School of Medicine Academic Calendar
The following calendars are for Saint Louis University School of Medicine's 2025-2026 academic year. Events and dates marked with an asterisk are days of non-attendance (in course, clinic, preceptorship or any other educational experience) for medical students in the class as defined above.
| Class of 2030 (M1) | |
|---|---|
| Loan period | July 27 - Dec. 20 |
| Orientation | July 20 - July 26 |
| Classes begin | July 27 |
| Labor Day | Sept. 7* |
| Thanksgiving Break | Nov. 23 - Nov. 29* |
| Winter Break | Dec. 21 - Jan 3* |
| SP27-202720 (M1) | |
| Loan period | Jan. 4 - May 16 |
| Classes resume | Jan. 4 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Jan. 18* |
| Good Friday/Easter | Mar 26* |
| SU27-202800 (M1) | |
| Loan period | May 17 - Aug. 8 |
| Memorial Day | May 31* |
| Classes end | June 6 |
| Summer Break | June 7 Aug. 1* |
| Class of 2029 (M2) | |
|---|---|
| Loan period | May 18 - Aug. 9 |
| Memorial Day | May - 25 |
| Summer Break | June 8 - Aug. 2* |
| Orientation | Aug. 3 |
| Classes resume | Aug. 3 |
| FA26-202710 (M2) | |
| Loan period | Aug. 10 - Dec. 20 |
| Labor Day | Sept. 7* |
| Step 1 dedicated | Nov. 23 - Dec. 20* |
| Winter break | Dec. 21 - Jan. 3 |
| SP27-202720 (M3 begins) | |
| Loan period | Jan. 4 - May 16 |
| Clinical Orientation/Classes Begin | Jan. 4 - 10 |
| Clerkship begins | Jan. 11 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Jan. 18* |
| Good Friday-Easter | Mar 26* |
| Class of 2028 (M3) | |
|---|---|
| Loan period | May 18 - Aug. 9 |
| Memorial Day | May 25* |
| Juneteenth | June. 19* |
| Break | June 29 - July 5 |
| FA26-202710 (M3) | |
| Loan period | Aug. 10 - Dec. 20 |
| Labor Day | Sept. 7 |
| Thanksgiving Break | Nov. 25 - 29* |
| Winter Break | Dec. 21 - Jan. 3* |
| SP27-202720 (M4 begins) | |
| Loan period | Jan. 4 - May 16 |
| Classes resume | Jan 4 |
| Class of 2027 (M4) | |
|---|---|
| Loan period | May 18 - Aug. 9 |
| FA26-202710 (M4) | |
| Loan period | Aug. 10 - Dec. 20 |
| ERAS Prep Week | Aug. 17 - 23* |
| Interview Season | Nov. 16 - Jan. 3 |
| Winter Break | Dec. 21 - Jan. 3* |
| SP27-202720 (M4) | |
| Loan period | Jan. 4 - May 16 |
| Match Day | March 19* |
| Capstone | March 22 - Apr 11 |
| Precommencement | TBD |
| Commencement | May 15 |
| End of Class of 2027 | |

















