Academic Calendar
University
Spring Semester
| Class Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| April 2 (Wed) | Entrance Ceremony |
| April 3 (Thu) - 9 (Wed) | New Student Orientation Period |
| April 10 (Thu) | Spring semester classes begin |
| April 21 (Mon) - 25 (Fri) | Religious emphasis week |
| April 29 (Tue) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| May 1 (Thu), 2 (Fri) | Golden week Holidays: NO CLASSES |
| May 17 (Sat) , June 21(Sat), July 5 (Sat), 19 (Sat) |
Make-up days |
| July 21 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| July 29 (Tue) | Spring semester classes end |
| July 30 (Wed) - August 5 (Tue) | Spring semester exams |
| July 26 (Sat), August 2 (Sat) | Spare days for Spring semester exams |
| August 7 (Thu) - 9 (Sat) | Make-up exams (Tsui-shiken) |
| Late August | Deadline for grades for spring semester courses |
| September 27 (Sat) | Spring Semester Degree Ceremony |
| Event Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| April 7 (Mon) | Regular Health Checkup (Imadegawa Campus) |
| April 8 (Tue), 9 (Wed) | Regular Health Checkup (Kyotanabe Campus) |
| April 25 (Fri) | Spring Semester Student Fees Final Payment Day |
| May 24 (Sat) - 25 (Sun) | Spring Retreat |
| June 13 (Fri) | Department of Clinical Pharmacy Pharmacy Research Presentation |
| June 29 (Sun) | Department of Music Brass Band Concert |
| July 12 (Sat) | Department of English Poster Session |
| July 13 (Sun) | Department of Music Orchestra Concert |
| September 2 (Tue) | Pharmaceutical Common Achievement Tests (CBT) Trial Exam |
Fall Semester
| Class Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| September 26 (Fri) | Fall semester classes begin |
|
October 6 (Mon) - 10 (Fri) |
Religious emphasis week |
| October 13 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| October 25 (Sat) | Make-up day |
| October 29 (Wed) | Sports festival: NO CLASSES |
| November 3 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| November 21 (Fri) - 23 (Sun) | EVE(school festival): NO CLASSES |
| November 24 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| November 29 (Sat) | Doshisha Foundation Day: NO CLASSES |
| December 2 (Tue) | Christmas worship service at Imadegawa: NO SECOND PERIOD at Imadegawa |
| December 4 (Thu) | Christmas worship service at Kyotanabe: NO SECOND PERIOD at Kyotanabe |
| December 13 (Sat) | Make-up day |
| December 25 (Thu) | Winter vacation begins |
| January 5 (Mon), 2026 | Fall semester classes resume |
| January 10 (Sat), 13 (Tue), 2026 | Make-up days |
| January 23 (Fri), 2026 | Fall semester classes end |
| January 30 (Fri) - February 5 (Thu), 2026 | Fall semester exams |
| January 24 (Sat), 31(Sat), February 6 (Fri), 2026 |
Spare days for Fall semester exams |
| February 9 (Mon), 10 (Tue), 12 (Thu), 2026 | Make-up exams (Tsui-shiken) |
| Mid-February, 2026 | Deadline for grades for graduating students |
| Late-February, 2026 | Deadline for grades for all other students |
| March 18 (Wed), 2026 | Degree Ceremony |
| Event Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| October 20 (Mon) - 24 (Fri) | Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Foundation Week |
| October 24 (Fri) | Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Foundation Day |
| Fall Semester Student Fees Final Payment Day | |
| November 1 (Sat) - 2 (Sun) | Fall Retreat |
| November 7 (Fri), 8 (Sat) | Shakespeare Production |
| November 21 (Fri) | Founding Commemorative Worship |
| December 7 (Sun) | Pharmaceutical Common Achievement Tests (OSCE) |
| December 10 (Wed) | Department of Music Regular Concert |
| Mid-December | Department of Music Brass Band Regular Concert |
| December 20 (Sat) | Pharmaceutical Common Achievement Tests (CBT) |
| December 25 (Thu) | Christmas |
| December 26 (Fri) | Department of Food Science and Nutrition Graduation Thesis Presentation |
| January 10 (Sat), 2026 | Department of English Graduation Thesis Presentation |
| Mid-January, 2026 | Department of International Studies Graduation Thesis Presentation |
| Department of Clinical Pharmacy Lab Coat Ceremony | |
| January 23 (Fri), 2026 | Anniversary of the Founder’s Passing |
| Early-February , 2026 | Department of Media Producing Graduation Exercise/Production Presentation |
| February 6 (Fri), 2026 | Department of Social System Studies Graduation Thesis Presentation |
