<p>This is the academic calendar for the past year: [NYU</a> > University Registrar > Calendars > Official University Calendar](<a href=“Class Registration, Transcripts, Graduation”>Class Registration, Transcripts, Graduation)</p>
<p>Fall semester starts in early Sept and Thanksgiving is a 4 day weekend (Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun) off, although a lot of professors cancel Wednesday classes before Thanksgiving as well.</p>
<p>Winter break starts after your last final - mine was Dec 22nd last year but lots of people finish earlier. Then Winter break is like 4 weeks long. Spring semester starts at the end of January, and we have a Spring break for 1 week in March. Then the semester ends mid-May. </p>
<p>Then there’s Summer Session I and II, and 4 week and 6 week sessions so it varies. Without summer classes, you’re off mid-May - September, so over 3 months!</p>