Academic Calendar

2024 - 2025 Academic Calendar

The National Intelligence University academic year includes a fall semester beginning in August 2024.

  • August 26, 2024  to be considered for the winter term
  • November 18, 2024 to be considered for the spring term
  •  March 3, 2025  to be considered for the summer term
2024 - 2025 Academic Calendar
29 July — 2 AugustStudent In-Processing with Student Affairs, Security, Library, and IT
30 July — 22 AugustBSI CAP 400 Capstone Introduction
1 — 21 AugustMCR 609 Intelligence Collection
5 — 16 AugustNew In-Resident Student Orientation and Research Workshops
12 — 23 AugustResearch Topic Refinement and Student-Faculty Engagement
24 August Fall Term Begin
24 – 25 August Monthly Program Weekend 1
26 August Convocation
30 August Last Day to Add a Class
2 September LABOR DAY HOLIDAY–No Class/Offices Closed
6 September Last Day to Drop a Class
9 September Presidential Lecture Series
13 September  Fall Student Census Due
14-15 September Monthly Program Weekend 2 
16 September   Faculty and Staff Orientation 
27 September  Last Day to Withdraw Without Penalty
4 October Last Day to Submit Intent to Graduate Forms for December 2024 Conferment
 5 — 6 October Monthly Program Weekend 3
 14 October COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
25 October — 4 November Student Surveys Open
 26 — 27 October  Monthly Program Weekend 4
28 October Presidential Lecture Series 
1 November  Last Day of Fall Term  
4 — 15 November Research Period (No Scheduled Classes)
8 November Fall Grades Due to Registrar
11 November VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
13 November Faculty and Staff Orientation
16 November Winter Term Begins
16 — 17 November Monthly Program Weekend 1
18 November Last Day to Turn in Thesis for December 2024 Graduation
22 November Last Day to Add a Class
25 — 29 November THANKSGIVING BREAK (No Scheduled Classes)
28 November THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
2 December Presidential Lecture Series
6 December Last Day to Drop a Class
7 — 8 December Monthly Program Weekend 2
13 December Winter Student Census Due
16 December In-residence and part-time master’s thesis students who intend to graduate in June 2025 must submit full T-1 thesis packet to CSI and SSTI by today
23 December — 3 January WINTER BREAK (No Scheduled Classes)
25 December CHRISTMAS DAY HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
10 January Last Day to Withdraw Without Penalty
10 January Winter Commencement Ceremony
11 — 12 January Monthly Program Weekend 3
13 January Presidential Lecture Series
20 January MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
30 January Faculty Academic Rank Ceremony
31 January Deadline for Full-Time Applications for Fall 2025
1 — 2 February Monthly Program Weekend 4
6 February Faculty and Staff Orientation
7 — 18 February Student Surveys Open
10 February Presidential Lecture Series
14 February Last Day to Turn in Final Capstone Proposal to BSI Program Director
14 February Last Day of Winter Term
17 February PRESIDENTS’ DAY HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
18 — 28 February Research Period (No Scheduled Classes)
21 February Winter Grades Due to Registrar
1 March Spring Term Begins
1 — 2 March Monthly Program Weekend 1
7 March Last Day to Add a Class
10 March Presidential Lecture Series
14 March Last Day to Drop a Class
21 March Spring Student Census Due
22 — 23 March Monthly Program Weekend 2
4 April Last Day to Withdraw Without Penalty
4 April Last Day to Submit Intent to Graduate Forms for June 2025 Graduation
12 — 13 April Monthly Program Weekend 3
14 April Antietam Staff Ride
1 May Last Day to Change Thesis Chair or Reader for June 2025 Graduation
2 — 12 May Student Surveys Open
3 — 4 May Monthly Program Weekend 4
9 May Last Day of Spring Term
10 May — 9 June Thesis/SRP/ARP/Portfolio and Capstone Completion Period for Students Graduating in June 2025
12 — 16 May Research Period (No Scheduled Classes)
14 May Faculty and Staff Orientation
16 May Spring Grades Due to Registrar
19 May Summer Term Begins
19 – 22 May and 27 — 30 May Research Symposium
23 May Last Day to Add a Class
26 May MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
30 May Last Day to Drop a Class
2 — 13 June 2-Week Summer Intensive Program–Monthly Program
6 June Summer Student Census Due
8 — 23 June End-of-Program Student Surveys
9 June Last Day to Turn in Thesis or SRP/ARP/Portfolio for June 2025 Graduation
9 June Last Day to Turn in BSI Capstone for June 2025 Graduation
13 June Last Day to Withdraw Without Penalty
13 June NLT 120 All Graduation Requirements Met and Reported to Registrar
17 June IC Strategic Leaders Program Certificate Graduation
19 June JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
20 June NLT 1200 Final Student Awards Decisions Due
25 June Oath/Student Awards/Phi Kappa Phi Ceremony
26 June Graduation Rehearsal
27 June Spring Commencement Ceremony
3 — 14 July Student Surveys Open
4 July INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY (No Class/Offices Closed)
11 – 18 July Last Day of Summer Term (For Students Not Graduating in June 2024)
11 – 18 July Make-Up Week (If Required for Summer Term Holidays)
25 July Summer Grades Due to Registrar
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