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Official source: GCU Academic Calendar. Your course syllabus, Student Portal and current housing instructions control when they are more specific to you.

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Fall 2026

• Move-in: August 31–September 2
• Labor Day: September 7
• Face-to-face instruction begins: September 8
• Veterans Day: November 11
• Final drop date for 15-week courses: November 22
• Most courses move asynchronous online: November 23–25
• Thanksgiving Break: November 26–27
• Face-to-face instruction ends: December 18
• Fall-only move-out and living-area closure: December 20
• End of term: December 20
• Final grades due: December 27
• Christmas Break for current students: December 21–January 3

Spring 2027

• Spring move-in: January 3
• Face-to-face instruction begins: January 4
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 18
• Presidents Day: February 15
• Spring Break: March 15–21