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
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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 |
| 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 17-19, 2021 | Virtual Senior Scientific Session |
| May 28, 2021 | Divisional Academic Ceremony (Pritzker Hooding Ceremony) |
| June 11, 2021 | Spring Quarter ends |
| June 9, 2021 | Convocation |
*Indicates start dates differ from the University's academic calendar.