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Academic Year 2025-2026
Fall Graduate School Orientation Dates (tentative)
- International Student Orientation: August 20-21, 2025
- Students of Color Orientation: August 24-25, 2025
- All-Graduate Student Orientation: August 26-27, 2025
- Resource Fair: August 28, 2025 (tentative date)
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MPA Academic Calendar (AY 2025-2026) | |
| Event/Sequence | Dates |
| MPA Orientation Week | June 9, 2025 - June 13, 2025 |
| Summer Sequence 1 | June 16, 2025 - July 18, 2025 |
| Summer Sequence 2 | July 21, 2025 - August 22, 2025 |
| Brown University Orientation Sessions (see above) | August 20, 2025 - August 27, 2025 |
| Fall Semester | September 3, 2025 - December 20, 2025 |
| Winter Break | December 21, 2025 - January 20, 2026 |
| Webinar Briefing, Policy in Action Project | January 20, 2026 |
| Spring Semester | January 21, 2026 - May 15, 2026 |
| Long Weekend (No University Exercises) | February 14, 2026 - February 17, 2026 |
| Spring Recess | March 21, 2026 - March 29, 2026 |
| Commencement | May 24, 2026 |