Holiday schedule

Academic Year 2024-2025

Labor Day
Monday, September 2, 2024
Presidential Election Day
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 28, & Friday, November 29, 2024
University Holiday Closing
Monday, December 23, 2024 - Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day & Inauguration Day
Monday, January 20, 2025
Memorial Day
Monday, May 26, 2025
Juneteenth
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Independence Day
Friday, July 4, 2025

Academic Year 2025-2026

Labor Day
Monday, September 1, 2025
Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 27, & Friday, November 28, 2025
University Holiday Closing
Wednesday, December 24 - Friday, January 2, 2025
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 19, 2026
Memorial Day
Monday, May 25, 2026
Juneteenth
Friday, June 19, 2026
Independence Day
Friday, July 3, 2026

Faculty breaks & holidays

Faculty fall, winter, and spring breaks are based on the academic calendar in addition to university holidays and closures.

University Holiday Closing Schedule

The American University holiday schedule that appears below was approved in December 2016 by the General Counsel and the Provost. The university will be closed on the dates colored in blue.

If Christmas falls on a:
  Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
Sunday 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2            
Monday 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1            
Tuesday     24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1          
Wednesday     23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1        
Thursday         24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2    
Friday           24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3
Saturday             24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2

American University reserves the right to modify the holiday schedule as appropriate.