University of Maine System

Academic Calendar 2020 – 2021

Effective August 6, 2020

Fall Semester 2020

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School
Orientation 8/25-26 8/26-28
Classes begin 8/31 8/31 8/31 8/31 8/31 8/31 8/31 8/31
Labor Day 9/7 9/7 9/7 9/7 9/7 9/7 9/7 9/7
Indigenous Peoples' 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/12
Day1
Veterans’ Day 11/11 11/11 11/11 11/11 11/11 11/11 11/11 11/11
Holiday2
Thanksgiving 11/25-29 11/25-29 11/25-29 11/25-29 11/25-29 11/25-29 11/25-29 11/25-29
Recess
Classes end 12/11 12/11 12/11 12/11 12/11 12/11 12/11 12/4
Final Exams 12/14-18 12/14-18 12/14-17 12/14-17 12/14-17 12/14-17 12/12-18 12/9-19

Winter Session 12/28 – 1/15 12/21-1/15

Spring Semester 20213

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School
Orientation 1/11-12
Classes begin 1/25 1/25 1/25 1/25 1/25 1/25 1/25 1/25
Presidents Day 2/15 2/15 2/15 2/15 2/15 2/15 2/15 2/15
Holiday
March Mini-Break 3/24 3/24 3/24 3/24 3/24 3/24 3/24 3/24
Classes End 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/27
Final Exams 5/3-7 5/3-7 5/3-6 5/3-6 5/3-6 5/3-6 5/1-7 5/3-12
Commencement 5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8 5/22

Summer Session 5/10 – 8/21 5/17-8/22

1 While UMS will still celebrate Maine's state holiday of Indigenous People's Day, the associated Fall Break is being shortened to
encourage students to remain in our university communities to reduce the likelihood of virus transmission from out-of-town travel.
More information about travel is and will be available at https://www.maine.edu/together/.
2 Classes do not meet on Veterans’ Day. Any classes that would normally meet on this day will have a make-up day to be determined

by each individual institution.

3 There will be no spring break during the Spring 2021 semester. It is understood that some athletics teams typically have

competitions out-of-state during March and it is the expectation that this will be accommodated.