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Deviations from this posted schedule may be submitted to the Office of the Registrar. Due to the complex nature of Finals Week, all requests may not be accommodated.‌

  • ‌The Law School publishes its own final evaluation schedule.
  • Students may request assistance from the dean of their college/school in changing individual final evaluations if more than three evaluations are scheduled on the same day.
  • Adjustments to the Final Evaluation Schedule will be available by the midpoint of the semester.
  • General Evaluation Schedule: Most daytime classes (those that begin before 5pm) will follow the general evaluation schedule.
  • Consolidated Evaluation Schedule: Some courses that have several sections (same subject and course number) may be consolidated, at the instructor's request, into one large evaluation. Such courses will follow the consolidated evaluation schedule.
  • Evening Evaluation Schedule: Evening classes (those that begin at 5pm or later) will follow the evening evaluation schedule -Examinations are given on the usual class meeting day, Mon-Fri, and may not begin before 6:00pm unless special arrangements are approved by the Dean and the Registrar. Exam days for classes meeting two nights a week will be determined by the instructor.
  • The hour that the class begins controls the evaluation time. For example, in Fall 2026, if the class meets M 2pm, the exam is Tuesday, December 8, 2-3:50 pm.
  • Unless otherwise specified in Virtual EMS (VEMS), final evaluations are held in the same room in which the class regularly met throughout the semester.

Fall 2026 Final Examination Schedule

General Examination Schedule: Day Classes Only. This page was last updated on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.

First class meeting Meeting time Exam Day Exam Time
Mon/Wed/Fri 8:00 / 8:30 Thur, Dec 10 7:30 AM – 9:20 AM
Mon/Wed/Fri 9:00 / 9:30 Fri, Dec 11 7:30 AM – 9:20 AM
Mon/Wed/Fri 10:00 Tue, Dec 8 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Mon/Wed/Fri 11:00 Mon, Dec 7 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Mon/Wed/Fri 12:00 / 12:30 Wed, Dec 9 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Mon/Wed/Fri 1:00 / 2:00 / 2:30 Tue, Dec 8 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Mon/Wed/Fri 3:00 / 3:30 Mon, Dec 7 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Mon/Wed/Fri 4:00 / 4:30 Wed, Dec 9 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Tues/Thurs 8:00 / 8:30 Mon, Dec 7 7:30 AM – 9:20 AM
Tues/Thurs 9:00 / 9:30 Thur, Dec 10 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Tues/Thurs 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 Thur, Dec 10 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Tues/Thurs 12:00 / 12:30 / 1:00 Wed, Dec 9 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Tues/Thurs 2:00 / 2:30 / 3:00 Tue, Dec 8 7:30 AM – 9:20 AM
Tues/Thurs 3:30 Fri, Dec 11 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Tues/Thurs 4:00 / 4:30 Tue, Dec 8 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM

NOTE: The hour a class begins controls the examination time. If the class meets M 2pm, the exam is Tuesday, December 8, 2-3:50 p.m.

Fall 2026 Consolidated Finals Schedule

Course Date Time Location
ACTS 120 (White) Thur, Dec 10 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Aliber Hall 0004
ACTS 150 (Chen) Wed, Dec 9 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Aliber Hall 0101
ACTS 165 (Hu) Fri, Dec 11 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Aliber Hall 0007
BIO 012 (Sleister) Mon, Dec 7 9:30 AM - 11:20 AM Olin Hall 0101, 0206, 0231, 0233, 0234
CHEM 001 (Sturms) Thu, Dec 10 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Harvey-Ingham Hall 0134
CHEM 001 (Van Wyk) Thu, Dec 10 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Olin Hall 0206
CHEM 001 (Zwier) Thu, Dec 10 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Harvey Ingham Hall 0135
CHEM 097 (Gitua) Wed, Dec 9 7:30 AM – 9:20 AM Harvey-Ingham Hall 0134
CHEM 097 (Mirafzal) Wed, Dec 9 7:30 AM – 9:20 AM Cline Hall 0206
CS 167 (Reza) Mon, Dec 7 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM Science Connector Building 0101
ECON 010 (Zheng) Mon, Dec 7 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM Aliber Hall 0101
FIN 101 (Yoon) Mon, Dec 7 9:30 AM – 11:20 AM Aliber Hall 0101
MGMT 110 (Purvanova) Tue, Dec 8 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Aliber Hall 0101
MUS 002 (Bloomberg) Tue, Dec 8 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Harmon Fine Arts Center 0336 and regular finals schedule
MUS 052 (Uchida) Mon, Dec 7 9:30 AM - 11:20 AM Harmon Fine Arts Center 0336 and regular finals schedule

Future Final Exam Schedules

To view final exam schedules for day classes for Spring 2027, Fall 2027, and Spring 2028, use the link below:

Future Final Examination Schedules

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