| Department of Childhood Studies Graduation Thesis Presentation | |
| Department of Human Life Studies Graduation Thesis Presentation | |
| February 9 (Mon), 2026 | Department of Japanese Language and Literature Graduation Thesis Presentation |
| February 21 (Sat), 2026 | Department of Music Opera Performance |
| March 12 (Thu), 2026 | Department of Music Graduation Concert, Music Major Completion Concert |
| March 17 (Tue), 2026 | Graduation Worship |
Graduate School
Spring Semester
| Class Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| April 2 (Wed) | Entrance Ceremony |
| April 3 (Thu) - 9 (Wed) | New Student Orientation Period |
| April 10 (Thu) | Spring semester classes begin |
| April 21 (Mon) - 25 (Fri) | Religious emphasis week |
| April 29 (Tue) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| May 1 (Thu), 2 (Fri) | Golden week Holidays: NO CLASSES |
| May 17 (Sat) , June 21(Sat), July 5 (Sat), 19 (Sat) |
Make-up days |
| July 21 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| July 29 (Tue) | Spring semester classes end |
| July 30 (Wed) - August 5 (Tue) | Spring semester exams |
| July 26 (Sat), August 2 (Sat) | Spare days for Spring semester exams |
| August 7 (Thu) - 9 (Sat) | Make-up exams (Tsui-shiken) |
| Late August | Deadline for grades for spring semester courses |
| September 27 (Sat) | Spring Semester Degree Ceremony |
| Event Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| April 7 (Mon) | Regular Health Checkup (Imadegawa Campus) |
| April 8 (Tue), 9 (Wed) | Regular Health Checkup (Kyotanabe Campus) |
| April 25 (Fri) | Spring Semester Student Fees Final Payment Day |
| May 24 (Sat) - 25 (Sun) | Spring Retreat |
| June 27 (Fri) | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences major, Doctoral thesis submission (degree conferred in September) |
| Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Doctoral thesis submission(degree conferred in September) | |
| Early-July | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences major, Doctoral thesis Presentation (degree conferred in September) |
| Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Doctoral thesis Presentation (degree conferred in September) | |
| July 31 (Thu) | Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Master’s thesis submission (September graduate) |
| Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Life Style Design Studies major, Master’s thesis submission (September graduate) | |
| Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Food Science and Nutrition Studies major, Master’s thesis submission (September graduate) | |
| August 4 (Mon) | Graduate School of Literary Studies, Japanese Studies major, Master’s dissertation submission (September graduate) |
| Graduate School of International Social System Studies, International Social System Studies major, Master’s thesis Submission (September graduate) | |
| August 6 (Wed) | Graduate School of Literary Studies, English major, Master’s thesis submission (September graduate) |
| Graduate School of Literary Studies, Information and Culture Studies major, Master’s thesis submission (September graduate) | |
| Late-August | Graduate School of Literary Studies, Information and Culture Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation (September graduate) |
| Early-September | Graduate School of Literary Studies, English major, Master’s thesis presentation (September graduate) |
| Graduate School of International Social System Studies, International Social System Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation (September graduate) | |
| Mid-September | Graduate School of Literary Studies, Japanese Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation (September graduate) |
| Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Master’s thesis presentation (September graduate) | |
| Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Life Style Design Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation (September graduate) | |
| Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Food Science and Nutrition Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation (September graduate) | |
Fall Semester
| Class Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| September 26 (Fri) | Fall semester classes begin |
|
October 6 (Mon) - 10 (Fri) |
Religious emphasis week |
| October 13 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| October 25 (Sat) | Make-up day |
