For a listing of day to day events, please check the Pritzker Calendar of Events.
2020-2021 Academic Year
MS1
August 6-11, 2020 | Orientation |
August 9, 2020 | White Coat Ceremony |
August 11, 2020 |
Autumn Quarter courses Begin* |
October 23, 2020 | The Human Body course ends |
October 26, 2020 | Remaining autumn quarter courses begin |
November 25-29, 2020 | Thanksgiving Break |
December 16, 2020 |
Autumn Quarter ends |
January 4, 2021 | Winter Quarter begins |
March 19, 2021 |
Winter Quarter ends |
March 29, 2021 | Spring Quarter begins |
June 11, 2021 | Spring Quarter ends |
MS2
September 21, 2020 |
Autumn Quarter begins* |
November 9, 2020 | Remaining autumn quarter courses begin |
November 25-29, 2020 | Thanksgiving Break |
December 18, 2020 |
Autumn Quarter ends* |
January 4, 2021 | Winter Quarter begins* |
March 19, 2021 | Winter Quarter ends |
March 29, 2021 | Spring Quarter begins |
May 3, 2021 | Deadline to take USMLE Step 1 |
May 5, 2021 | Scholarship & Discovery Block Begins |
June 4, 2021 | Scholarship & Discovery Block Ends |
June 7-11, 2021 | Foundations in Clinical Medicine Course (detailed information to be updated) |
June 7-11, 2021 | Introduction to the Clinical Biennium (detailed information to be updated) |
June 14, 2021 | Third-year clerkships begin |
MS3
June 29, 2020 | Summer Quarter begins |
July 20-24, 27 & 28, 2020 | FICM elective course |
July 29-31, 2020 | Orientation to the Clinical Biennium |
August 3-21, 2020 | Clerkship Didactics Course |
August 21, 2020 | Summer Quarter Ends |
August 24, 2020 | Autumn Quarter Begins/Third year clerkships begin |
October 16, 2020 | First Autumn rotations end |
October 19-23, 2020 | Autumn Break |
October 26, 2020 | Second Autumn rotations begin |
December 18, 2020 | Second Autumn rotations end |
January 4, 2021 | Winter Quarter begins |
February 26, 2021 | Winter Quarter ends |
March 1-5, 2021 | Winter Break |
March 8, 2021 | Spring Quarter begins |
April 30, 2021 | Spring Quarter clerkship rotations end |
May 3, 2021 | Spring Quarter clinical electives begin |
TBD | Sub-Internship Prep elective |
May 28, 2021 | Spring Quarter ends |
MS4
June 8, 2020 | Summer Quarter begins - COVID-19 Spring rotations begin |
July 31, 2020 | COVID-19 Spring rotations end |
August 1, 2020 | Final phase requirements begin |
September 30, 2020 | Summer Quarter ends |
October 1, 2020 | Autumn Quarter begins |
December 1, 2020 | Deadline to take USMLE Step 2 CK and CS |
December 31, 2020 | Autumn Quarter ends |
January 4, 2021 | Winter Quarter begins |
March 19, 2021 | Match Day |
March 31, 2021 | Winter Quarter ends |
April 1, 2021 | Spring Quarter begins |
May 19, 2021 | Senior Scientific Session |
May 28, 2021 | Divisional Academic Ceremony (Pritzker Hooding Ceremony) |
June 11, 2021 | Spring Quarter ends |
June 12, 2021 | Convocation |
*Indicates start dates differ from the University's academic calendar.