{"id":16195,"date":"2022-02-01T18:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T00:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/?page_id=16195"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:36:51","slug":"housing-important-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/housing-important-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Housing Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Spring 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Residence halls open after Winter Break<\/strong>: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Day of Spring 2026 Classes:<\/strong> Monday, January 5, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Halls close for Spring Break:<\/strong> Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Halls open after Spring Break:<\/strong> Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Residence halls close for non-graduating students:<\/strong> Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commencement:<\/strong> Friday, May 8, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Residence halls close for graduating students:<\/strong> Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 1 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Summer 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maymester<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Move In (Spring 2026 on-campus residents)<\/strong>: Between Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 10 (dependent on spaces being ready for occupancy)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move In (Students NOT residing in on-campus for the Spring 2026 semester)<\/strong>: Saturday, May 2 at 2 pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move Out<\/strong>: Saturday, May 30 at 9 am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Summer Session 1<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Move In<\/strong>: Sunday, May 31 at 12 pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move Out<\/strong>: Saturday, July 4 at 9 am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Summer Session 2<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Move In<\/strong>: Sunday, July 5 at 12 pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move Out<\/strong>:\u00a0 Saturday, August 8 at 9 am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Fall 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First-Year International Student Move-In Day for\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Required<\/span>\u00a0International Student Orientation:<\/strong> Wednesday, August 19 from 8 a.m. &#8211; 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer International Student Move-In Day for Optional International Student Orientation Participants:<\/strong> Wednesday, August 19 from 8 a.m. &#8211; 8 p.m.\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>International transfer students will be contacted with information to sign up for International Student Orientation in June 2026.\u00a0 International transfer students who do not participate should plan to move in on Friday, August 21.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move Crew Move-In Day:<\/strong> Thursday, August 20, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer Student On-Campus Move-In Day:<\/strong> Friday, August 21, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>First-Year Move-In Day:<\/strong> Saturday, August 22, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Upper-Division Residence Halls Open:<\/strong> Sunday, August 23, 2026\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>Continuing upper-division students residing in the Nashville community or elsewhere over the summer months must ensure their summer lease\/sublet extends through Sunday, August 23.\u00a0 We are not able to accommodate early move-in requests due to early lease end dates.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Day of Classes:<\/strong> Wednesday, August 26, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Residence halls close for Thanksgiving Break:<\/strong> Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Residence halls open after Thanksgiving Break:<\/strong> Sunday, November 29, 2026 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Residence halls close for Winter Break:<\/strong> Sunday, December 20, 2026 at 9 am\n<ul>\n<li>All residence halls and Greek houses are considered closed during the winter break period and students are expected to depart campus.\u00a0 Additional information is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/break_housing\/\">Break Housing<\/a> website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Spring 2027<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Residence halls open after Winter Break<\/strong>: Friday, January 8, 2027 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Day of Spring 2027 Classes:<\/strong> Monday, January 11, 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Halls close for Spring Break:<\/strong> Saturday, March 13, 2027 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Halls open after Spring Break:<\/strong> Sunday, March 21, 2027 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Residence halls close for non-graduating students:<\/strong> Saturday, May 8, 2027 at 9 am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commencement:<\/strong> Friday, May 14, 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Residence halls close for graduating students:<\/strong> Saturday, May 15, 2027 at 1 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More dates can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/registrar.vanderbilt.edu\/calendars\/2025-26-academic.php\">academic calendar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring 2026 Residence halls open after Winter Break: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 9 am First Day of Spring 2026 Classes: Monday, January 5, 2026 Halls close for Spring Break: Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 9 am Halls open after Spring Break: Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 9 am Residence halls close for non-graduating students:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1053,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbvFuz-4dd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16195"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18758,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16195\/revisions\/18758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ohare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}