Academic Calendars

Academic Calendar 2026-2027 ▾

Academic Calendar 2026-2027

NOTICE: Events on this academic calendar are subject to change without notice.

Summer/Fall 2026
D4: Fall semester begins	May 18, Monday
D3: No classes or clinic	May 18-22
Memorial Day – SOD closed (no classes or clinic)	May 25, Monday
D3: Clinic orientation (Fall semester begins May 26)	May 26-June 12
DH: Summer semester begins (CDHL only)	June 1, Monday
D3: Clinical activity begins	June 15, Monday
D4: Senior Orientation – Day 1	June 16, Tuesday
D4: Senior Orientation – Day 2	June 18, Thursday
Juneteenth observed – SOD closed (no classes or clinic)	June 19, Friday
Diploma application deadline (July diploma)	June 19, Friday
D3; D4: No classes or clinic	June 29-July 3
DP: New postgraduate resident orientation	July 1-2 (Wed-Thursday)
Independence Day observed – SOD closed (no classes or clinic)	July 3, Friday
DP: Fall classes begin	July 6, Monday
DH and CDHL: Fall semester begins (Seniors only)	July 6, Monday
D3, D4: GPs 5-8 in Summer Clinic A; GPs 1-4 on Vacation	July 6-24
DH: Summer semester ends (CDHL only)	July 26, Friday
D3, D4: GPs 1-4 in Summer B Clinic; GPs 5-8 on Vacation	July 27-August 14
DH: New student orientation	August 10-12
D1: New student orientation/instrument distribution	August 10-14
D1, D2: Fall semester begins	August 17, Monday
D2: Instrument distribution (1:00-5:00 p.m.)	August 17, Monday
D3: Fall classes begin	August 17, Monday
DH: Fall semester begins (CDHL, Degree Completion, and Juniors)	August 17, Monday
Labor Day – SOD closed (no classes or clinic)	September 7, Monday
Diploma application deadline (December diploma)	September 18, Friday
ADEX PEP Manikin Exam 1 (Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Periodontics) Dental students only	October 30, Friday
Thanksgiving Holiday – SOD closed (no classes or clinic)	November 26-27 (Thu-Fri)
Faculty/Staff Academic and Clinical Meetings (no classes or clinic)	December 4, Friday
ADEX PEP Manikin Exam 2 (Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Periodontics) Dental students only	December 11, Friday
DH and CDHL: Final exam week	December 14-18
Fall semester ends	December 18, Friday
Winter break (SOD closed starting 12/23)	December 21-January 1

Winter/Spring 2027
DDS, DH, and DP: Spring semester begins	January 4, Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – SOD closed (no classes or clinic)	January 18, Monday
Diploma application deadline (May diploma)	February 12, Monday
ADEX Clinical Exam 1 (Restorative) Dental students only	February 11-12
ADEX Clinical Exam 2 (Restorative)	March 12, Friday
Spring break – no classes or clinic; optional D3/D4 clinic March 17-19 (SOD closed March 15-16 only)	March 15-19
ADEX Dental Hygiene Clinical Exam	April 15, Thursday
ADEX PEP Manikin Exam (Prosthodontics, Endodontics, Periodontics) Dental students and residents	April 15, Thursday
ADEX Clinical Exam: Restorative Dental students and residents	April 16, Friday
D4: Spring semester ends	April 30, Friday
DH: Spring semester ends (seniors and degree completion only)	April 30, Friday
D4: Optional clinic	May 3-13
DH: Final exam week (juniors and CDHL)	May 3-7
D1, D2, D3: Spring semester ends	May 12, Wednesday
DH: Spring semester ends (juniors and CDHL only)	May 12, Wednesday
UMB Graduation Date (Diploma Date)	May 13, Thursday
SOD Honors Convocation Ceremony	May 14, Friday
DP: Spring semester ends	June 30, Wednesday

Key

CDHL = Clinical Dental Hygiene Leadership

D1, D2, D3, D4 = First- through fourth-year predoctoral dental students, respectively.

DH = Dental Hygiene (includes all dental hygiene students unless otherwise specified)

DP = Dental Postgraduate (General Dentistry; Endodontics; Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology; Orthodontics; Pediatric Dentistry; Periodontics; Prosthodontics)

SOD = School of Dentistry

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