ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2016-2017
September
Week
October
35 36 37 38 39
November
39 40 41 42 43
44
44 45 46 47 48
31
December
48 49 50 51 52
Monday
5
12 19 26
3
10 17 24
7
14 21 28
5
12 19 26
Tuesday
6
13 20 27
4
11 18 25
1
8
15 22 29
6
13 20 27
Wednesday
7
14 21 28
5
12 19 26
2
9
16 23 30
7
14 21 28
Thursday
1
8
15 22 29
6
13 20 27
3
10 17 24
1
8
15 22 29
Friday
2
9
16 23 30
7
14 21 28
4
11 18 25
2
9
16 23 30
Saturday
3
10 17 24
1
8
15 22 29
5
12 19 26
3
10 17 24 31
Sunday
4
11 18 25
2
9
16 23 30
6
13 20 27
4
11 18 25
January
1
2
Monday
2
9
Tuesday
Week
52
3
February
4
5
5
6
7
8
March
9
9
10 11 12 13
April
13 14 15 16 17
16 23 30
6
13 20 27
6
13 20 27
3
10 17 24
3
10 17 24 31
7
14 21 28
7
14 21 28
4
11 18 25
Wednesday
4
11 18 25
1
8
15 22
1
8
15 22 29
5
12 19 26
Thursday
5
12 19 26
2
9
16 23
2
9
16 23 30
6
13 20 27
Friday
6
13 20 27
3
10 17 24
3
10 17 24 31
7
14 21 28
7
14 21 28
4
11 18 25
4
11 18 25
1
8
15 22 29
8
15 22 29
5
12 19 26
5
12 19 26
2
9
16 23 30
Saturday
Sunday
1
May
Week
18 19 20 21 22
June
22 23 24 25 26
July
August
26 27 28 29 30 31 31 32 33 34 35
Monday
1
8
15 22 29
5
12 19 26
3
10 17 24 31
7
14 21 28
Tuesday
2
9
16 23 30
6
13 20 27
4
11 18 25
1
8
15 22 29
Wednesday
3
10 17 24 31
7
14 21 28
5
12 19 26
2
9
16 23 30
Thursday
4
11 18 25
1
8
15 22 29
6
13 20 27
3
10 17 24 31
Friday
5
12 19 26
2
9
16 23 30
7
14 21 28
4
11 18 25
Saturday
6
13 20 27
3
10 17 24
1
8
15 22 29
5
12 19 26
Sunday
7
14 21 28
4
11 18 25
2
9
16 23 30
6
13 20 27
Legend
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Supplementary and
replacement exams
Non-teaching days
Introduction week
EXPLANATION ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2016–2017
1. Non-teaching days
There will be no lectures or tutorials on the following days:

Christmas Day & Boxing Day* 25 & 26 December 2016

Good Friday
14 April 2017

Easter Monday
17 April 2017

King’s Day
27 April 2017

Liberation Day
5 May 2017

Ascension Day
25 May 2017
26 May 2017
 Compulsory day off
5 June 2017
 Whit Monday
The Christmas break (non-teaching days) will run from Monday 26 December 2016
till Friday 6 January 2017.
2. Introduction week
The Freshmen introduction week will take place in the first week of the academic
year, Monday the 5th until Friday 9th of September. During these days there will be
lectures and tutorials for students of later years.
3. Semester dates
The academic year is divided into two semesters, each with two periods. Each
period’s retake week is shown in the last column.
Sem 1
Per 1
Lectures/tutorials
SR/RE
5 September 2016 - 11 November 2016
30 January – 3 February
2017
Sem 2
Per 2
14 November 2016 – 27 January 2017
17 April – 21 April 2017
Per 3
6 February 2017 – 14 April 2017
3 July – 7 July 2017
Per 4
24 April 2017 – 30 June 2017
10 July – 14 July 2017
4. Enrolment dates
Enrolment is possible on the following dates. Please note, late enrolment is only
possible for courses which have places left.
Enrolment dates
Sem 1
30 May – 26 June 2016
Sem 2
30 October – 27 November
2016
Late enrolment dates
Per 1
22 & 23 August 2016
Per 2
31 October & 1 November 2016
Per 3
23 & 24 January 2017
Per 4
3 & 4 April 2017