AUC's academic calendar

Academic year 2011-2012

The academic year, and classes, start on 5 September 2011.

The autumn semester is 20 weeks long, divided into 16 weeks (5 September 2011 to 23 December 2011) before the winter break, and 4 weeks in January/February (9 January 2012 to 3 February 2012). The winter break is therefore 24 December 2011 to 8 January 2012.

The spring semester is also 20 weeks long, divided into 16 weeks (6 February 2012 to 1 June 2012) and 4 weeks (4 June 2012 to 29 June 2012). There are no classes from 30 April to 6 May.

Other important dates 2011-2012

Ramadan 1 – 30 August 2011	dates to be confirmed
Rosh Hashanah 28 – 30 September 2011
Eid (Id-Al-Fitr/Suikerfeest) 31 August – 3 September 2011	dates to be confirmed
Daylight saving time ends 30 October 2011	Put your clocks back one hour in the night of 29-30 October
Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas’ Day eve) 5 December 2011
Christmas (Kerst) 25 - 26 December 2011	Public holiday
New Year’s Eve (Oudejaarsdag) 31 December 2011
New Year’s Day (Nieuwjaarsdag) 1 January 2012	Public holiday
Chinese New Year 23 January 2012
Daylight saving time begins 25 March 2012	Put your clocks forward one hour in the night of 24-25 March
Good Friday (Goede Vrijdag) 6 April 2012	Public holiday
Easter Monday (Tweede Paasdag) 9 April 2012	Public holiday
Spring Holidays (Voorjaarsvakantie) 30 April - 6 May
Queen’s Day (Koninginnedag) 30 April 2012	Public holiday
Labour Day (Dag van de Arbeid) 1 May 2012
Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) 4 May 2012
Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) 5 May 2012
Ascension Day (Hemelvaart) 17 May 2012 (18 May also lecture free)	Public holiday
Whit Monday (Tweede Pinksterdag) 28 May 2012	Public holiday

Academic Year 2012-2013

The academic year, and classes, start on 3 September 2012.

The autumn semester is 20 weeks long, divided into 16 weeks (3 September 2012 to 21 December 2012) before the winter break, and 4 weeks in January/February (7 January 2013 to 1 February 2013). The winter break is therefore 24 December 2012 to 6 January 2013.

The spring semester is also 20 weeks long, divided into 16 weeks (4 February 2013 to 31 May 2013) and 4 weeks (3 June 2013 to 28 June 2013). There are no classes from 29 April to 5 May.

The Introduction Week will be from 27 to 31 August 2012.

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