Amsterdam University College
Published 7 August 2009

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.

Source: AUC