Listed below are the official university holidays for fiscal year 2025–2026.

Fourth of July
Friday, July 4, 2025

Labor Day
Monday, Sept. 1, 2025

Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, and Friday, Nov. 28, 2025

Winter Break/New Year’s Day
Close of business, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, through Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026

Memorial Day
Monday, May 25, 2026

Winter Break Information

The university will be closed from the end of business Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, through Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, and will reopen on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. For employees, this means that in addition to the holidays already offered, Temple employees will have paid days off on December 26, 29, 30 and 31 this year if they are in a paid status on Friday, Dec. 20, 2025, and Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Employees required to work during this period will receive compensatory time rather than holiday or overtime pay.

The university will also be closed on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. Employees regularly scheduled to work on Jan. 2, 2026, but not required to report due to the university closing, will have the option of using a personal or vacation day to receive pay for this day or elect to receive no pay for the day. This additional day will have no impact on essential employees. Essential employees and employees of the Katz School of Medicine will report as required and will receive regular pay for the day. If you are unsure of whether your position is considered essential, please discuss this with your supervisor.

To ensure that you are paid in accordance with your preference, please inform your timekeeper of your choice to use a personal or vacation day before Nov. 14, 2025. If the employee does not elect to use a vacation day or personal day, they will not receive pay for Jan. 2. Additional instructions for timekeepers will be forthcoming regarding the procedures for recording time in Kronos for biweekly and monthly employees.

Employees of Public Safety and Facilities Management will be scheduled off in accordance with the needs of those departments and the applicable collective bargaining agreements. The Katz School of Medicine and the School of Podiatric Medicine may issue separate procedures regarding closing days and personnel for those locations will receive scheduling information from their supervisors. Employees of the Temple University Health System should receive separate information from the Health System regarding their holiday schedule.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

This year, the university will be closed in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. Non-bargaining employees will receive this day off with pay. The university has partnered with the leadership of the bargaining units to also provide this day to employees covered by those agreements as a paid holiday. Essential employees required to work will be provided with a comp day or compensation in accordance with their collective bargaining agreement pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Religious Holidays

Temple University is committed to providing meaningful work and cultivating a workplace culture that fosters the overall well-being of employees is grounded in our core values. Although the official university calendar does not recognize religious holidays, we want to remind everyone that the university will make good faith efforts to provide reasonable religious accommodations to faculty, staff and students whose sincerely held religious practices or beliefs conflict with an academic or employment requirement.

Faculty members are asked to be considerate of students who may request an absence or an adjustment to the scheduling of major presentations or examinations and respect the privacy of the student when making accommodations. Instructors requesting religious accommodation should make their request directly to their supervisor and rescheduling a class or finding a replacement should be consistent with guidelines of the school or college.

Employees may request the use of accrued time (personal or vacation) as part of the religious accommodation with the approval of their supervisors.

For more information on employee management or to learn more about planning the holiday schedule with your staff, you can reach out to the Office of Human Resources in the lower level of Mitten Hall or call 215-204-7174 and you will be connected to an HR specialist.