The following holidays will be observed by the University in the upcoming fiscal year (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026) on the dates listed below:

Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 2025
Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2025
Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday, November 27 & 28, 2025
Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2025 
New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 19, 2026
Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026
Juneteenth, Friday, June 19, 2026

Each year, the President, Provost, and Senior Executive Vice President assess the feasibility of observing Penn’s traditional Special Winter Vacation. Thus, the Special Winter Vacation granted to faculty and staff will be on December 26, 29, 30, and 31, 2025. If an employee is required to work to continue departmental operations for part or all of this period, the Special Winter Vacation can be rescheduled for some other time.

Staff members who are absent from work either the workday before a holiday, the workday after a holiday, or both days, will receive holiday pay if that absence is charged to pre-approved paid time off or to sick time substantiated by a written note from the staff member’s health care provider.

Vacations and holidays for hospital employees or those staff members in collective bargaining units are governed by the terms of hospital policies or their respective collective bargaining agreements.

—Division of Human Resources