USC Academic Calendar 2024-2025 | All Global Updates

USC first opened its doors to 53 students and 10 teachers in 1880, the “city” still lacked paved streets, electric lights, telephones and a reliable fire alarm system. Today, USC is home to more than 48,000 students and over 4,400 full-time faculty, and is located in the heart of one of the biggest metropolises in the world.

Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Fall Semester 2024

68 instructional days

Open RegistrationMon-FriAugust 19-23
Move-InWedAugust 21
Classes BeginMonAugust 26
Labor DayMonSeptember 2
Fall RecessThu-FriOctober 10-11
Veterans DayMonNovember 11
Thanksgiving HolidayWed-SunNovember 27-December 1
Classes EndFriDecember 6
Study DaysSat-TueDecember 7-10
ExamsWed-WedDecember 11-18
Winter RecessThu-SunDecember 19-January 13

Spring Semester 2025

73 instructional days

Open RegistrationThu-FriJanuary 9-10
Classes BeginMonJanuary 13
Martin Luther King’s BirthdayMonJanuary 20
President’s DayMonFebruary 17
Spring RecessSun-SunMarch 16-23
Classes EndFriMay 2
Study DaysSat-TueMay 3-6
ExamsWed-WedMay 7-14
CommencementFriMay 16

Summer Session 2025

57 instructional days

RegistrationMon-TueMay 19-20
Classes BeginWedMay 21
Memorial DayMonMay 26
JuneteenthThuJune 19
Independence DayFriJuly 4
Classes EndWedAugust 12

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