Academic Calendar

Contains official academic dates for the University of Iowa. You can search by keyword or filter by a specific session, date, or category.

Five-Year Calendar

Five-year calendars are updated annually by the university for Iowa Board of Regents' approval.

Course Deadlines

Many courses have specific deadlines. It is highly recommended that students view the course deadlines before adding or dropping.

Calendar Rules and Tools

Information how how Academic Calendar dates are determined and other resources related to the calendar.

Academic Calendar Principles

The University of Iowa has established certain guidelines that determine the start/end date and length of each session.

Religious Holidays

The University is prepared to make reasonable accommodations for students whose religious holy days coincide with their classroom assignments, test schedules, and classroom attendance expectations.

Calendar Combiner

The Office of the Registrar and Information Technology Services have partnered to create a portal for syncing the Academic Calendar directly to a University of Iowa Outlook account.

Calendar Accessibility Statement

Due to new accessibility regulations requiring compliance by April 24, 2026, the calendar solution previously available on the Office of the Registrar website no longer meets the standards set by the federal government. After researching possible remediation, the university’s web strategy and development team has paused the implementation of calendar solutions on campus and will need to address existing ones if improvements cannot be made before the federal deadline.