WashU Center for Career Engagement Recruiting Calendar
Fall 2025
AUGUST
- August 25: First day of fall classes
- August 28: WashU Student Employment Fair | Campus Departments
SEPTEMBER
- September 1: Labor Day Holiday, No Classes (including MBA)
- September 2: On-Campus Recruiting Opens
- September 9: MBA Networking Summit: Leaders of Tomorrow
- September 17: Fall Expo Day 1: Engineering, Health Care, Sciences, Technology & Entrepreneurship Industries
- September 18: Fall Expo Day 2: Business, Government, Social Impact & Creative Industries
- September 18: Student-Athlete Bear Networking Breakfast
- September 18: ShowcaseU: Meet the Student Groups
- September 23-24: Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) –*Begins sundown September 22, work restriction
- September 23-26: NBMBA Conference (MBA)
- September 25-26: ROMBA Conference (MBA)
- September 25: Virtual Law, Medical & Graduate School Fair
- September 25: Asia-Focused Virtual Career Fair
OCTOBER
- October 2: Yom Kippur (Judaism) –*Begins sundown October 1, fasting and work restriction start October 1 and continue through sundown October 2
- October 4 – 7: Fall Break, No Classes; Cross-listed Olin classes that contain both undergraduate and graduate students will use the Oct. 5-13 break period
- October 4 – 7: Fall Break Bear Treks
- October 6-10: MBA Fall Break
- October 7 – 13: Sukkot (Judaism) – *Work restriction starts sundown 10/6 and continues through 10/8
- October 14: Shemini Atzeret (Judaism) –*Begins at sundown Oct 13, work restriction
- October 15: Simchat Torah (Judaism) –*Begins at sundown October 14, work restriction
- October 16: Virtual Net Impact Expo: Explore Environmental & Social Impact Careers
- October TBD: SMP Networking Summit
- October 20: Diwali (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism) – *Observances may occur on other days, work restriction
NOVEMBER
- November 26 – 30: Thanksgiving Break, No Classes
DECEMBER
- December 5: Last day of classes
- December 8 – 19: Final Exams
- December 15 – January 11: Winter Break
Spring 2026
JANUARY
- January: Winter Break Bear Treks
- January 12: First day of classes
- January 19: Martin Luther King holiday- No Classes
FEBRUARY
- February 17: Lunar New Year (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism) – celebration of the start of the new lunar cycle *Celebration may begin the evening before
- February TBD: Spring Career Expo: All Industries
- February TBD: Architecture | Urban Design | Landscape Architecture Career Fair
- February 18: Ash Wednesday (Christianity), beginning of Lent *Fasting
- February 18: Ramadan (Islam) – *Begins evening of February 18, fasting dawn until sundown
MARCH
- March TBD: Asia-Focused Virtual Career Fair
- March 8-15: Spring Break, No Classes; Olin graduate business students is March 4-16
- March 20: Eid al-Fitr (Islam) *Begins evening of March 19
APRIL
- April 2-9: Passover (Judaism) –*Begins sundown on April 1, food restrictions all days, work restrictions 4/1 sundown – 4/3 sundown & 4/7 sundown – 4/9 sundown
- April 3: Good Friday (Christianity)
- April 5: Easter (Christianity)
- April 16: Hire WashU Employer Forum 2025
- April 24: Last day of classes
- April 27 – May 8: Final Exams
MAY
- May 15: Commencement – Class of 2026