ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE CALENDAR 2025-2026
FALL SEMESTER, 2025
July 14: External deadlines for all applications
August 18-22: Advising week
August 26: General Orientation
August 27: Moodle Orientation
August 28: GTU Library Orientation
BST New Student Orientation Period
August 18 – August 29
Late Registration Fall Semester 2025
September 1
Labor Day: Administrative holiday / Library closed
September 2
Instruction begins for Fall Semester 2025
September 1 – 12
Course Add/Drop Period. Deadline for Registered Students to Make Changes in Enrollment for Fall Semester 2025 WITHOUT FEE is 9/12
October 20 – 24
Reading Week
November 3- 14
Registration for Intersession & Spring Semester 2026
November 27, 28 closed
Thanksgiving: Academic and Administrative holiday / Library closed
December 12
Fall Semester 2025 ends
December 25
Christmas: Administrative holiday / Library closed
December 25 – January 1
GTU Administrative holiday / Library closed
January 1
New Year’s: Administrative holiday / Library closed
INTER-SESSION, 2026
Jan 5 – Jan 30
Inter-session 2026 (General Registration prior to first day of the course)
January 19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Academic and Administrative holiday / Library closed
SPRING SEMESTER, 2026
BST New Student Orientation Period
January 19 – January 30
Late Registration for Spring Semester 2026
February 2
Instruction begins for Spring Semester 2026
February 2 – February 13
Course Add/Drop Period. Deadline for Registered Students to Make Changes in Enrollment for Spring Semester 2026 WITHOUT FEE is 2/13
February 16
Presidents’ Day: Academic and Administrative holiday / Library closed
March 23– 27
Spring break
April 3
April 5
Good Friday: Academic and Administrative holiday/Library closed
Easter: Academic and Administrative holiday/Library closed
April 6 – 17
Registration for Summer and Fall Semester 2026
May 15
May 16
BST Alumni Gathering 2026: Honoring BST Graduates and Alumni
BST Commencement 2026
May 22
Spring Semester 2026 ends
May 25
Memorial Day: Administrative holiday / Library closed
June 19
Juneteenth: Administrative holiday / Library closed
July 3
Independence Day Observed: Administrative holiday / Library closed
