2024-2025 Academic Year
FALL 2024
AUGUST
August 26: First day of fall classes
August 29: WashU Student Employment Fair | Campus Departments
SEPTEMBER
September 2: Labor Day Holiday, No Classes
September 3: On-Campus Recruiting Opens
September 12: MBA Summit
September 19: Virtual Law School Fair & Asia- Focused Virtual Career Fair
September 25 : Fall Career Expo Day 1: Engineering, STEM, Health Care & Advanced Degree
September 26: Fall Career Expo Day 2: Business, Government, Social Impact & All Industries
September 26: Reverse Student Group Fair: Complimentary event with Career Expo Registration
September 26: Student-Athlete Bear Networking Breakfast
OCTOBER
October 3-4: Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) –*Begins at sundown October 2, work restriction sundown October 2 and continues through October 4.
October 5-8: Fall Break, No Classes
October 5-8: Fall Break Bear Treks
October 11-12: Yom Kippur (Judaism) –*Begins sundown October 11, fasting and work restriction start October 11 and continue through October 12
October 15: Virtual Net Impact Expo: Explore Environmental & Social Impact Careers
October 17 – 23: Sukkot (Judaism) – *Work restriction starts sundown 10/16 and continues through 10/18
October 23-24: Shemini Atzeret (Judaism) –*Begins at sundown Oct 23, work restriction starts sundown October 23 and continues through October 24
October 24-25: Simchat Torah (Judaism) –*Begins at sundown October 24, work restriction begins sundown October 24 and continues through October 25
October 25: SMP Alumni Networking
October 31: Diwali (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism) – *Work restriction
NOVEMBER
November 27- December 1: Thanksgiving Break, No Classes
DECEMBER
December 6: Last day of classes
December 9-19: Final Exams
December 19 – January 12: Winter Break
SPRING 2025
JANUARY
January: Winter Break Bear Treks
January 13: First day of classes
January 20: Martin Luther King holiday- No Classes
January 29: Lunar New Year (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism)
FEBRUARY
February TBD: Spring Career Expo: All Industries
February TBD: Architecture | Urban Design | Landscape Architecture Career Fair
February TBD: SMP Alumni Networking
MARCH
March 5: Asia-Focused Virtual Career Fair
March 5: Ash Wednesday (Christianity)
March 9-16: Spring Break, No Classes
March 1-30: Ramadan (Islam) – *Begins evening of February 28, fasting dawn until sundown
March 31: Eid al-Fitr (Islam) *Begins evening of March 30
APRIL
April TBD: Hire WashU Expo 2025
April 18: Good Friday (Christianity)
April 20: Easter (Christianity)
April 13-20: Passover (Judaism) –*Begins sundown on April 12, food restrictions all days, work restrictions 4/12 sundown – 4/14 sundown & 4/18 sundown – 4/20 sundown
April 25: Last day of classes
April 28 – May 7: Final Exams
MAY
May 12: Commencement – Class of 2025