ACADEMIC CALENDAR*
2025-2026
Fall 2025
| August 7 | Faculty Retreat |
| August 9-10 | Opening Weekend – One-Year Students |
| August 9 | Convocation - Cary |
| August 11 | Fall Classes Begin – Semester and One-Year Students |
| September 1 | No Monday Classes (Labor Day Weekend) – Makeup Nov. 24 |
| September 17 | Constitution Day observed |
| October 9 | Last Day to Withdraw without Penalty |
| October 13 | Day at Shepherds - Seminary Preview Day |
| October 13-15 | Shepherds 360 National Church Leaders Conference |
| October 13-17 | Conference Week |
| October 15-18 (W-Sa) | DMin Cohort |
| November 18-24 | Evangelical Theological Society/Society of Biblical Literature |
| November 24 | Last Day of Class – Semester Students |
| January 9 | Last Day of Class – One-Year Students |
Spring 2026
| January 12 | Spring Classes Begin – One-Year Students |
| February 2 | Spring Classes Begin – Semester Students |
| February 24 | Pettegrew Lecture Series |
| February 24-27 | DMin Cohort |
| March 21 | Spring Bonfire |
| March 26 | Last Day to Withdraw without Penalty |
| March 30-April 3 | Easter Recess |
| May 15 | Last Day of Class – Semester Students |
| May 17 | Graduation |
| July 17 | Last Day of Class – One-Year Students |
Summer 2026
| May 18 – July 25 | Summer Session Modules/Intensives |
* In case of Severe Weather, the Seminary decides when classes are cancelled and communicates the decision through several means: a recorded phone message at 919-573-5350; notices placed at Jackson Library and all Seminary offices; a message on WRAL Channel 5 under Universities/Colleges; and when possible, by e-mails to the affected students.