| August 5th | January 2nd - 3rd | Payment due to hold position in classes. Failure to make this payment will result in cancellation of preregistration and the student will need to register again. |
| August 6th | | Fall Institute, Part I |
| August 15th | February 2nd | Opening Academic Convocation / Founder’s Day |
| August 15th - 17th | | New Freshman Orientation |
| August 10th | January 5th | Fall/Spring semester begins for BUonline |
| August 18th | January 19th | First day of regular on-campus classes |
| August 25th | January 27th | Last day to add/drop a regular class on campus |
| January 18th | MLK Holiday — University Closed |
| August 18th - October 19th | January 19th - March 23rd | WITHDRAW period with "W" entered on the transcript for on-campus and full-semester online courses |
| September 2nd | | Labor Day — University Closed |
| September 11th | February 12th | Deadline for withdrawals (with “W” on transcript) from Mods #1 / #3 in BU Online classes = before 4th chat session |
| February 1st | Final date for Application for Diploma to graduate in 2021 |
| October 3rd | | End of Mod #1 |
| March 13th | End of Mod #3 |
| October 5th - 9th | March 15th | BU Online Mods #2 / #4 begins. Last day to DROP = before 1st chat session |
| April 1st | Kentucky State Grant deadline for FAF. Kentucky Teachers Scholarship deadline |
| November 6th | April 16th | Deadline for withdrawals (with “W” on transcript) from Mod #2 / #4 BU Online classes = before 4th chat session |
| April 25th | Honors Convocation |
| November 28th | May 4th | End of Fall / Spring Semesters and Mod #2 / Mod #4 |
| November 28th | May 7th | BU Online homework completed by midnight |
| May 8th | Commencement |
| Summer 2021 | | |
| START | May 17th | Online classes begin this week, starting Monday, May 12th. |
| WITHDRAW | | WITHDRAW period with "W" entered on the transcript for on-campus and full-semester online courses |
| END | July 10th | All work must be completed by midnight on Saturday, July 6th. |