2026-27 Academic Calendar

All dates and activities are tentative and subject to change.

Fall 2026

Month Date Event
August 31 (M) Students depart USA
September 1 (T) Students arrive at orientation hotel
  2-4 (W-F) Orientation
  2 (W) Disaster Prevention Center
  4 (F) Welcome Party at orientation hotel
    Move to housing
  7 (M) Elective classes start
    Bicycle & self-defense/safety workshop
  7-9 (M-W) Japanese review days
  10 (TH) Japanese Placement Test
  11 (F) Japanese Oral Exam
  14 (M) Japanese classes start
     End of add/drop for elective classes
  21 (M) Respect for the Aged Day, Class Day
    End of add/drop for Japanese classes
  22 (T) Citizen’s Holiday, Class Day
  23 (W) Autumn Equinox Day, Class Day
October 30-2 (W-F) Fall Field Trip
  12 (M) Health and Sports Day, No Classes
  13 (T) Hold Monday class instead of Tuesday class
November 2-6 (M-F) Fall Break
  3 (T) Culture Day
  9-13 (M-F) Spring Registration
  23 (M) Labor Thanksgiving Day, No Classes
  26-28 (TH-ST) Doshisha Eve Festival, Class Days on 26th and 27th
  29 (S) Doshisha Eve Day
December 9-11 (W-F) Elective class finals
  11 (F) Last day of classes
  14-15 (M-T) Japanese final exams
  15 (T) End of semester get together
  16 (W) Winter break starts
  20 (S) Program ends for Fall-only students. Fall-only students leave housing by 11 am.

Spring 2027

Month Date Event
January 4 (M) Spring-only students depart USA
  5 (T) Spring-only students arrive at orientation hotel
  6 (W) General Orientation
    Full-year and Spring-only students meet (required)
    Lunch and campus tour
    Spring-only students: Disaster Prevention Center
  7 (TH) Spring-only students: Housing orientation & Resident Registration
  8 (F) Spring-only students: Japanese orientation & placement test
    New Year’s Party at orientation hotel (Full-year and Spring-only students)
    Spring-only students: Move to housing
  11 (M) Coming of Age Day, Class Day
    Elective classes start
    Japanese Oral Exam (Spring-only students)
    Japanese classes (Full-year students)
    Spring-only students: Bicycle & self-defense/safety workshop
  12 (T) Japanese classes start
  18 (M) End of add/drop period for elective classes
  19 (T) End of add/drop period for Japanese classes
February 11 (TH) National Foundation Day, No Classes
  12 (F) No Classes
  23 (T) Emperor’s Birthday, Class Day
March 3-5 (W-F) Spring-only students: Program Field Trip
    Full-year students: Hitoritabi
  12 (F) Hitoritabi presentations
  19 (F) No Classes
  22 (M) Vernal Equinox Day observed, No Classes
April 12-13 (M-T) Elective class finals
  13 (T) Last day of classes
  14-15 (W-TH) Japanese final exams
  15 (TH) End of semester get together
  16 (F) Closing Ceremony
  17-19 (ST-M) Free days
  20 (T) Program ends. Leave housing by 11 am.