Summer Opportunities for Incoming Transfer Students

Academic Information

• Timeline for Academic Enrollment

  Spring 2026: Admissions decisions released

  Course Registration Deadline

  • May (date TBA): priority deadline to enroll in Session 3 Humanities and Writing Core courses (starting August 3) and September Term (starting August 24).

  • June (date TBA): extended deadline for Session 2, September Term, and Humanities and Writing Core programs

  • July (date TBA): final deadline for September Term and the Humanities and Writing program Core programs.

• Steps to Register for Courses

  Use the “Summer Quarter Courses for Incoming Transfer Students” form in your admissions UChicago Account to indicate your interest in registering for Summer Session classes. Please make sure you select courses that are open to Transfer Students.

  Your enrollment will depend on course availability, meeting appropriate prerequisites (based on official transcript review by the College Dean of Students office), and your preferences.

  Once you hear back from the Summer Session office, you will have 5 days to accept your spot and confirm your enrollment. You will have 5 days to accept your spot and confirm your enrollment.

• Academic Resources and Policies

  Please become familiar with the range of policies to follow and the resources available to you as incoming students:

  • College Resources and Academic Advising

  • Transfer Credit and Placement Tests

  • University Student Manual

  • Withdraw and Refunds Calendars

  • Credit and Grading Policies

• Outside of the Classroom Programming

  Throughout the program, you'll be invited to activities and events that will begin your orientation to campus resources, connect you with peers, and help you explore the city of Chicago. 

  In your House community, the residential staff will be available for advice and mentoring. They will plan social events to help build community among the cohort. Our traditional late-night “Study Breaks” continue the decades long tradition of sharing comfort food among students immersed in their studies.

  Summer programming also includes events in residence to connect you with various student services offices (Study Abroad, Research and Fellowships, Dean’s Office, etc.)  

  The city of Chicago offers innumerable choices for exploration and socializing, and our staff lead trips to museums, shopping, stage shows, sporting events and other options. 

  Whether you share your interests with the residential staff and create a custom trip or join us on a pre-planned event as you explore the Windy City, outside the classroom events will immerse you in your new community.

Housing Information

• Timeline for Housing Enrollment

  Transfer students enrolled in in-person Summer classes are welcome to live on campus during their program. You will be part of a vibrant Summer Session community in one of the residential Houses on campus.

  Once you have claimed a CNET ID and uploaded your photo ID, please fill in this housing form with the information necessary to assign you a room. The form must be submitted by Monday, July XX at the latest.

  A confirmation email with more details about housing and dining will be sent once we receive your Housing Form information.

• Housing Options

  Depending on your course registration, you have three options:

  • Six-Week Courses in Humanities & Writing, Economics or Computer Science: You will be automatically enrolled in campus housing while these programs are in session (8/3-9/12). You may opt for a seventh week of housing for the interim period before Autumn Quarter begins (9/12-9/22). You would then be able to move into your permanent Autumn Quarter housing assignment before other transfer and first-year students arrive for Orientation in late September.

  • Other Courses: Housing is available, by request, for all students enrolled in in-person Summer and September Term courses.

  • Commuters: Students who live in the Chicago area may commute to the Hyde Park campus, but will not receive a dining plan or supplemental programs and events.

  The housing plan for the six-week Summer program includes single or double rooms for students, and a meal plan with Maroon Dollars. They can be used in both our all-you-care-to-eat residential dining commons as well as multiple on-campus cafes.

• Arrival Day

  Six-week program students are expected to arrive on campus on Sunday, August 2. Check-in begins at 10am and closes at 4pm at Campus North Residential Commons, 5500 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.

  Please note:
  - You cannot check into the residence hall before 10 am
  - Students enrolled in other courses who request housing may have different moving dates.

  Residential staff members (mostly current UChicago students) will be on hand to help you get settled. Dinner will be served at the residential dining commons between 5:30-7:30pm. After dinner, the residential staff will hold a mandatory House meeting at 8pm in the lounge.  More details will be provided at check-in.

  Getting to Campus:
  You should arrange your own transportation to campus. Students coming from Midway or O’Hare airports can arrive via ride sharing apps, taxis, or public transportation. Many students use Go Airport Express, a one flat-rate option, which services both Midway and O'Hare.

