Academic Calendar

At Albert Einstein College of Medicine, M.D. students follow a specific academic calendar. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with important dates for upcoming academic years.

The listing below shows orientation dates, the start and end dates of each phase of the M.D. curriculum, institutional holidays, winter break, and spring break. We also list other religious and cultural holidays when the school is closed, as well as holidays that we know students observe. 

Preclerkship Phase Schedules

Clinical Phase Schedules

Einstein makes every effort to minimize required sessions on holidays, but this is not always possible. Please contact your course directors as far in advance as possible to request to be excused from a required session. Dates are subject to change.

Preclerkship Phase Schedules

Class of 2028

Academic Year 2024-25
SessionStartEnd
OrientationAugust 5, 2024August 9, 2024
Block 1 CurriculumAugust 12, 2024December 20, 2024
Block 2 CurriculumJanuary 6, 2025June 6, 2025
Spring BreakApril 14, 2025April 18, 2025
Summer BreakJune 7, 2025August 4, 2025
Academic Year 2025-26
SessionStartEnd
OrientationAugust 5, 2025-
Block 3 CurriculumAugust 6, 2025December 19, 2025
Step 1 DedicatedJanuary 5, 2026February 13, 2026
Transition to ClerkshipFebruary 16, 2026March 20, 2026

Class of 2029

Academic Year 2025-26
SessionStartEnd
OrientationAugust 4, 2025August 8, 2025
Block 1 CurriculumAugust 11, 2025December 19, 2025
Block 2 CurriculumJanuary 5, 2026June 5, 2026
Spring BreakApril 2, 2026April 10, 2026
Summer BreakJune 6, 2026August 3, 2026
Academic Year 2026-27
SessionStartEnd
OrientationAugust 4, 2026-
Block 3 CurriculumAugust 5, 2026December 18, 2026
Winter BreakDecember 21, 2026January 3, 2027
Step 1 DedicatedJanuary 4, 2027February 12, 2027
Transition to ClerkshipFebruary 15, 2027March 19, 2027

Preclerkship Holiday Schedule

Holiday202520262027
Martin Luther King Jr. DayJanuary 15January 19January 18
Lunar New Year**January 29February 17-
President's DayFebruary 17February 16February 15
Ramadan**February 28February 17March 8
Purim**March 14March 3March 23
Eid al-Fitr**-March 20March 10
PassoverApril 14-18April 2-10April 22-30
Memorial DayMay 26May 25May 31
Eid al-Adha**June 6May 27May 17
ShavuotJune 2-3May 22June 11
JuneteenthJune 19June 19June 19
Labor DaySeptember 1September 7September 6
Rosh HashanahSeptember 22-24September 11*October 1*
Yom KippurOctober 1*-2September 21October 11
SukkotOctober 7-8--
Shemini AtzeretOctober 14--
Simchat TorahOctober 15--
Diwali**October 20-October 29
Thanksgiving BreakNovember 26-28November 25-27November 24-26
* indicates 3PM closure on the eve of certain Jewish holidays
** indicates a holiday when school is in session, but class schedules are minimized

Clinical Phase Schedules

Class of 2025

SessionStartEndRemarks
Block 15March 24, 2025April 20, 2025-
Block 16April 21May 18, 2025no acting internships
Students in acting internships follow the schedule at the clinical site, which may include holidays.

Class of 2026

Academic Year 2025-26
SessionStartEndRemarks
Block 1March 24, 2025April 20, 2025no acting internships or electives
Block 2April 21, 2025May 18, 2025-
Block 3May 19, 2025June 15, 2025-
Block 4June 16, 2025July 13, 2025-
Block 5July 14, 2025August 10, 2025-
Block 6August 11, 2025September 7, 2025-
Block 7September 8, 2025October 5, 2025-
Block 8October 6, 2025November 2, 2025-
Block 9November 3, 2025November 30, 2025-
Block 10December 1, 2025December 28, 2025-
Winter BreakDecember 29, 2025January 4, 2026-
Block 11January 5, 2026February 1, 2026-
Block 12February 2, 2026March 1, 2026-
Block 13March 2, 2026March 29, 2026transition to residency, no acting internships
Block 14March 30, 2026April 26, 2026-
Block 15April 27, 2026May 25, 2026no acting internships
Students in acting internships follow the schedule at the clinical site, which may include holidays.

