Summer Session is excited to welcome this year’s incoming class and invite pre-matriculant, incoming first-year and transfer students to apply to take a course prior to the start of the academic year! Enrolling in a summer course can be a great way to jumpstart your UChicago academic experience and to get your first taste of the distinctive academic culture of the College.
Incoming students are eligible to enroll in remotely taught online courses. In-person or on-campus courses are not available. Please review the following policies and guidelines prior to completing and submitting your application form. Although we hope we can accommodate your request, we cannot guarantee that every student will receive a course assignment as courses sometimes fill quickly.
Please listen to our pre-recorded virtual information session to learn more about the course offerings and how to apply for a Summer Quarter course.
Financial aid is not available for incoming students taking summer courses. All pre-matriculant, incoming students must be prepared to pay for the summer course independent of a financial aid award. Any aid awarded to you cannot apply to courses taken prior to Autumn Quarter of your first year, and additional scholarship aid is not available.
The application to register for courses will be on your UChicago status portal on Monday, May 6. If you have questions about the courses or the admissions process, please contact us at at summersession@uchicago.edu.
Timeline & Application
The application opens on May 6, and will remain available on your UChicago status portal until June 25. All incoming students may apply for courses during Summer Quarter or September Term. Incoming Transfer Students must have received a preliminary credit evaluation in order to apply for Summer Quarter and September Term courses.
You may apply for courses in all sessions, but please be aware of the following deadlines as you consider which courses you'd like to apply for.
- May 6: Application opens on your UChicago status portal (click access Submitted Application)
- May 15: Deadline for Round 1. This is the final deadline for Session 1 courses.
- May 21: Decision notification
- May 28: Confirmations due
- June 7: Deadline for Round 2. This is the final deadline for Session 2 courses.
- June 18: Decision notification
- June 24: Confirmations due
- July 10: Final Deadline for September Term courses.
- July 22: Decision notification
- July 29: Confirmations due
Note: Some courses fill more quickly than others, so we recommend all students indicate at least 2 courses they would like to take. You can apply for up to 4 courses on the form. No matter how many courses you indicate interest in, first-year students can be enrolled in a maximum of 1 course only. Transfer students can be enrolled in a maximum of 2 courses total.
We will consider the order in which you list your courses to be your order of preference. We make every effort to accommodate your preferences, but we cannot guarantee placement in any course as demand is very high and can vary depending on the course in a given year.
Students who are placed on the waitlist will be notified 5 days before the first day of class if a spot opens up in one of the courses they indicated interest in.
First-Year Course List
Incoming students are eligible to apply to take the courses listed below (subject to change). Only courses on this list are open to incoming first-year students. All of these courses will be taught remotely, online.
All Summer Quarter courses are for credit and provide quality letter grades. For Autumn 2024 incoming students, any course taken in Summer 2024 will count generally towards the overall number of credits needed to graduate as general elective credits.
Courses taken in Summer 2024 cannot be used to meet Humanities, Social Science, or Civilization Core requirements. However some courses in the Arts, Biological Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physical Sciences may be taken in Summer 2024 and count towards your Core requirements.
If you are not familiar with how this will factor into your academic plan, please contact College Advising at collegeadvising@uchicago.edu.
Course descriptions can be found by clicking on the course name. In addition, the list below indicates whether a particular course is eligible for Core credit specifically.
Session Date Starts
Session 1: June 10
Session 2: July 1
September Term: August 26
Current UChicago students will be given priority placement in all courses, so we recommend that all pre-matriculated students indicate at least 2 courses (and up to 4) that you would like to be enrolled in. No matter how many courses you apply for, you will only be assigned to one course.
Summer Language Institute (SLI) courses will fulfill the College's general Language Competency requirement.
If you have any questions related to the credit policy, review the following section, and if you have additional questions, please contact College Advising at collegeadvising@uchicago.edu.
Transfer Course List
Incoming transfer students are eligible to apply to take courses listed below (subject to change). Only courses on this list are open to incoming transfer students. All of these courses will be taught remotely, online.
All Summer Quarter courses are for credit and provide quality letter grades. For Autumn 2024 incoming students, any course taken in Summer 2024 will count generally towards the overall number of credits needed to graduate as general elective credits.
Courses taken in Summer 2024 cannot be used to meet Humanities, Social Science, or Civilization Core requirements. However some courses in the Arts, Biological Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physical Sciences may be taken in Summer 2024 and count towards your Core requirements.
If you are not familiar with how this will factor into your academic plan, please contact College Advising at collegeadvising@uchicago.edu.
Course descriptions can be found by clicking on the course name. In addition, the list below indicates whether a particular course is eligible for Core credit specifically.
Session Date Starts
Session 1: June 10
Session 2: July 1
September Term: August 26
Current UChicago students have been given priority placement in all courses, so we recommend that all pre-matriculated students indicate at least 2 courses (and up to 4) that you would like to be enrolled in. Please make sure to review your preliminary credit evaluation before registering for Summer Quarter and September Term courses.
Summer Language Institute (SLI) courses will fulfill the College's general Language Competency requirement.
Costs, Aid, & Billing
The cost of one Summer Quarter (100-unit) or one September Term course is $4,635, and a Summer Language Institute (SLI) 300-unit intensive course is $7,960.
The costs for any courses you take this summer will not be covered by any financial aid you’ve been awarded. Financial aid awards do not apply to summer courses taken prior to Autumn Quarter of the first year. If you received a financial aid award, then the first term for which your aid award will be applied is Autumn Quarter. All pre-matriculant, incoming students must be prepared to pay for the summer course independent of a financial aid award, and additional scholarship aid is not available. Please note that aid is available in future summers when you are a matriculated student.
Students who enroll in a Summer session course will be billed via the Bursar’s Office. The Bursar’s Office will issue bills to the student’s my.uchicago accounts in early June and payment will be due in late June, after Summer Session classes begin. Payments must be paid via bank account or wire transfer. Credit cards are not accepted.
Withdrawals and Refunds
This is the refund schedule for UChicago students in Summer Quarter and September Term undergraduate courses and programs (including Summer Language Institute).
UChicago students who drop a course on or before the relevant deadline will not be billed for that course and the course will not appear on the student’s transcript.
If a student withdraws after that date, they will receive a “W” on their UChicago transcript, and they will be billed for the full cost of the course.
Requests to withdraw must be made in writing to summersession@uchicago.edu.