This calendar is subject to change. Paid holidays for faculty and staff members are listed on the Harvard information for employees holiday calendar.
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2023-2024 |
2024-2025 |
2025-2026 |
2026-2027 |
Juneteenth (HOLIDAY) |
June 19 | June 19 | June 19 | June 18 |
Independence Day (HOLIDAY) |
Jul 4 | Jul 4 | Jul 3 | Jul 4 |
Mid-Career MPA Summer Program |
Jul 11-Aug 10 | Jul 9-Aug 8 | Jul 8-Aug 7 | Jul 7-Aug 6 |
MPA/ID Program Seminar |
Aug 7-25 | Aug 12-30 | Aug 11-29 | Aug 10-28 |
MC/MPA Mason Fall Launch |
Aug 14-25 | Aug 12-23 | Aug 11-22 | Aug 10-21 |
MPP Program and MPA Program Orientations |
Aug 21-25 | Aug 26-30 | Aug 25-29 | Aug 24-28 |
Shopping days |
Aug 28-29 | Sept 3-4 | Sept 2-3 | Aug 31-Sept 1 |
Full-term and Fall 1 classes begin |
Aug 30 | Sept 5 | Sept 4 | Sept 2 |
Labor Day (HOLIDAY) |
Sept 4 | Sept 2 | Sept 1 | Sept 7 |
Columbus Day (Federal and State)/Indigenous Peoples' Day (Cambridge) (HOLIDAY) |
Oct 9 | Oct 14 | Oct 13 | Oct 12 |
Veterans Day (HOLIDAY) |
Nov 10 | Nov 11 | Nov 11 | Nov 11 |
Thanksgiving recess (HOLIDAY) |
Nov 22-24 | Nov 27-29 | Nov 26-28 | Nov 25-27 |
Last day of fall semester |
Dec 15 | Dec 20 | Dec 19 | Dec 18 |
January session (optional) |
Jan 2-12 | Jan 2-17 | Jan 5-16 | Jan 4-15 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (HOLIDAY) |
Jan 15 | Jan 20 | Jan 19 | Jan 18 |
Shopping days |
Jan 18-19 | Jan 23-24 | Jan 22-23 | Jan 21-22 |
Full-term and Spring 1 classes begin |
Jan 22 | Jan 27 | Jan 26 | Jan 25 |
Presidents' Day (HOLIDAY) |
Feb 19 | Feb 17 | Feb 16 | Feb 15 |
Spring break |
Mar 9-17 | Mar 15-23 | Mar 14-22 | Mar 13-21 |
Last day of spring semester |
May 10 | May 16 | May 15 | May 14 |
Commencement Week |
May 20-24 | May 26-30 | May 25-29 | May 24-28 |
Commencement Day |
May 23 | May 29 | May 28 | May 27 |
Memorial Day (HOLIDAY) |
May 27 | May 26 | May 25 | May 31 |