Open Enrollment
2026 Benefits Open Enrollment
This page is for full-time benefits eligible UChicago staff and academics. If you are a postdoc looking for open enrollment information, please refer to the Postdoc Open Enrollment page.
November 3 - November 17, 2025
Open Enrollment is your once-a-year opportunity to select the combination of benefits that are right for you and your family for the upcoming calendar year - whether that is making changes to your current coverage or enrolling in coverage for the first time. Beginning November 3, 2025, and ending November 17, 2025, you will be able to add, change or remove coverage from your current benefit plans by logging into your Workday account at workday.uchicago.edu and completing the Open Enrollment task found in your inbox. Any new elections and all changes will become effective January 1, 2026 and continue through December 31, 2026.
With the exception of Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability and HSA elections, no additional changes will be permitted before 2027, unless you experience a qualified life change event.
Learn more about qualified life change events by visiting this page.
Table of Contents
Key Provider Presentations
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Webinar will be available after the webinar.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available following the webinar.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
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November 12, 2025, 9:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
For those planning to retire in 2026
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT
Recorded Webinar will be available after the webinar.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. CT
Recorded Presentation will be available after the webinar.
Benefits and Health Fair
On-Campus: Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street
Learn about your 2026 benefits by attending the Benefits and Health Fair
FLU VACCINATION CLINICS
A flu vaccination clinic provided by UChicago Student Wellness, in collaboration with the Benefits Office, will be held during the Benefits and Health Fair on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL. Can't make it to the Benefits Fair? You may also receive your flu vaccine with these alternative options. Eligibility is dependent on your medical plan.
Contact Benefits Office
If you have any questions regarding Benefits or Open Enrollment, please contact the Benefits Office, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by phone at 773.702.9634 or email benefits@uchicago.edu.