Calendar
Summer Session 2026 (2605/2607) Scheduling, Budgeting, Contracting, and Payroll Calendar
| Testudo Opens, Registration Opens, First Day, Schedule Adjustment, Last Day | Due Date | Responsibility | 
|---|---|---|
| Summer Session Schedule of Classes appears on the website and Testudo (Online Schedule of Classes). Departments proof their course offerings on the web. | Friday, November 21, 2025 | Department | 
| Registration Opens for Summer Session | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Registrar | 
| First & Last Days of Classes | See Academic & Financial Deadlines | 
| Course Scheduling | Due Date | Responsibility | 
|---|---|---|
| Course and Classroom Scheduling Services activates SIS for online course scheduling. | Monday, September 8, 2025 | Scheduling | 
| Begin to review and edit previous Summer Session offerings as well as enter new course offering(s) data. | Monday, September 8, 2025 | Department | 
| Deadline to complete online course scheduling and room priority for Summer Session. After this date, submit all course update requests to summer-sched@umd.edu. Continue to use Teacher Collect to input instructor changes. | Monday, October 20, 2025 | Department | 
| Deadline to submit course scheduling information to summer-sched@umd.edu for inclusion in the Schedule of Classes when it first appears on Testudo. | Friday, November 14, 2025 | Department | 
| Deadline to review course offerings to ensure correct courses are properly scheduled, that major code restrictions are set, and that section notes are updated with concomitant links active and working. | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | EXST Student & Program Services | 
| Course Proposal Budgeting | Due Date | Responsibility | 
|---|---|---|
| Deadline to use Teacher Collect to input instructor changes. After this date, submit all instructor changes to summer-sched@umd.edu. For instructors not currently affiliated with the university system (e.g. Adjuncts) the department must process a non-paid appointment so the instructor can be added in SIS. | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | Department | 
| ELMS, Course Rosters and Final Grades | Due Date for I, I-A & I-B | Due Date for II, II-C & II-D | Responsibility | 
|---|---|---|---|
| ELMS course space opens to instructors. | Thursday, March 26, 2026 | Thursday, March 26, 2026 | DIT | 
| Instructor deadline to update upcoming term ELMS course space. (Instructors may continue to edit throughout semester). | Friday, May 29, 2026 | Friday, July 10, 2026 | Instructor | 
| Deadline for ELMS course space released to students. | Monday, June 1, 2026 | Monday, July 13, 2026 | Instructor | 
| Deadline to verify and submit electronic course rosters. Roster verifications notification emailed from Scheduling Office, following the end of the schedule adjustment period. Instructors may not permit non-registered students to attend, participate in any course activities, or take exams. | Friday, June 12, 2026 | Friday, July 24, 2026 | Department | 
| Deadline to submit final grades electronically. | Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | Department |