Undergraduate Academic Calendar
| EVENT | MONTH | DAY | YEAR |
| Summer Break | June – August | 27 – 23 | 2026 |
| Independence Day | July | 3 | 2026 |
| Fall | August | 24 | 2026 |
| Last day to make full payment or arrange payment plan | August | 28 | 2026 |
| Deletion for non-payment or payment arrangement | September | 4 | 2026 |
| Labor Day | September | 7 | 2026 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop Courses | September | 11 | 2026 |
| Mid-Term Exams | October | 5 – 9 | 2026 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | October | 30 | 2026 |
| Veteran’s Day | November | 11 | 2026 |
| Thanksgiving Break | November | 21 – 29 | 2026 |
| Final Exams | December | 7 – 11 | 2026 |
| Fall Term Ends | December | 12 | 2026 |
| Christmas Break | December – January | 12 – 10 | 2026 – 2027 |
| Spring | January | 11 | 2027 |
| Last day to make full payment or arrange payment plan | January | 15 | 2027 |
| Martin Luther King Day | January | 18 | 2027 |
| Deletion for non-payment or payment arrangement | January | 22 | 2027 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop Courses | January | 29 | 2027 |
| President’s Day | February | 15 | 2027 |
| Mid-Term Exams | February | 22 – 26 | 2027 |
| UIC International Summit | March | 17 – 20 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | March | 19 | 2027 |
| Spring Break | March | 20 – 28 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | April | 26 – 30 | 2027 |
| Spring Term Ends | May | 1 | 2027 |
| Graduation Ceremony | May | 8 | 2027 |
| Spring Vacations | May | 1 – 9 | 2027 |
| Summer | May | 10 | 2027 |
| Last day to make full payment or arrange payment plan | May | 14 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal deadline | May | 21 | 2027 |
| Deletion for non-payment or payment arrangement | May | 21 | 2027 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop Courses | May | 28 | 2027 |
| Memorial Day | May | 31 | 2027 |
| Mid-Term Exams | May – June | 31 – 4 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | June | 11 | 2027 |
| Juneteenth | June | 18 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | June – July | 28 – 2 | 2027 |
| Summer Term Ends | July | 3 | 2027 |
| EVENT | MONTH | DAY | YEAR |
| Summer Break | July – August | 3 – 22 | 2027 |
| Independence Day | July | 4 | 2027 |
| Fall | August | 23 | 2027 |
| Last day to make full payment or arrange payment plan | August | 27 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal deadline | September | 3 | 2027 |
| Deletion for non-payment or payment arrangement | September | 3 | 2027 |
| Labor Day | September | 6 | 2027 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop Courses | September | 10 | 2027 |
| Mid-Term Exams | October | 4 – 8 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | October | 29 | 2027 |
| Veteran’s Day | November | 11 | 2027 |
| Thanksgiving Break | November | 20 – 28 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | December | 6 – 10 | 2027 |
| Fall Term Ends | December | 11 | 2027 |
| Christmas Break | December – January | 11 – 9 | 2027-2028 |
| Spring | January | 10 | 2028 |
| Last day to make full payment or arrange payment plan | January | 14 | 2028 |
| Martin Luther King Day | January | 17 | 2028 |
| Deletion for non-payment or payment arrangement | January | 21 | 2028 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop Courses | January | 28 | 2028 |
| President’s Day | February | 21 | 2028 |
| Mid-Term Exams | February | 21 – 25 | 2028 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | March | 17 | |
| Spring Break | March | 18 – 26 | 2028 |
| Final Exams | April | 24 – 28 | 2028 |
| Spring Term Ends | April | 29 | 2028 |
| Spring Vacations | April – May | 29 – 7 | 2028 |
