Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 24, 2026 – Dec 17, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Fall 2026 First 8 Weeks (POT A)
- Fall 2026 Second 8 Weeks (POT B)
- Winter Session 2026-2027
- Spring Semester 2027
- Spring 2027 First 8 Weeks (POT A)
- Spring 2027 Second 8 Weeks (POT B)
- Summer Session 1 2027
- Summer Session 2 2027
- Summer Session 2 Second 4 Weeks 2027
- Fall Semester 2027
- Winter Session 2027-2028
- Spring Semester 2028
- Summer Session 1 2028
- Summer Session 2 2028
- Summer Session 2 Second 4 Weeks 2028
Campus language
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- 57 North
- A retail-style convenience store and eatery located in the Ikenberry Commons.
A
- ACM
- Association for Computing Machinery, a large and active student chapter for computer science students.
F
- FAR
- Florida Avenue Residence Halls, located at the far south end of campus.
G
- Green Street
- The primary commercial strip in Campustown featuring the majority of campus bars and restaurants.
I
- I-L-L
- The first half of the university's call-and-response cheer; the expected response is 'I-N-I'.
- IKE
- The Ikenberry Dining Center, the largest dining hall on campus located in the 'Six Pack'.
- ISG
- Illinois Student Government, the primary student representation body on campus.
- ISR
- Illinois Street Residence Halls, located on the north side of campus near the engineering buildings.
- ISR Dining
- The newly renovated dining facility located within the Illinois Street Residence halls.
L
- LAR
- Lincoln Avenue Residence Halls, known for being one of the older, more traditional dorms.
M
- Morrow Plots
- The oldest experimental corn field in the Americas; students are famously warned never to step inside them.
P
- PAR
- Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls, located across from FAR on the south side of campus.
- PAR Late Night
- The popular late-night dining service offered at the Pennsylvania Avenue Residence hall.
S
- SEC
- Student Engineering Council, the umbrella organization for engineering-related student groups.
- Six Pack
- The Ikenberry Commons residence hall area, historically named for its original layout of six buildings.
- SWE
- Society of Women Engineers, a major professional and social organization for engineering students.
T
- The Alma
- The Alma Mater statue, a central campus landmark often dressed in costumes for special events.
- The Quad
- The Main Quad, the central grassy area surrounded by academic buildings where students hang out.
- TVD
- Trelease and Townsend halls, often used to refer to the specific towers within the FAR and ISR complexes respectively.
U
- Unofficial
- Unofficial St. Patrick's Day, a long-standing, student-led celebration held on a Friday before the actual holiday.
V
- VSA
- Vietnamese Student Association, one of the many active cultural organizations on campus.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Altgeld
- Altgeld Hall, the historic math building famous for its bell tower (the Altgeld Chimes).
- BIF
- The Business Instructional Facility, the main hub for Gies College of Business students.
- Canvas
- The primary Learning Management System (LMS) used by professors to post course materials and assignments.
- cummings_dining_hall
- Cummings Dining Hall
- ECEB
- The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, a modern facility on the engineering quad.
- Grainger
- The Grainger Engineering Library, the primary study hub for engineering students.
- i-card
- The official University of Illinois student identification card used for building access, dining, and buses.
- Illini Cash
- A debit-like account linked to the i-card that can be used at campus bookstores and dining locations.
- Main Library
- The primary university library, one of the largest academic libraries in the United States.
- MTD
- The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, the bus system that is free for students to use with an i-card.
- SafeWalks
- A campus safety service where student patrol officers escort students walking home at night.
- Self-Service
- The online portal used by students to register for classes, check grades, and manage financial aid.
- Siebel
- The Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, located on the north side of campus.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 24, 2026 – Dec 17, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 21 approved campus terms and 13 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.