2025-2026 Recruitment Dates
[Academic Calendar; Duke Football Calendar]
Please keep in mind our black out dates* outlined below and avoid scheduling recruiting activities during these dates. If you are a finance or consulting firm, please avoid scheduling events on Tuesday evenings prior to 7:30pm EST due to class schedules.
August 25 – August 29: First week of fall classes*
September 1: Labor Day*
September 2: Fall Recruiting Season Activities Begin
September 16: TechConnect (time TBD)
September 16: Duke Student Organizations + Employer Mixer (7pm-9pm, Penn Pavilion) [no evening events will be allowed]*
September 17: Employer + Faculty Networking Lunch (time and location TBD)
September 17: Fall All-Industry Career Fair (2pm-6pm, Wilson Gym) Backstage Pass included. [no events will be allowed during hours of the fair]*
September 17: Student Athlete Networking Fair (7pm-9pm, Scharff Hall)
September 18: Rooms Only On-Campus Interviews for Fall Fair employers
September 22 – 24: Rosh Hashanah [no events or interviews allowed 9/22 evening through 9/24 evening]
October 2: Yom Kippur [no events or interviews allowed]
October 10 – October 14: Fall Break [only virtual multi-school events will be allowed]*
October 24: Nicholas School of the Environment Nic ECO: Exploring Career Options Virtual Fair
November 6: NC Master’s and Doctoral Virtual Career Fair
November 14: Last day of Fall recruiting activities
November 25 – 30: Thanksgiving holiday break*
December 1 – December 15: Classes end; reading period; final exams*
December 16 – January 7: Winter Break [only virtual multi-school events will be allowed]*
[Academic Calendar; Men’s Basketball Calendar]
Please keep in mind our black out dates* outlined below and avoid scheduling recruiting activities during these dates. We also ask that you review the men’s basketball schedule and not host a recruiting event during a home basketball game as traffic on campus is incredibly challenging and student attendance will be impacted at recruiting events.
January 7: First week of Spring classes*
January 12: Spring recruiting season begins
January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday*
February 6: Government, Education, and Nonprofit Virtual Fair (virtual via Handshake)
March TBD: Graduate Career Consortium PhD + Master’s Virtual Career Expo
March 6 – March 16: Spring Break [only virtual multi-school events will be allowed]*
April TBD: Ivy+ Fair (virtual)
April TBD: SEC/ACC Career Fair (virtual)
April 15: Graduate classes end
April 15 – April 26: Graduate reading period
April 17: Last day of Spring 2026 recruiting season
April 22: Undergraduate classes end*
April 23 – April 26: Undergraduate reading period*
April 27 – May 2: Final exams*
May 10: Graduation exercises/conferring of degrees
- Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 15
- First Four: March 17-18
- First round: March 19-20
- Second round: March 21-22
- Sweet 16: March 26-27
- Elite Eight: March 28-29
- Final Four: April 4
- NCAA championship game: April 6
