Important Academic Dates

Highlights of the Missouri State and Missouri S&T calendars

Important academic dates for the semester are listed below. NOTE THAT the MSU SEMESTER AND the S&T SEMESTER DO NOT HAVE SAME START DATES! Please check with your instructors to confirm start date of classes!

As you plan your semester, be sure to check the Missouri State and Missouri S&T calendars to confirm these dates.

Note: You are enrolled with both Missouri S&T and Missouri State.

Fee refund schedule

Refunds are made according to the Missouri State refund schedule.

Session	Last day for 100% credit	Last day for 75% credit	Last day for 50% credit	Last day for 25% credit	Last day to drop or withdraw
Full Semester August 18 - December 11 (including finals)	August 22	August 29	September 15	October 15	November 7

Fall 2025 Missouri S&T and Missouri State academic calendar

Missouri S&T will not allow you to withdraw from any engineering courses unless you contact S&T’s Office of the Registrar. Let the Missouri State engineering office know as well.

Date	School	Event/activity
Aug. 18, 2025 - Dec. 4, 2025	MSU	See Refund Schedules for Drop and Refund Deadline information. Students and Instructors Can View a Personalized Refund Schedule and Drop Deadlines Based on the Actual Class Schedule or a Trial Schedule in My Missouri State.
Monday, August 18	MSU	Full Semester Classes Begin
August 22	MSU	Last Day for 100% Refund
Monday, August 25	S&T	Full Semester Classes Begin
August 29	MSU	Deadline to request a FERPA hold
August 29	MSU	Last Day for 75% Refund
Monday September 1	MSU/S&T	Labor Day Holiday (No Classes/Offices Closed)
September 5	S&T	Last day to change pass/fail grading option
September 5	MSU	Faculty: Full Semester Classes-Last Day to Submit an Instructor Drop
Sunday, September 7	S&T	Last Day to Register / Add Courses
September 10	MSU	My Payment Plan Installment Due
September 15	MSU	Last Day for 50% Refund
September 23	S&T	Last Day to Apply for Graduation December 2025
September 23	S&T	Fall Career Fair
October 6	S&T	Last Day to Drop Without WD Showing on Transcript
October 9 - October 10	MSU	Fall Break (No Classes/Offices Open)
October 10	S&T	Fall Break (No Classes/Offices Open)
October 10	MSU	My Payment Plan Installment Due
October 15	MSU	Last Day for 25% Refund
October 27	S&T	Mid-semester grades available via Joe'SS
Ocotber 27-31, 2025	S&T	Advising Week for Spring & Summer 2026
November 7	MSU	Last Day to Drop, or Declare Pass/Not-Pass or Audit for Full Semester
November 10	MSU	Final My Payment Plan Installment Due
November 11	S&T	Veteran's Day Holiday
November 15	MSU	Homecoming
November 22-30	MSU / S&T	Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes. Offices Closed Nov. 26-28.)
December 4	MSU	Full Semester Classes End
December 5	MSU	Study Day
December 6-11, 2025	MSU	MSU Final Exam Period
Friday December 12	MSU	Fall Commencement
December 12	S&T	Last Class Day for Fall
December 15-19, 2025	S&T	S&T Final Exam Period
Saturday December 20	S&T	Fall Commencement
December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026	MSU	Winter Break (No Classes/Offices Closed)
December 29	S&T	Final Grades available to students via Joe'SS

Calendar details to know

• Permission Numbers required for first two weeks via Joe’SS.

• After two weeks from the start of semester, the only classes eligible to add are: Special Problems, Research, Seminar or Oral Exam.

• Drop exclusions include co-requisites or drop below minimum hours; therefore a paper drop form will be required. See the MSU EGR Office before dropping an S&T Engineering class.
• Faculty are aware of respective religious and other holidays that a number of students may wish to observe. Faculty are encouraged to avoid scheduling examinations on these days.