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 the 2024-25 academic year. 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. 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.
Academic Schedule
Session | Start | End |
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Class of 2028 Orientation | August 4 | August 9 |
Class of 2027 Orientation | August 6 | - |
First Year Block 1 | August 12 | December 20 |
First Year Block 2 Curriculum | January 2 | June 11 |
Second Year Block 3 Curriculum | August 7 | December 23 |
Holiday Schedule
Occasion | Date(s) |
---|---|
Labor Day | September 2 |
Rosh Hashanah | October 2-4 |
Sukkot | October 16-23 |
Shemini Atzeret | October 23 |
Simchat Torah | October 24 |
Diwali* | October 31-November 1 |
Thanksgiving | November 28 |
Winter Break | December 23-January 1 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 15 |
Lunar New Year* | January 29 |
President's Day | February 19 |
Ramadan | February 28 |
Purim* | March 14 |
Eid al-Fitr* | March 31 |
Spring Break | April 14-18 |
Eid al-Adha* | June 6 |
* indicates a holiday when school is in session but class schedules are minimized. |