The dates below represent official academic deadlines and informational dates for the semesters displayed.
Note: “ID” signifies Institute of Design.
The academic calendar for Chicago-Kent College of Law is made available by the Conviser Law Center Registrar’s Office at www.kentlaw.iit.edu/current-students/academic-affairs.
Important Updates on the 2025–2026 Academic Calendar
- Timing of the drop/add deadline: To ensure our students have adequate instructional time to be successful in the courses and that students will have access to faculty and staff during the final days, we have established a drop/add period for full-term courses in the fall and spring that will now end on Tuesdays, one full week after courses begin. For the fall 2025 semester, this will be Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
- Monday courses meeting on a Friday: It is important that all our courses meet federal credit hour standards regardless of mode or schedule. Monday courses are disproportionally impacted by an uneven distribution of holidays. To ensure courses that meet on Mondays and Wednesdays have the same number of classes as those that meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we have scheduled a makeup day, “Monday on a Friday” to ensure there are a consistent number of meetings for all class scheduling modes. For fall 2025, the makeup day, where we will schedule the typical Monday courses on a Friday, will be Friday, September 5, 2025. Friday courses will not meet then, having a holiday; and Monday courses will be held. Instructors and students should be aware of this in planning course activities.
- Fall faculty in-service days: To allow for faculty in-service activities and schedules, there will be two days scheduled with no courses, so that faculty can be free for institutional development activities. In fall 2025, these in-service days will be Monday, October 13 and Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
- Summer Sessions: To consolidate and simplify the summer term, there will now be two eight-week course sessions.
Current Calendars
| January 12 | Courses Begin for Spring and Online A Session |
| January 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—No Classes |
| January 20 |
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| January 23 | Monday Classes Meet (Dr. King's Birthday Makeup) |
| January 27 |
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| February 2 | Spring Degree Conferral Applications Due |
| February 20 | Last Day to Withdraw for ID and Online A Session Courses |
| February 23 | Fall Incomplete Grades Due |
| March 4 | Midterm Grading Begins |
| March 7 | Last Day of ID and Online A Session Courses |
| March 9 | Online B Session Courses Begin |
| March 11 | Final Online A Session Courses Grades Due |
| March 11 | Spring Final Exam Schedule Published Online |
| March 13 | Midterm Grades Due |
| March 16-21 | Spring Break Week—No Classes |
| March 17 | Last Day to Add/Drop for Online B Session Courses with No Tuition Charges |
| March 23 |
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| March 30 |
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| April 6 | Fall Registration Begins |
| April 15 | Summer Reinstatement Applications Due for Undergraduate Students |
| April 17 |
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| May 2 | Last Day of Spring Courses |
| May 3 | Last Day to Request an Incomplete Grade |
| May 4-9 | Final Exam Week/Final Grading Begins on May 4 |
| May 9 | Last Day of ID Full Semester and ID and Online B Session Courses |
| May 13 | Final Grades Due at Noon (CST) |
| May 16 | Spring Degree Conferral and Commencement |
Accelerated and Short Courses Registration Deadlines
| COURSE | CRN | LAST DAY TO ADD/DROP (with no tuition charges) | LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUS 510-01 | 52594 | January 18 | February 20 |
| BUS 510-05 | 53047 | January 18 | February 20 |
| BUS 550-01 | 29750 | March 15 | April 17 |
| HIST 352-J01 | 53328 | December 27 | December 30 |
| HUM 200-J01 | 54250 | December 27 | December 30 |
| MAX 504-01 | 53288 | March 15 | April 17 |
| MAX 506-01 | 29756 | January 18 | February 20 |
| MAX 506-02 | 52532 | January 18 | February 20 |
| MBA 501-01 | 51230 | January 18 | February 20 |
| MBA 505-01 | 52603 | March 15 | April 17 |
| MBA 505-05 | 53048 | March 15 | April 17 |
| MBA 506-01 | 25512 | March 15 | April 17 |
| MBA 511-01 | 52328 | March 15 | April 17 |
| MBA 513-05 | 53472 | January 18 | February 20 |
| MBA 523-01 | 53841 | March 15 | April 17 |
| MSF 506-01 | 22009 | March 15 | April 17 |
| PA 501-01 | 54094 | January 18 | February 20 |
| PA 522-01 | 53843 | January 18 | February 20 |
| PA 523-01 | 54095 | March 15 | April 17 |
| PA 542-01 | 53293 | January 18 | February 20 |
| PA 568-01 | 51257 | March 15 | April 17 |
| PA 581-01 | 53844 | March 15 | April 17 |
| PM 501-01 | 53299 | January 18 | February 20 |
| PM 501-05 | 54327 | March 15 | April 17 |
| PM 505-01 | 53300 | March 15 | April 17 |
| PM 508-01 | 53846 | January 18 | February 20 |
| PS 338-J01 | 53821 | December 27 | December 30 |
| PSYC 301-J02 | 53971 | December 27 | December 30 |
| PSYC 363-J01 | 53886 | December 27 | December 30 |
| PS 380-J01 | 54404 | December 27 | December 30 |
| PSYC 722-01 | 54222 | March 15 | April 17 |
| PSYC 723-01 | 54223 | January 18 | February 20 |
| PSYC 723-02 | 54353 | January 18 | February 20 |
| SAM 503-01 | 54096 | March 15 | April 17 |
| SAM 505-01 | 54097 | January 18 | February 20 |
| SCI 511-01 | 27474 | January 18 | February 20 |
| Session 1 | |
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| May 18 | Courses Begin—Summer 1 |
| May 22 | Last Day to Add/Drop Courses with No Tuition Charges—Summer 1 |
| May 25 | Memorial Day—No Classes |
| May 29 | Last Day to Request Late Registration—Summer Session 1 |
| June 5 | Summer Combined Session Degree Conferral Applications Due |
| June 19 | Juneteenth Day—No Classes |
| June 23 | Last Day to Withdraw—Summer 1 |
| July 3 | Independence Day (Observed)—No Classes |
| July 11 | Last Day of Courses—Summer 1 |
| July 15 | Final Grades Due at Noon (CST)—Summer 1 |
| August 15 | Summer Combined Session Degree Conferral |
| Session 2 | |
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| June 15 | Courses Begin—Summer 2 |
| June 19 | Last Day to Add/Drop Courses with No Tuition Charges—Summer 2 |
| June 19 | Juneteenth Day—No Classes |
| June 26 | Last Day to Request Late Registration—Summer Session 2 |
| July 3 | Independence Day (Observed)—No Classes |
| July 21 | Last Day to Withdraw—Summer 2 |
| July 21 | PBA: Last Day for Converting MOOC into a Credit—Coursera Summer Term |
| August 8 | Last Day of Courses—Summer 2 |
| August 11 | Final Grades Due at Noon (CST)—Summer 2 |
| August 15 | Summer Combined Session Degree Conferral |
