Recruitment Calendar

Discover the best timing to hire UC students.

To help you plan your recruitment at the University of Cincinnati, we've provided the dates of our recruiting events and the UC academic schedule. 

Fall 2025

Representatives from Phillips Edison at the UC Professional and Technical Career Fair
  • Early August: Employers conclude interviews and extend offers to fall co-op students
  • August 25: Fall Semester begins. Fall co-op positions start around this date; actual start dates vary by employer.
  • September 1: Labor Day Holiday
  • September 2: Part-Time Job Fair 
  • September 16-18: Fall Business, Engineering, and IT Career Fair
  • September-October: Employers post spring co-op positions to UC Handshake. Students seeking spring co-ops begin their searches.
  • October-November: Employers conduct interviews for spring co-op students. 
  • November 11: Veterans Day Holiday
  • November 27-30: Thanksgiving Holiday
  • December: Employers receive link to complete Fall Semester co-op evaluation.
  • December 6: Fall semester ends 

Spring 2026

students at tables meeting with employers inside the DAAP cafe
  • January: Employers set goals with their spring co-op students
  • January 12: Spring Semester begins. Spring co-op positions start around this date; actual start dates vary by employer.
  • January 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
  • January-February: Employers post summer co-op positions to UC Handshake. Students seeking summer co-ops begin their searches.
  • February 10-12: Spring Business, Engineering, and IT Career Fair
  • February-March: Employers conduct interviews for summer co-op students. 
  • March 16-22: Spring Break Holiday
  • April: Employers receive link to complete Spring Semester co-op evaluation.
  • April 24: Spring Semester ends

Summer 2026

co-op students posing inside a large cardboard picture frame that reads Michael Graves Summer Picnic 2023
  • May 11: Summer Semester begins. Summer co-op positions start around this date; actual start dates vary by employer.
  • May-June: Employers post fall co-op positions to UC Handshake. Students seeking fall co-ops begin their searches.
  • May 25: Memorial Day Holiday
  • June 19: Juneteenth Holiday
  • June-July: Employers conduct interviews for fall co-op students.
  • July 3: Independence Day Holiday
  • August 8: Summer Semester ends
  • Early August: Employers receive link to complete Summer Semester co-op evaluation.

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