Boston University Calendars

Schedule of Holidays & Intersession Days

September 2025 through August 2026

Date Observed Holiday or Intersession Days Day of Week
September 1, 2025 Labor Day Monday
October 13, 2025 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday
November 11 2025 Veterans Day* Tuesday
November 27, 2025 Thanksgiving Day Thursday
November 28, 2025 Day after Thanksgiving Friday
December 24, 2025 Intersession Wednesday
December 25, 2025 Christmas Day Thursday
December 26, 2025 Intersession Friday
December 29, 2025 Intersession Monday
December 30, 2025 Intersession Tuesday
December 31, 2025 Intersession Wednesday
January 1, 2026 New Year’s Day Thursday
January 2, 2026 Intersession Friday
January 19, 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday
February 16, 2026 Presidents' Day Monday
April 20, 2026 Patriots' Day Monday
May 25, 2026 Memorial Day Monday
June 19, 2026 Juneteenth Friday
July 3, 2026 Independence Day Friday

*Classes will be held on November 11, 2025, (Veterans Day). Therefore, essential employees will be required to work.

Boston University will observe an intersession holiday period starting on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 and will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2026.

For information regarding holiday pay and compensatory time off, non-represented employees should consult the Employee Handbook and represented employees should consult their collective bargaining agreements.

Questions regarding this schedule and related policies and procedures should be referred to the Human Resources Service Center at 617-353-2380.