Academic Calendar

These calendars are subject to change.

Date Description Location
August 5 Block 4A (Year 4 semester begins)  
August 6-7 Freshman Leadership Experience  
August 8-9 Year 1 Orientation  
August 9 Family Orientation and Blue Coat Ceremony  
August 12 Semester begins (Years 1-3)  
August 19 Block 4C  
September 2 Labor Day Holiday  
September 2 Block 5A  
September 16 Block 5C  
September 30 Boock 6A  
October 14 Block 6C  
October 17-18 Fall Holiday  
October 28 Block 7A  
November 4-December 21 Fall NAVLE Window  
November 11 Block 7C (3-week block)  
November 22 Career Fair  
November 28-29 Thanksgiving Holiday  
December 2 Block 8A  
December 13 Semester ends (Years 1-3)  
December 15 Semester ends (Year 4)  
December 16 Block 8C (4-week Block and start of Spring Semester for Year 4)  
December 16 Final grades due to LSU Vet Med Registrar for Years 1-3 and Year 4 (Blocks 3-7)  
Date Description Location
January 6 Semester begins (Years 1-3)  
January 13 Block 9A  
January 20 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday  
January 27 Block 9C  
February 4 Phase 1 ends for Year 3  
February 5-7 Phase 2 Orientation  
February 7 USDA Accreditation Seminar  
February 9 White Coat Ceremony  
February 10 Block 10A; Phase 2 begins  
February 24 Block 10C  
February 26 Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day  
March 3-4 Mardi Gars Holiday (Years 1-2)  
March 4 Mardi Gras Holiday (Years 3-4)  
March 10 Block 11A  
March 17-23 Spring Break (Years 1-2)  
March 21-23 SAVMA Symposium  
March 24 Block 11C  
April 1-26 Spring NAVLE Window  
April 7 Block 12A  
April 18 Good Friday Holiday  
April 21 Block 12C  
TBD Awards Ceremony (Years 1-3)  
TBD Awards Ceremony (Year 4)  
May 9 Semester ends (Years 1-2 and Year 4 degree candidates)  
May 11 Semester ends (Year 3)  
May 12 Final grades due to LSU Vet Med Registrar for Phase 1 and Phase 2 (Blocks 8-12)  
May 16 Commencement: Class of 2025 (tentative)