Academic Calendar

Scope

All Indiana University campuses.

A foundational principle of Indiana University is its enduring partnership across its units, including faculty and librarians, to collectively advance the institution's mission. The establishment, revision, and retirement of academic policies will occur with consultation and input from the University Faculty Council. 

Pursuant to IC-21-38-11, faculty governance organization actions are advisory only.

In the event of a conflict, this policy shall supersede all campus, school and college, program, department, center, institute, and unit policies on any core or regional campuses of Indiana University. 

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Policy Statement

1. Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Trustees on December 5, 2013, pPrimary responsibility for developing a common academic calendar for all campuses rests with the President, who may delegate this task to other officials or a committee.
2. The President or the President’s designee shall consult with the University Faculty Council about the development of or changes to the common calendar.
3. Except as necessary to adhere to the common academic calendar, the campuses, professional schools, and individual academic units shall have responsibility for determining key scheduling matters. responsibility for determining class schedules, sessions within semesters, exam schedules, registration dates, semester hours, free weeks/reading periods, breaks, and similar matters related to the curriculum rests with the campuses and individual academic units.

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Reason for Policy

A common calendar is important so that students and faculty may smoothly transition from one campus to another. At the same time, individual campuses may have different constraints on the scheduling of classes and events such as spring breaks, and units may have conflicting obligations imposed on them by accrediting bodies or other educational reasons, that require flexibility within the general boundaries of the common calendar.

An academic calendar policy provides essential structure and consistency for a university. It ensures that instructional time meets accreditation and federal standards, supports operational efficiency across departments, and promotes fairness for students and faculty. A common calendar is especially important for operational consistency and to ensure that members of the university community are aware of key dates across all university campuses. ensures consistent scheduling, compliance with regulations, and equitable instructional time across the university.

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Procedures

1. The President shall see that a common academic calendar is createdand may consult with the University Faculty Council in the process.
2. The common calendar shall be maintained a minimum of ten years in advance to allow time for each campus to coordinate its calendar and schedules with it.

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History

Enacted by the University Faculty Council, April 29, 1976.
Amended by the University Faculty Council, April 27, 1982.
Partially nullified by a resolution of the Board of Trustees, Dec. 5, 2013.
Amended by the University Faculty Council, April 23, 2019.

Substantive revisions and update Responsible Office, June 2025.

Substantive revisions, [Month] 2025.

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