Accessible Navigation. Go to: Navigation Main Content Footer

Office of the Provost

and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Academic Calendar 2012-13

If you are looking for dates for Summer Session 2012, please view the 2011-12 Academic Calendar here.

Dates listed below are subject to change without notice; dates appearing in registration instructions take precedence over those listed below.

NOTE: UM students taking coursework at campuses other than UM's Mountain, COT, or Bitterroot College Program campuses should also consult that campus' academic calendar for information pertaining to start/end dates, breaks, holidays, campus closures, etc.

Autumn Semester 2012

Thursday-Friday, August 23-24

New  Student Orientation

Monday, August 27

Autumn Semester Classes Begin

Monday, September 3

Labor Day – No Classes, Offices Closed

Monday, October 1

Course Planning and Selection Period Begins

Monday, October 22 - Friday, November 2

Pre-registration (Priority) for Spring Semester 2013 Begins

Tuesday, November 6

Election Day – No Classes, Offices Closed

Monday, November 12

Veterans Day (observed) – No Classes, Offices Closed

Wednesday, November 21

Student Travel Day – No Classes

Thursday-Friday, November 22-23

Thanksgiving Break – No Classes, Offices Closed

Friday, December 7

Last Day of Regular Classes

Monday-Friday, December 10-14

Final Exams

Winter Session 2013

Wednesday, January 2

Winter Session Classes Begin

Monday, January 21

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No Classes, Offices Closed

Wednesday, January 23 (date corrected as of 2/2/12)

Last Day of Winter Session Classes and Final Exams

Spring Semester 2013

Thursday-Friday,  January 24-25

New  Student Orientation

Monday, January 28

Spring Semester Classes Begin

Monday, February 18

President’s Day – No Classes, Offices Closed

Monday, March 18 Students/Advisors Begin Autumn 2013 Course Planning

Monday-Friday, April 1-5

Spring Break

Monday, April 8 Course Registration for Autumn Semester 2013 Begins (for all currently enrolled students)

Friday, May 10

Last Day of Regular Classes

Monday-Friday, May 13-17

Final Exams

Saturday, May 18

Commencement*

Summer Session 2013

Monday, May 27

Memorial Day – No Classes, Offices Closed

Tuesday, May 28

Classes Begin for First Five-Week Summer Session,
Classes Begin for Ten-Week Summer Session

Friday, June 28 Last Day of Classes for First Five-Week Summer Session

Monday, July 1

Classes Begin for Second Five-Week Summer Session

Thursday, July 4

Independence Day – No Classes, Offices Closed

Friday, August 2

Last Day of Classes for Second Five-Week Summer Session, Last Day of Classes for Ten-Week Summer Session

*The School of Law Hooding Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 25. You may also wish to view full School of Law Academic Calendar for 2012-13.

Office of the Provost and

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Phone: (406) 243-4689

Send E-mail