| Graduation Ceremony | May | 2028 | |
| Summer | May | 8 | 2028 |
| Last day to make full payment or arrange payment plan | May | 12 | 2028 |
| Withdrawal deadline | May | 19 | 2028 |
| Deletion for non-payment or payment arrangement | May | 19 | 2028 |
| Last Day to Add/Drop Courses | May | 26 | 2028 |
| Memorial Day | May | 29 | 2028 |
| Mid-Term Exams | May – June | 29 – 2 | 2028 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | June | 9 | 2028 |
| Juneteenth | June | 19 | 2028 |
| Final Exams | June | 26 – 30 | 2028 |
| Summer Term Ends | July | 1 | 2028 |
Graduate Academic Calendar
| EVENT | MONTH | DAY | YEAR |
| Summer Break | June – August | 27 – 23 | 2026 |
| Independence Day | July | 3 | 2026 |
| Fall A Semester Starts | August | 24 | 2026 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | September | 4 | 2026 |
| Labor Day | September | 7 | 2026 |
| Final Exams | October | 12 – 16 | 2026 |
| Fall A Semester Ends | October | 17 | 2026 |
| Fall B Semester Starts | October | 19 | 2026 |
| Withdrawal deadline | October | 30 | 2026 |
| Veteran’s Day | November | 11 | 2026 |
| Thanksgiving Break | November | 21 – 29 | 2026 |
| Final Exams | December | 7 -11 | 2026 |
| Fall Term Ends | December | 12 | 2026 |
| Christmas Break | December – January | 12 – 10 | 2026 – 2027 |
| Spring A Semester Starts | January | 11 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal deadline | January | 22 | 2027 |
| Martin Luther King Day | January | 18 | 2027 |
| President’s Day | February | 15 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | March | 1 – 5 | 2027 |
| Spring A Semester Ends | March | 6 | 2027 |
| Spring B Semester Starts | March | 7 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | March | 12 | 2027 |
| UIC International Summit | March | 17 – 20 | 2027 |
| Spring Break | March | 20 – 28 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | May | 3 – 7 | 2027 |
| Spring Term Ends | May | 8 | 2027 |
| Graduation Ceremony | May | 8 | 2027 |
| Summer Semester Starts | May | 10 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal deadline | May | 21 | 2027 |
| Memorial Day | May | 31 | 2027 |
| Juneteenth | June | 18 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | June – July | 28 – 2 | 2027 |
| Summer Semester Ends | July | 3 | 2027 |
| EVENT | MONTH | DAY | YEAR |
| Summer Break | July – August | 3 – 22 | 2027 |
| Independence Day | July | 4 | 2027 |
| Fall A Semester Starts | August | 23 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | September | 3 | 2027 |
| Labor Day | September | 6 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | October | 11 – 15 | 2027 |
| Fall A Semester Ends | October | 16 | 2027 |
| Fall B Semester Starts | October | 18 | 2027 |
| Withdrawal deadline | October | 29 | 2027 |
| Veteran’s Day | November | 11 | 2027 |
| Thanksgiving Break | November | 20 – 28 | 2027 |
| Final Exams | December | 13 – 17 | 2027 |
| Fall Term Ends | December | 18 | 2027 |
| Christmas Break | December – January | 18 – 9 | 2027 – 2028 |
| Spring A Semester Starts | January | 10 | 2028 |
| Martin Luther King Day | January | 17 | 2028 |
| Withdrawal deadline | January | 21 | 2028 |
| President’s Day | February | 21 | 2028 |
| Final Exams | February – March | 28 – 3 | 2028 |
| Spring A Semester Ends | March | 4 | 2028 |
| Spring B Semester Starts | March | 6 | 2028 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | March | 17 | 2028 |
| Spring Break | March | 18 – 26 | 2028 |
| Final Exams | May | 1 – 5 | 2028 |
| Spring Term Ends | May | 6 | 2028 |
| Summer Semester Starts | May | 8 | 2028 |
| Withdrawal deadline | May | 19 | 2028 |
| Memorial Day | May | 29 | 2028 |
| Juneteenth | June | 19 | 2028 |
| Final Exams | June | 26 – 30 | 2028 |
| Summer Semester Ends | July | 1 | 2028 |