2025-2026 Holiday Closures

Find out about 2025 - 2026 holiday-related closures at UC San Diego.

Official Campus Closure

During the 2025 holiday season, UC San Diego (excluding all Health System hospitals, clinics and offices)  will officially close for seven (7) days between Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Thursday, January 1, 2026. This closure will help us conserve energy through reduced operations while also creating space for restoration — an opportunity to rest, recharge, and find joy in the moments that matter most. When we return, we do so with greater capacity for grace, kindness, and excellence.

The closure period includes four (4) university paid holidays (December 24, 25, 31, 2025 and January 1, 2026). Staff employees must charge any working days (December 26, 29 and 30, 2025) during the closure period not covered by paid holidays to accrued vacation, accrued compensatory time off (non-exempt only), or leave without pay. Academic employees on fiscal year appointments must charge the time off to accrued vacation or leave without pay.

Non-represented employees who do not have accrued vacation or accrued compensatory time off to cover the three (3) working days during the closure (December 26, 29 and 30, 2025) may request a one-time advance of up to three (3) days of vacation to cover the absence. Non-represented employees who elect to take leave without pay for up to three (3) days of the closure period will continue to accrue vacation and sick leave credits. For exclusively represented employees, these closure days will be handled in accordance with the existing contract provisions or collective bargaining agreements where applicable.

UC San Diego departments and units that need to remain open during the closure period must notify their respective vice chancellors to do so.

Staff employees with questions regarding the holiday closure should contact Employee Relations, Human Resources Department, at hr@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-4115.

Staff employees in UC San Diego Health & Health Sciences can go to http://hhr.ucsd.edu or call (619) 543-3200 (select General Inquiry option) with any questions.

Academic employees should contact Academic Personnel Services at academicpersonnel@ucsd.edu or (858) 822-3748.

Departments with Alternate Closure Schedules

This page will also list departments and facilities with exceptions to the standard closure schedule as they become available.

Note: Regular business hours resume January 2, 2026, unless otherwise noted. To add an item to the list, contact Workplace Technology Services.