Dates & Deadlines

Summer Priority Graduation Application Period Opens

Summer Priority Graduation Application Period Closes

Class Schedule on the Web

Bursar Begins Accepting Payments

Priority Registration Begins for Continuing Students

• Exceed Maximum Unit Petitions can be processed as soon as registration opens
• 14 units total for all students, including five units waitlisted
• Permission numbers will override closed classes starting the ninth day of each session

Unit Limit Per Session:

R1: 5 weeks | Max of 7 units

R2: 8 weeks | Max of 9 units

R3: 5 weeks | Max of 7 units

R4: 10 weeks | Max of 12 units

All Session Open Registration

• Exceed Maximum Unit Petitions can be processed as soon as registration opens
• 14 units total for all students, including five units waitlisted

Unit Limit Per Session:

• R1: 5 weeks | Max of 7 units
• R2: 8 weeks | Max of 9 units
• R3: 5 weeks | Max of 7 units
• R4: 10 weeks | Max of 12 units

R2 Open Registration

• Exceed Maximum Unit Petitions can be processed as soon as registration opens
• 14 units total for all students, including five units waitlisted

Unit Limit Per Session:

• R2: 8 weeks | Max of 9 units

R3 Open Registration

• Exceed Maximum Unit Petitions can be processed as soon as registration opens
• 14 units total for all students, including five units waitlisted

Unit Limit Per Session:

• R3: 5 weeks | Max of 7 units

Payment Due

Juneteenth

First Day of Instruction

R1

R2

R3

R4 

Add Period - Permission numbers are not required to add most classes

R1

R2

Monday, June 16, 2025 - Monday, June 23, 2025 

@ 5PM

R3

Monday, July 7, 2025 - Monday, July 14, 2025 

@ 5PM

R4

Late Add by Exception with Permission Number - Permission numbers are required

R1

R2

R3

R4

Instructor Drop Deadline

R1

R2

R3

R4

Audit Grading Option Deadline

R1

R2

R3

R4

Student Drop Deadline

R1

R2

R3

R4

Census

R1

R2

R3

R4

Withdrawal from Classes or University for serious and compelling reasons

R1

R2

R3

R4

Grading Option Deadline

R1

R2

R3

R4

Grade Rosters Available

R1

R2

R3

R4

Withdrawal from Classes or University by exception, for Documented serious and compelling reasons

R1

R2

R3

R4

Independence Day

Last Day of Instruction 

R1

R2

R3

R4

Grades Due by Faculty

R1

R2

R3

R4

Grades Available on SF State Gateway

Grades Available on Official Transcripts

Fall Priority Graduation Application Period Opens

Review your DPR and visit our Graduation site to see if you meet eligibility.

Fall Priority Graduation Application Period Closes

Review your DPR and visit our Graduation site to see if you meet eligibility.

Class Schedule on the Web

Monday, April 14

PRIORITY Registration Begins for Continuing Students

• Permission numbers will override closed classes starting the third week of the term.
• Exceed Maximum Unit Petitions can be processed as soon as registration opens.
• Only the first two weeks of this period have appointments.

Unit limits:

• Undergraduate: 19 units | including 12 units waitlisted
• Post-Baccalaureate: 16 units | including 12 units waitlisted

Coursematch

See csufullyonline.com for more details

Registration: New Graduate Students (Includes International Students)

• Permission numbers will override closed classes starting the third week of the term
• Post-Baccalaureate: 16 units | including 12 units waitlisted

ORIENTATION: Freshman, Transfers, & International students

• SF State does not host Orientation sessions on Saturdays or Sundays.
• If you have questions about the specific dates listed, please visit the NSP site or contact nsp@sfsu.edu

OPEN Registration: All Students

• Exceed Maximum Unit Petitions can be processed as soon as registration opens.
• Undergraduate: 19 units | including 12 units waitlisted
• Post-Baccalaureate: 16 units | including 12 units waitlisted

Payment DUE

For fee payment information visit the Bursar’s Tuition/Fee schedule.

• In-person: 4 PM
• Online: 11:59 PM

CSU Fully Online (AB386) Continued Registration

See csufullyonline.com for more details

Payment Due for NEW International & Graduate Students

For fee payment information visit the Bursar’s Tuition/Fee schedule.

First Day of Instruction

Waitlists will continue to be available until the second Sunday.

Monday, August 25

Labor Day

No Classes | Campus Closed

Instructor Drop DEADLINE

Last day for faculty to drop students from their course(s).

Student Drop DEADLINE

• Last day for students to drop/withdraw from their course(s) without a “W” grade.
• Last day to swap a course.
• For refund or financial impact questions, review the Bursar's Refund Guidelines page.

CENSUS

Monday, September 22

Veterans Day

No Classes | Campus Closed

Withdrawal from Classes or University

For serious and compelling reasons

Grading Option DEADLINE

This includes Credit and No Credit, Audit, and Letter Grades

Withdrawal from Classes or University

By exception, for DOCUMENTED serious and compelling reasons

Last Day of Instruction

Friday, December 12

Winter Recess

No Classes | Campus Closed

Grades Due by Faculty

Friday, December 26

Grades Available on SF State Gateway

• This date is tentative.
• Grades are posted to Gateway when submitted to a grade roster, not Canvas.

Grades Available on Official Transcripts

• This date is tentative.
• Graduation applications are processed when a term's end-of-term processes are completed.

Class Schedule on the Web

Monday, October 27, 2025

First Day of Instruction

Monday, January 26, 2026

Census

Friday, February 20, 2026

Last Day of Instruction 

Friday, May 15, 2026

Grades Due by Faculty

Friday, May 29, 2026