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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 (2weeks): 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 (4weeks): Monday, May 19- Friday, June13, 2025

Summer Session, 2025

  • Required Rotations Continue (4weeks): 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 ExperienceContinue(23weeks): Tuesday, January 6– Friday, June 13, 2025

Summer Session, 2025

  • Elective Rotations Begin (9weeks): 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 (12weeks): Monday, March 24– Friday, June 13, 2025
  • Commencement Ceremony: TBD
  • Semester Ends/Diploma Date: Friday, June 13, 2025
  • Academic Calendar 2023-24 (PDF)
  • Academic Calendar 2024-2025 (PDF)
  • 2nd Year Clinical Calendar of Weeks - Class of 2026(PDF)
  • 2nd Year Clinical Calendars of Weeks - Class of 2027 (PDF)
  • 4th Year Calendar of Weeks - Class of 2025 (PDF)
  • Clerkship Exam Schedule - Class of 2026(PDF)
  • Clerkship Exam Schedule - Class of 2027(PDF)
  • FOMSAssessment Schedule - Class of 2027(PDF)
  • FOMSAssessment Schedule - Class of 2028(PDF)

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