Important Dates
2025MAY 2 Grades due for courses with formal exams 5 Co-op and Academic Summer term begins 5 MJ Summer Session begins 19 Victoria Day – University closed 20 MJ term fees due 26 MFA Nonfiction Summer Session begins – term fees due 29 Encaenia (King’s Graduation Ceremony)
JUNE 7-15 MFA Creative Nonfiction & MFA Fiction Summer Residency 23-27 Summer Break for Full-Term courses (except students in Co-op, Clinicals or Internships) TBD First-year student registration
JULY 1 Canada Day – University closed 2 Last day to apply to graduate in the Fall (Dalhousie Convocations)
AUGUST 4 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day – University closed 5 *Monday classes will be held for full term courses 6 Classes end, Summer term *Tuesday classes will be held for full term courses 6 Last day of MJ Summer Session 7 Break before exams 8 Examinations begin 17 Examinations end 26 Grades due for Summer courses with formal exams 31 Last day of MFA Creative Nonfiction & Fiction Summer Session 31 Residence opens for all students
SEPTEMBER 1 Labour Day – University closed 2 Classes begin, Fall term 3 Opening lecture, Foundation Year Program 16 Last day to apply for honours programs 16 Last day to change from Dalhousie to King’s and vice versa 16 Fees due for Fall term 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – University closed
OCTOBER 13 Thanksgiving Day – University closed 27 Journalism Workshop I begins for 4th year BJH, BJ One-Year Students and MJ 1st year students 28-29 Fall Convocations (Dalhousie)
NOVEMBER 11 Remembrance Day – University closed 10-14 Fall Study Break (Except 4th year BJH, BJ One-Year, and MJ 1st year students)
DECEMBER 1 Last day to apply to graduate in the Spring 3 Classes end, Fall term *Monday classes will be held 4 Break before exams 5 End of Journalism Workshop I for 4th year BJH, BJ One-Year Students and MJ 1st year students 5 Examinations begin 16 Examinations end 17 Residence closes for the holiday break at 12:00 Noon 24 Grades due for courses with formal exams 2026JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day – University closed 5 Journalism Workshop II begins for 4th year BJH and BJ One-Year students 6 Residence reopens for second term 7 Classes begin, Winter term 10-17 MFA Creative Nonfiction Winter Residency (Toronto based guests), MFA Fiction Winter Residency (New York based guests) 22 Fees due for Winter term
FEBRUARY 6 King George III Day – University closed 13 End of Journalism Workshop II for 4th year BJH and BJ One-Year students 16 Journalism Workshop III begins for 4th year BJH and BJ One-Year students 16 Nova Scotia Heritage Day – University closed 16-20 Winter Study Break (Except 4th year BJH and BJ One-Year Students)
MARCH TBD Registration opens for 2026/2027 Fall & Winter terms, current & returning students 27 Journalism Workshop III Ends for 4th year BJH and BJ One-Year Students 30 Start of Winter Study Break for 4th year BJH and BJ
APRIL 3 End of Winter Study Break for 4th year BJH and BJ 3 Good Friday – University closed 6 Easter Monday – University open 6 Journalism Internships begin for BJ One-Year and fourth-year BJH students 8 *Friday classes will be held 9 Classes end, Winter term and Multi-term *Friday classes will be held 10 Break before exams 11 Examinations begin 15 Last day of MFA Nonfiction & MFA Fiction Winter Session 27 Examinations end 28 Residence closes at 12:00 Noon
MAY 1 Journalism Internships end (BJ and 4th year BJH students) 6 Grades due for Winter courses with formal exams 11 Courses begin, Summer term 18 Victoria Day – University closed TBA Encaenia (King’s Graduation Ceremony)
JUNE 29- July 3 Summer break for Full-Term courses (except students in Co-op, Clinicals or Internships)
JULY 1 Canada Day – University Closed 2 Last day to apply to gradaute in the Fall (Dalhousie Convocations)
AUGUST 3 Halifax/Dartmouth Natal Day – University closed 5 *Monday classes will be held for full term courses 6 * Wednesday classes will be held for full term courses 12 Break before exmas 13 Examinations begin 22 Examinations end |
For important dates related to admissions, please refer to the undergraduate program, Bachelor of Journalism, Master of Journalism, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction and Fiction dates for your intended start period.