Class of 2027

Academic Year 2025-26
SessionStartEndHolidays
Rotation 1March 24, 2025May 2, 2025-
Rotation 2May 5, 2025June 13, 2025Memorial Day (May 26)
VacationJune 16, 2025June 22, 2025Juneteenth (June 19)
Rotation 3June 23, 2025August 1, 2025Independence Day (July 3 & 4)
Rotation 4August 4, 2025September 12, 2025Labor Day (September 1)
VacationSeptember 15, 2025September 21, 2025-
Rotation 5September 22, 2025October 31, 2025-
Rotation 6November 3, 2025December 12, 2025Thanksgiving (November 27 & 28)
Rotation 7December 15, 2025February 6, 2026Winter Break (December 22-January 2) & MLK Day (January 19)
Rotation 8February 9, 2026March 20, 2026President’s Day (February 16)
VacationMarch 23, 2026March 29, 2026-
Academic Year 2026-27
SessionStartEndRemarks
Block 1March 30, 2026April 26, 2026no acting internships or electives
Block 2April 27, 2026May 24, 2026-
Block 3May 25, 2026June 21, 2026-
Block 4June 22, 2026July 19, 2026-
Block 5July 20, 2026August 16, 2026-
Block 6August 17, 2026September 13, 2026-
Block 7September 14, 2026October 11, 2026-
Block 8October 12, 2026November 8, 2026-
Block 9November 9, 2026December 6, 2025-
Block 10December 7, 2026January 3, 2027-
Block 11January 4, 2027January 31, 2027-
Block 12February 1, 2027February 28, 2027-
Block 13March 1, 2027March 28, 2027transition to residency, no acting internships
Block 14March 29, 2027April 25, 2027-
Block 15April 26, 2027May 23, 2027no acting internships
Students in acting internships follow the schedule at the clinical site, which may include holidays.

Class of 2028

Academic Year 2026-27
SessionStartEndHolidays
Rotation 1March 23, 2026May 1, 2026-
Rotation 2May 4, 2026June 12, 2026Memorial Day (May 25)
VacationJune 15, 2026June 21, 2026Juneteenth (June 19)
Rotation 3June 22, 2026July 31, 2026Independence Day (July 3 & 4)
Rotation 4August 3, 2026September 11, 2026Labor Day (September 7)
VacationSeptember 14, 2025September 20, 2026-
Rotation 5September 21, 2026October 30, 2026-
Rotation 6November 2, 2026December 11, 2026Thanksgiving (November 26 & 27)
Rotation 7December 14, 2026February 5, 2027Winter Break (December 21-January 3) & MLK Day (January 18)
Rotation 8February 8, 2027March 19, 2027President’s Day (February 15)
VacationMarch 22, 2027March 28, 2027-
Academic Year 2027-28
SessionStartEndRemarks
Block 1March 29, 2027April 25, 2027no acting internships or electives
Block 2April 26, 2027May 23, 2027-
Block 3May 24, 2027June 20, 2027-
Block 4June 21, 2027July 18, 2027-
Block 5July 19, 2027August 15, 2027-
Block 6August 16, 2027September 12, 2027-
Block 7September 13, 2027October 10, 2027-
Block 8October 11, 2027November 7, 2027-
Block 9November 8, 2027December 5, 2027-
Block 10December 6, 2027January 2, 2028-
Block 11January 3, 2028January 30, 2028-
Block 12January 31, 2028February 27, 2028-
Block 13February 28, 2028March 26, 2028transition to residency, no acting internships
Block 14March 27, 2028April 23, 2028-
Block 15April 24, 2028May 21, 2028no acting internships
Students in acting internships follow the schedule at the clinical site, which may include holidays.

Class of 2029

Academic Year 2027-28
SessionStartEndHolidays
Rotation 1March 22, 2027April 30, 2027-
Rotation 2May 3, 2027June 11, 2027Memorial Day (May 31)
VacationJune 14, 2027June 20, 2027Juneteenth (June 19)
Rotation 3June 21, 2027July 30, 2027Independence Day (July 3 & 4)
Rotation 4August 2, 2027September 10, 2027Labor Day (September 6)
VacationSeptember 13, 2027September 19, 2027-
Rotation 5September 20, 2027October 29, 2027-
Rotation 6November 1, 2027December 10, 2027Thanksgiving (November 24-26)
Rotation 7December 13, 2027February 4, 2028Winter Break (December 20-January 2) & President's Day (February 21)
Rotation 8February 7, 2028March 17, 2028-
VacationMarch 20, 2028March 26, 2028-
Academic Year 2028-29
SessionStartEndRemarks
Block 1March 27, 2028April 23, 2028no acting internships or electives
Block 2April 24, 2028May 21, 2028-
Block 3May 22, 2028June 18, 2028-
Block 4June 19, 2028July 16, 2028-
Block 5July 17, 2028August 13, 2028-
Block 6August 14, 2028September 10, 2028-
Block 7September 11, 2028October 8, 2028-
Block 8October 9, 2028November 5, 2028-
Block 9November 6, 2028December 3, 2028-
Block 10December 4, 2028December 31, 2028-
Block 11January 1, 2029January 28, 2029-
Block 12January 29, 2029February 25, 2029-
Block 13February 26, 2029March 25, 2029transition to residency, no acting internships
Block 14March 26, 2029April 22, 2029-
Block 15April 23, 2029May 20, 2029no acting internships
Students in acting internships follow the schedule at the clinical site, which may include holidays.