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2024 - 2025 Academic Year
Academic Calendars
Fall Semester, 2024
- Base Camp: Monday, August 12 – Friday, September 6, 2024
- Foundations of Medical Science I: Monday, September 9 – Friday, November 22, 2024
- Break: Monday, November 25 – Friday, November 29, 2024
- Foundations of Medical Science I Continues: Monday, December 2 – Friday, December 20, 2024
- Break (two weeks): Monday, December 23, 2023– Friday, January 3, 2025
Spring Semester 2025
- Foundations of Medical Science II: Monday, January 6 – Friday, February 21, 2025
- Break (one week): Monday, February 24 - Friday, February 28, 2025
- Foundations of Medical Science II (cont.): Monday, March 3 – Friday, June 13, 2025
Summer Session, 2025
- Foundations of Medical Science III: Monday, June 16 – Friday, June 27, 2025
- Break (one week): Monday, June 30 - Friday, July 4, 2025
- Foundations of Medical Science III (cont.): Monday, July 7 – Friday, August 15, 2025 (*Please note FOMS also continues into Fall 2025 as part of the 2025-2026 academic year)
Fall Semester, 2024
- Foundations of Medical Science Wrap Up: Monday, September 16 - Friday, September 20, 2024
- Intersession I (2 weeks): Monday, September 23 - Friday, October 4, 2024
- Required Rotations Begin (10 weeks): Monday, October 7 - Friday, December 13, 2024
- Intersession II (1 week): Monday, December 16 - Friday, December 20, 2024
- Break (2 weeks): Monday, December 23, 2024 - Friday, January 3, 2025
Spring Semester, 2025
- Required Rotations Continue (8 weeks): Monday, January 6 - Friday, February 28, 2025
- Intersession III (1 week): Monday, March 3 - Friday, March 7, 2025
- Required Rotations Continue (8 weeks): Monday, March 10 - Friday, May 2, 2025
- Break (1 week): Monday, May 5 - Friday, May 9, 2025
- Intersession IV (1 week): Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 16, 2025
- Required Rotations Continue (4 weeks): Monday, May 19 - Friday, June 13, 2025
Summer Session, 2025
- Required Rotations Continue (4 weeks): Monday, June 16 - Friday, July 11, 2025
- Intersession V (1 week): Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18, 2025
- Required Rotations Continue (4 weeks): Monday, July 21 - Friday, August 15, 2025 (*Please note clerkships also continue into Fall 2025 as part of the 2025-2026 academic year)
Fall Semester, 2024
- UCLA Masters Programs Begin : Start Dates Vary based on Program
- USMLE Prep (6 weeks): Monday, September 16 - Friday, October 25, 2024
- Discovery Prep (2 weeks): Monday, October 28 - Friday, November 8, 2024
- Discovery & Longitudinal Clinical Experience Begin (6 weeks): Tuesday, November 12 - Friday December 20, 2024
- Break (2 weeks): Monday, December 23, 2024 - Friday, January 3, 2025
Spring Semester, 2025
- Discovery & Longitudinal Clinical Experience Continue (23 weeks): Tuesday, January 6 – Friday, June 13, 2025
Summer Session, 2025
- Elective Rotations Begin (9 weeks): Monday, June 16 – Friday, August 15, 2025
Fall Semester, 2024
- Electives Rotations Continue (18 weeks.): Monday, August 19 – Friday, December 20, 2024
- Break (2 weeks): Monday, December 23, 2024 - Friday, January 3, 2025
Spring Semester, 2025
- Elective Rotations Continue (9 weeks): Monday, January 6 – Friday, March 7, 2025
- Capstone (2 weeks): Monday, March 10 - Friday, March 21, 2025
- Elective Rotations Continue (12 weeks): Monday, March 24 – Friday, June 13, 2025
- Commencement Ceremony: TBD
- Semester Ends/Diploma Date: Friday, June 13, 2025
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