Important Student Housing Dates

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Important Student Housing Dates

Important Housing Dates

This calendar outlines important housing and academic dates for Spring and Fall 2025, including move-in, orientation, payment deadlines, university holidays, and refund eligibility periods for first-time spring and fall housing students. It also includes key deadlines for course registration changes, withdrawal policies, and check-out dates for each semester. 

anuary 16, 2025*First Time Spring Semester Students Only* Cancel by January 11th to receive 100% housing refund
January 16, 2025Spring Move-In
January 16, 2025Orientation 
January 17, 2025*First Time Spring Housing Students Only* Cancel between January 17- 28th to receive 75% housing refund
January 20, 2025Martin Luther King Day: University Closed
January 21, 2025Spring 2024 semester begins
January 21, 2025Spring payment deadline
January 28, 2025*First Time Spring Housing Students Only* Final day to cancel to receive 75% housing refund
January 28, 2025Final day to Add/Drop course(s) for 100% refund of tuition and fees and correction of class schedules
January 29, 2025*First Time Spring Housing Students Only* Cancel between January 29- February 18 to receive 50% housing refund
February 17, 2025President's Day: University Close
February 18, 2025*First Time Spring Housing Students Only* Final day to cancel to receive 50% housing refund
February 18, 2025Final day to withdraw from a course(s) for a 50% refund of tuition with a 鈥淲鈥 grade at the Registrar鈥檚 Office
February 19, 2025*First Time Spring Housing Students Only* Any cancellation after February 19th will have a 0% housing refund 
March 10- 16, 2025Spring Recess: Classes resume March 17
April 18-20, 2025Easter Recess: University Closed
May 7 & 8, 2025Reading Days
May 20, 2025Last Day to Checkout for Spring 2025 Semester (Non-Graduating Seniors Only)
DateSemester Information
August 27, 2025Cancel by August 28th to receive 100% housing refund
August 27, 2025International/NSE/New Student Move-In
Aug 28, 2025New Student Orientation 
August 28, 2025Cancel between August 28th- September 9th to receive 75% housing refund
August 29, 2025Returning Student Move-In
September 1, 2025 Labor Day: University Closed
September 2, 2025Deadline to pay tuition/fees/room/board.
September 2, 2025Fall 2025 semester classes begin
September 9, 2025Final day to cancel to receive 75% housing refund
September 9, 2025Final day to Add/Drop course(s) for 100% refund of tuition and fees and correction of class schedules
September 10, 2025Cancel between September 10-September 30 to receive 50% housing refund
September 30, 2025Final day to cancel to receive 50% housing refund
September 30, 2025Final day to withdraw from a course(s) for a 50% refund of tuition with a 鈥淲鈥 grade at the Registrar鈥檚 Office
September 30, 2025Any cancellation after September 30, 2025 will have a 0% housing refund 
November 27, 2025-November 30, 2025Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes, University & Cafeteria Closed
December 9 - 10, 2025Reading Days 
December 22, 2025Last Day to Checkout for Fall 2025 Semester
December 21, 2025Winter Recess Cafeteria is Close
December 25, 2025University Opens; Cafeteria Closed

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Interested in Housing but can't access the application? Please contact the Office of Housing and Residence Life at 201-200-2338 or reslife@njcu.edu 


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Gilligan Student Union Building 111
Phone: 201-200-2338
Email: reslife@njcu.edu