Official University Holidays for Fiscal Year 2026–2027
Fourth of July
Friday, July 3, 2026
Labor Day
Monday, Sept. 7, 2026
Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026 and Friday, Nov. 27, 2026
Winter Break/New Year’s Day
Close of business, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2026 through Friday, Jan. 1, 2027
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, Jan. 18, 2027
Memorial Day
Monday, May 31, 2027
Winter Break Information
The university will be closed from the end of business Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2026 through Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, and will reopen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2027. For employees, this means that in addition to the holidays already offered, Temple employees will have paid days off on Dec. 28, 29, 30 and 31 this year if they are in a paid status on Friday, Dec. 18, 2026 and Monday, Jan. 4, 2027. Employees required to work during this period will receive compensatory time.
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, the Dental School, 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
The university will be closed in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Monday, Jan. 18, 2027. 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 MLK Day.
Religious Holidays
Temple University is committed to providing meaningful work and cultivating a workplace culture that fosters the overall well-being of employees. These commitments are 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.