Get ready for the 2026 spring semester and mark your calendars with these important dates:
• December 23 (Tue.) - January 4 (Sun.) — Holiday Closedown
• January 5 (Mon.) — First day UNL offices are open in 2026
• January 12 (Mon.) — Spring Semester begins
• January 12 (Mon.) — Late Registration begins ($100.00 late registration fee assessed)
• January 19 (Mon.) — Martin Luther King Day (Student and Staff Holiday-UNL offices closed)
• January 20 (Tue.) — Last day for full semester course registrations and adds including adds of thesis or dissertation credits (Census Date)
• January 20 (Tue.) — Last day to drop a full semester course and receive 100% refund
• January 23 (Fri.) — Last day to file a drop to remove a full semester course from student's record
• January 23 (Fri.) — Last day to drop a full semester course and receive 75% refund
• January 23 (Fri.) — Final day to apply for a degree in May ($25.00 fee due with application)
• January 24 (Sat.) - April 10 (Fri.) — All full semester course withdrawals noted with a grade of "W" on academic record
• January 30 (Fri.) — Last day to withdraw from a full semester course and receive 50% refund
• February 6 (Fri.) — Last day to withdraw from a full semester course and receive 25% refund
• February 12 (Thurs.) — Last day to submit tuition and fees payment without penalty
• March 2 (Mon.) - May 17 (Sun.) — Open Registration for Summer Sessions 2026
• March 6 (Fri.) — Last day to change a full semester course registration to or from "Pass/No Pass"
• March 15 (Sun.) - March 22 (Sun.) — Spring Vacation (UNL offices are open Monday through Friday)
• March 23 (Mon.) - April 7 (Tue.) — Priority Registration for Fall Semester 2026
• April 8 (Wed.) - Aug 23 (Sun.) — Open Registration for Fall Semester 2026
• April 10 (Fri.) — Last day to withdraw from one or more full semester courses for the term
• May 1 (Fri.) — Last day to apply for undergraduate admissions for Summer and Fall Semester 2026
• April 27 – May 2 (Mon. - Sat.) — Last Week of classes**
• May 2 (Sat.) — Last day of classes
• May 4 – May 8 (Mon. - Fri.) — Spring Semester Final Exams
• May 8 (Fri.) — Spring Semester Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
• May 9 (Sat.) — Spring Semester Law Commencement
• May 9 (Sat.) — Spring Semester Undergraduate Commencement
More details at: https://registrar.unl.edu/calendars/academic-calendar/