5 p.m.)

– **Grades available in StudentAccess**: December 18, 2025 (10 p.m.)

– **Official transcripts available**: December 22, 2025

– **Degrees post to transcripts**: February 6, 2026

#### Holidays and Breaks

– **Veterans Day**: November 11, 2025

– **Thanksgiving**: November 27–28, 2025

– **Winter Break**: December 15, 2025 – January 1, 2026

– **Winter Administrative Recess (campus offices closed)**: December 24, 2025 – January 1, 2026

For the most up-to-date details, including any adjustments for specific schools (e.g., Law or Medicine), check the official UCI Registrar’s website at [reg.uci.edu/calendars](www.reg.uci.edu/calendars/quarterly/2025-2026/quarterly25-26.html).