Academic calendar Bachelor Luxury
The Academic Year
The academic year for ABSParis’s Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion & Luxury Retail Management is divided into two semesters:
- Fall semester (beginning of September to mid-December)
- Spring semester (end of January to mid-May)
The 2024 – 2025 Academic Calendar
2024 Fall semester
- Sept 3-4: Visiting Student Orientation (Boat Trip on 4 Sept)
- Sept 4-5: New Student Orientation
- Sept 5: Returning Student Information Session (Afternoon ONLY)
- Sept 10: Fall Classes Begin
- Sept 16: Add/Drop Deadline (BBA students only)
- Oct 12: Students must be available for makeup classes
- Oct 16: IGS Integration Day (no classes)
- Oct 28: Withdrawal Deadline (BBA students only)
- Oct 29-31: ABS Paris Business Games (no classes)
- Nov 1: All Saints Day Holiday (no classes)
- Nov 6: IGS Sustainability Workshop for 1st-Year Students (no classes)
- Nov 11: Veteran’s Day (Armistice Day)
- Nov 30: Students must be available for makeup classes
- Dec 11: End of Fall Semester
2025 Winter session
- Jan 1: New Year’s Day
- Jan 2: Winter Classes Begin
- Jan 17: End of Winter Session
2025 Spring semester
- Jan 27-28: Spring Visiting & New Student Orientation
- Jan 29-31: IGS Business Pitch (no classes)
- Feb 4: Spring Classes Begin
- Feb 10: Add/Drop Deadline (BBA students only)
- Feb 10: Company Case Challenge Launch
- Feb 13: Company Case Meetings (no classes)
- Mar 8: Students must be available for makeup classes
- Mar 17-21: Spring Break (no classes)
- Mar 31: Withdrawal Deadline (BBA students only)
- Mar 31-Apr 1: Company Case Rehearsals (no classes)
- Apr 10: Company Case Final (no classes)
- Apr 17: Company Case Awards
- Apr 21: Easter Monday; May 1-2: Labor Day (no classes)
- May 3; May 10: Students must be available for makeup classes
- May 8-9: Victory Day (no classes)
- May 15: End of Spring Semester
2025 Summer session
- May 19: Summer Visiting & New Student Orientation
- May 20: Summer Session 1 Begins
- May 29-30: Ascension Holiday (no classes)
- June 2-7: MBA Seminar (Tentative)
- June 3: Summer Session 2 Begins
- June 9: Pentecost Holiday (no classes)
- June 27: End of Summer Session 1
- July 11: End of Summer Session 2