Summer Courses Open to Incoming Transfer Students

• Humanities Core

  These courses are taught in-person, from 9 to 11 am. All College students are required to take at least two Humanities Core courses in the same sequence (e.g. HUMA 16000 91 and 97 )

  Readings in World Literature

  • HUMA 11000 91 Readings in World Literature 1 (Aug 4-Aug 22)

  • HUMA 11000 97 Readings in World Literature 2 (Aug 25-Sept 12, no class on Sept 1)

  Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound

  • HUMA 16000 91 Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound 1 (Aug 4-Aug 22)

  • HUMA 16100 97 Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound 2 (Aug 25-Sept 12, no class on Sept 1)

  Human Being and Citizen

  • HUMA 12300 91 Human Being and Citizen 1 (Aug 4-Aug 22)

  • HUMA 12400 97 Human Being and Citizen 2 (Aug 25-Sept 12, no class on Sept 1)

  Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange

  • HUMA 14000 91 Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange 1 (Aug 4-Aug 22)

  • HUMA 14100 97 Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange 2 (Aug 25-Sept 12, no class on Sept 1)

  OR

  • HUMA 14000 92 Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange 1 (Aug 4-Aug 22)

  • HUMA 14100 92 Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange 2 (Aug 25-Sept 12, no class on Sept 1)

• Writing Core (taken with Humanities Core)

  Inquiry, Conversation, Argument (ICA) is an intensive writing course designed to develop the skills and habits of mind needed to contribute to ongoing intellectual conversations. Each section of ICA is motivated by a distinctive central question, explored from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. Through a series of exercises and essays, students learn to analyze evidence, structure complex ideas, and develop independent arguments. 

  These courses are taught in-person, from 1 to 3 pm, August 4-September 12, 2025 (no class September 1). All students enrolled in Humanities Core for transfer student courses must also enroll in one of these three ICA sections, unless the College Dean of Students Office has confirmed that they have received transfer credit for a prior writing course taken at another institution.

  • WRIT 10100-91  Inquiry, Conversation, Argument: What Does Business Owe Society?

  • WRIT 10100-92  Inquiry, Conversation, Argument: What Does the Idea of Utopia Suggest About Human Nature?

  • WRIT 10100-93  Inquiry, Conversation, Argument: (Why) Should Freedom of Expression Be Defended as a Right?

• Economics and Computer Science

  The Economics and Computer Science departments are reserving dedicated spots for incoming transfer students in these often-oversubscribed introductory courses:

  • ECON 10000 91 Principles of Microeconomics (June 16-July 18, no classes June 19 and July 4)

  • ECON 10200 91 Principles of Macroeconomics (July 21-August 22)

  • CMSC 14100 91 Introduction to Computer Science I (June 16- August 8, no classes June 19 and July 4)

  • CMSC 14300 91 Systems Programming I (June 16- August 8, no classes June 19 and July 4)

  • CMSC 27100 91 Discrete Mathematics (June 16- August 8, no classes June 19 and July 4)

  These Summer in-person courses are open to all UChicago undergrads.

• Other Options

  Use the Course Finder to view your other Summer class options.

  Because your transfer credit review and placement test results will not be available until very late in the summer, you should consider course options without prerequisites, such as the Humanities Core sequences, for this summer.

Costs

• Housing Costs and Billing

  Costs

  The housing and dining plan is $950 per week. It includes housing, dining and programming costs. Transfer students may opt to stay for the six weeks of the academic program, or add a seventh week and move into their Autumn Quarter room assignment before Orientation Week.

  Billing

  You will be billed for a total of 6 weeks (August 2-September 12) or 7 weeks (August 2-September 19). Housing and dining charges will appear on your student account on August 5, with payment due Friday, August 28.

  If you need to withdraw from the program, please review the schedule for refunds and email us at SummerSession@Uchicago.edu as soon as possible.

• Tuition and Billing

  Tuition:

  • $4,980 per 100-unit course

  • $14,370 for three courses

  • Student Service Fee: TBA

  Billing:

  Early in June, you will receive an invoice from the Bursar’s Office for tuition and other fees in your my.UChicago account. You’ll have 21 days to pay the balance due. Past that deadline, a $150 late fee will apply. Courses added after the June bills have been assessed will be part of the July or August billing cycle.

• Drop and Withdraw Schedule

  Courses	Deadlines for a 100% Refund	Deadlines for a 50% Refund
  Humanities Core 1	August 7, 2025	August 15, 2025
  Humanities Core 2	August 7, 2025	August 15, 2025
  Writing Core	August 7, 2025	August 15, 2025