Sessional Dates 2025 - 2026
2025 Fall Session
| August 2025 | |
|---|---|
| August 18 | First Year Orientation |
| August 18 - August 30 | First Year: Legal Methods Intensive |
| September 2025 | |
|---|---|
| September 1 | LABOUR DAY (HOLIDAY) - UNIVERSITY CLOSED |
| September 2 | Classes begin for all students - first year (FY) and upper year (UY) |
| September 10 (10:00 AM) | Directed Research Proposals, Graded Credit forms and Supervised Upper Year Research Project forms due (first term and full year projects) |
| September 17 (10:00 AM) | Add/Drop deadline for first term and full year courses |
| October 2025 | |
|---|---|
| October 9 - 10 | Student Off-Campus Summer Job Interviews (OCIs): No upper year classes |
| October 13 | THANKSGIVING (HOLIDAY) - UNIVERSITY CLOSED |
| October 27 -31 | Reading Week--No Classes - UNIVERSITY OPEN |
| December 2025 | |
|---|---|
| December 1 | Last day of classes for Fall course for UY |
| December 2 to 17 | Examination period UY |
| December 4 | Last day of classes for Fall for FY |
| December 8 to 17 | Examination period FY |
| December 18 (10:00 AM) | Deadline - First term written work |
| December 24, 2024 to January 3, 2025 (inclusive) | WINTER HOLIDAY/HOLIDAY CLOSURE - UNIVERSITY CLOSED |
2026 Winter Session
| January 2026 | |
|---|---|
| January 5 | Classes begin for FY students |
| January 5 to 9 | Intersession term UY |
| January 5 (10:00 PM) | Add/Drop deadline for intensive courses |
| January 12 | Classes begin for UY students |
| January 16 (10:00 AM) | Directed Research Proposals, Graded Credit forms, and Supervised Upper Year Research Paper forms due (second term projects) |
| January 23 (10:00 AM) | Add/Drop deadline for second term courses |
| February 2026 | |
|---|---|
| February 16 | FAMILY DAY (HOLIDAY) - UNIVERSITY CLOSED |
| February 17 to 20 | READING WEEK - NO CLASSES - UNIVERSITY OPEN |
| April 2026 | |
|---|---|
| April 3 | GOOD FRIDAY - UNIVERSITY CLOSED |
| April 10 | Classes end for all students |
| April 13 to 24 | Examination period for all students |
| April 27 (10:00 AM) | Deadline - Second term written work |
| June 2026 | |
|---|---|
| TBC | CONVOCATION (date set by UofT – see www.convocation.utoronto.ca ) |
| July 2026 | |
|---|---|
| July 31 | LLM students only: final deadline for submission of theses and writing requirements |