| October 29 (Wed) | Sports festival: NO CLASSES |
| November 3 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| November 21 (Fri) - 23 (Sun) | EVE(school festival): NO CLASSES |
| November 24 (Mon) [Public holiday] | Regular Class day |
| November 29 (Sat) | Doshisha Foundation Day: NO CLASSES |
| December 2 (Tue) | Christmas worship service at Imadegawa: NO SECOND PERIOD at Imadegawa |
| December 4 (Thu) | Christmas worship service at Kyotanabe: NO SECOND PERIOD at Kyotanabe |
| December 13 (Sat) | Make-up day |
| December 25 (Thu) | Winter vacation begins |
| January 5 (Mon), 2026 | Fall semester classes resume |
| January 10 (Sat), 13 (Tue), 2026 | Make-up days |
| January 23 (Fri), 2026 | Fall semester classes end |
| January 30 (Fri) - February 5 (Thu), 2026 | Fall semester exams |
| January 24 (Sat), 31(Sat), February 6 (Fri), 2026 |
Spare days for Fall semester exams |
| February 9 (Mon), 10 (Tue), 12 (Thu), 2026 | Make-up exams (Tsui-shiken) |
| Mid-February, 2026 | Deadline for grades for graduating students |
| Late-February, 2026 | Deadline for grades for all other students |
| March 18 (Wed), 2026 | Degree Ceremony |
| Event Schedule-Related | |
|---|---|
| September 30 (Tue) | Graduate School of Literary Studies, English major, Doctoral thesis submission (degree conferred in March) |
| Graduate School of Literary Studies, Japanese Studies major, Doctoral thesis submission (degree conferred in March) | |
| October 20 (Mon) - 24 (Fri) | Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Foundation Week |
| October 24 (Fri) | Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Foundation Day |
| Fall Semester Student Fees Payment Final Day | |
| November 1 (Sat) - 2 (Sun) | Fall Retreat |
| November 21 (Fri) | Founding Commemorative Worship |
| December 25 (Thu) | Christmas |
| January 6 (Tue), 2026 | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences major, Doctoral thesis submission |
| Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Doctoral thesis submission | |
| January 9 (Fri), 2026 | Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Master’s thesis submission |
| Mid-January, 2026 | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences major, Doctoral thesis presentation |
| Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Doctoral thesis Presentation | |
| January 16 (Fri), 2026 | Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Food Science and Nutrition Studies major, Master’s thesis submission |
| January 19 (Mon), 2026 | Graduate School of International Social System Studies, International Social System Studies major, Master’s thesis submission |
| January 19 (Mon), 20 (Tue), 2026 | Graduate School of Literary Studies, Japanese Studies major, Master’s thesis submission |
| January 21 (Wed), 2026 | Graduate School of Literary Studies, English major, Master’s thesis submission |
| Graduate School of Literary Studies, Information and Culture Studies major, Master’s thesis submission | |
| January 23 (Fri), 2026 | Anniversary of the Founder’s Passing |
| January 30 (Fri), 2026 | Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Life Style Design Studies major, Master’s thesis submission |
| Early-February, 2026 | Graduate School of Literary Studies, English major, Master’s thesis presentation |
| Graduate School of Literary Studies, Japanese Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation | |
| Graduate School of Literary Studies, Information and Culture Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation | |
| Graduate School of International Social System Studies, International Social System Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation | |
| Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Food Science and Nutrition Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation | |
| Mid-February, 2026 | Graduate School of Human Life and Science, Life Style Design Studies major, Master’s thesis presentation |
| Late-February, 2026 | Graduate School of Nursing Science, Nursing Science major, Master’s thesis presentation |
| March 17 (Tue), 2026 | Graduation Worship |
| March 31 (Tue), 2026 | Graduate School of Literary Studies, English major, Doctoral thesis submission (degree conferred in September) |
| Graduate School of Literary Studies, Japanese Studies major, Doctoral thesis submission (degree conferred in September) | |