iCalendar User Guide

What is iCalendar

Internet Calendar or iCalendar, often referred to as iCAL, is a standard format for calendar data exchange and enables users to create electronic calendars.

Instructions for subscribing to iCalendar

Outlook - Desktop (only available in the classic Outlook app)

1. To add the MIC academic calendar to your Microsoft Outlook calendar, click on the ‘Calendar’ link on the MIC calendar page here.
2. A dialogue box will open, click ‘open Outlook’.
3. In Outlook, a dialogue box will open asking you to ‘Add this Internet Calendar to Outlook and subscribe to updates?’- select ‘Yes’.
4. The calendar will be added to your Outlook calendar as ‘MIC Academic calendar’.

Note: For the new Outlook app, you can add the iCAL subscription via Outlook on the web using the ‘Copy link’ URL.

Outlook – Mobile

You can add the iCAL subscription via Outlook on the web.

Note: You can’t subscribe to iCAL on the Outlook mobile app.


Apple Mac Calendar

1. To add the MIC academic calendar to your Apple Mac calendar app, click on the ‘Calendar’ link on the MIC calendar page here.
2. The Calendar app will open a dialogue box displaying an import URL - click subscribe.

Or subscribe to the MIC academic calendar using the ‘Copy link’ URL.

1. Go to the Calendar app on your Mac.
2. Choose File > New Calendar Subscription.
3. Enter the calendar’s URL, then click subscribe.

Note: Users should change the auto-refresh setting from every week to every day to ensure the calendar is up to date.

Google Calendar on iPhone/ Android

Note: You can’t subscribe to the iCAL on the Google calendar app for iPhone, Android or iPad.

1. To add the MIC academic calendar to your Google Calendar, click on the ‘Google Calendar’ link on the MIC calendar page here.
2. Your Google calendar will open (browser version), along with an ‘Add Calendar’ dialogue box displaying an import URL - click ‘Add’.

Google Calendar - Desktop App

1. To add the MIC academic calendar to your Google Calendar, open your Google Calendar App.
2. In ‘Other Calendars’ in the side menu, click on the plus (+) symbol to ‘Add other calendar’. Select ‘From URL’.
3. Then click ‘Copy link’ from the MIC calendar page here.
4. Enter the link in the URL field and click ‘Add Calendar’.