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A unified transient kinetic model which can predict the adsorption, desorption and oxidation kinetics of NH₃ over hydrothermally aged Cu-chabazite was developed. The model takes into account the variation of fractional coverages of NH₃ storage sites due to hydrothermal aging. In order to determine the fractional coverage of these sites, the catalyst was aged for various times at a certain temperature followed by NH₃ adsorption, desorption and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) experiments. TPD profiles were deconvoluted mainly into three peaks with centres at 317, 456 and 526 °C, respectively. Hydrothermal aging resulted in the progressive increase in the intensity of the peak at 317 °C and decrease in the intensity of the peaks at 456 and 526 °C, along with decreased NH₃ oxidation at high temperatures. A model for hydrothermal aging kinetics of the fractional coverage of storage sites was developed using three reactions with appropriate rate expressions with parameters regressed from experimental data. The model was then incorporated into a multi-site kinetic model for the degreened Cu-Chabazite by the addition of aging reactions on each storage site. The effects of both aging time and temperature on the kinetics NH₃ adsorption, desorption and oxidation were successfully predicted in the 155-540 °C range. This study is the first step towards the development of a hydrothermal aging-unified kinetic model of NH₃-Selective Catalytic Reduction over Cu-chabazite.