Academic Calendar

2013 2014
2014 2015

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Academic Calendar 2013-14 (by Semester Week)

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Sem. Week

Aug 2013

Month

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26

27

28

29

30

31

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Sep

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Oct. 14: The day following Chung Yeung Festival

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Oct. 27: Nineteenth Congregation (with different conferment sessions up to Saturday, 16 November)

28

29

30

31

9
10

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan 2014

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Week Mon

Sep. 2: Sem. 1 commences (14 teaching weeks: 2 Sep - 7 Dec 2013)

Sep. 2 - 14: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 1

Sep. 19: Mid-Autumn Festival (all evening classes suspended)

/ Sep. 20: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival

Oct. 1: National Day / Oct. 5: PolyU Education Info Day (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

10

10

11

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

11

12

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

12

13

25

26

27

28

29

30

13

14

14

15

10

11

12

13

14

15

Exam.

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Exam.

17

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

) Exam./

Dec. 25: Christmas Day / Dec. 26: The first weekday after Christmas Day

18

30

31

) Exam. Result

19

10

11

12

) Processing

Dec. 7: Sem. 1 teaching ends

Dec. 9 - 10: Revision Days for Sem. 1 / Dec. 11 - 24: Examination Period for Sem. 1 (Dec. 24: evening exam session not scheduled)

20

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

21

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Jan. 1: The first day of January

Jan. 4: All subject assessment results finalised
Jan. 11: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Jan. 13: Announcement of Sem. 1 overall assessment results
Jan. 13: Sem. 2 commences (14 teaching weeks: 13 Jan - 26 Apr 2014)
Jan. 13 - 25: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 2

22

27

28

29

30

31

Jan. 31 - Feb. 3: Lunar New Year Holidays

23

Lunar New Year Break

24

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

4
5

25

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

26

24

25

26

27

28

27

28

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

29

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

30

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

10

Feb. 4 - 8: Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

31

31

11

32

10

11

12

13

12

33

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

13

Apr. 18 - 21: Easter Holidays

34

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

14

Apr. 26: Sem. 2 teaching ends

35

28

29

30

Exam.

Apr. 28 - 30: Revision Days for Sem. 2 / May 1: Labour Day / May 2 - 16: Examination Period for Sem. 2

36

10

11

Exam.

May 6: The Buddha's Birthday

) Exam./
) Exam. Result
) Processing

37

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

38

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

39

26

27

28

29

30

31

40

Apr. 5: Ching Ming Festival

May 24: All subject assessment results finalised

May 26: Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks: 26 May - 12 Jul 2014)
May 26 - 31: Add/Drop Period for Summer Term
May 31: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Jun. 2: Tuen Ng Festival
Jun. 3: Announcement of Sem. 2 overall assessment results

41

10

11

12

13

14

15

42

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

43

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

44

30

Jul. 1: The HKSAR Establishment Day

45

10

11

12

13

Jul. 12: Summer Term teaching ends

46

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Exam.

47

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

) Exam. Result

48

28

29

30

31

) Processing

49

10

--

50

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

--

51

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

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52

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

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General Holidays
Dates of finalisation of examination results
July 2013

Notes

Jul. 14 - 19: Examination Period for Summer Term

Jul. 28: All subject assessment results finalised

Aug. 4: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Aug. 5: Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results

Aug. 31: Academic Year 2013-14 ends

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Academic Calendar 2014-15 (by Semester Week)
Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Sem. Week

Aug 2014

Month

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25

26

27

28

29

30

31

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Sep

Sep. 1: Sem. 1 commences (13 teaching weeks: 1 Sep - 29 Nov 2014)

Sep. 1 - 13: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 1
Sep. 8: Mid-Autumn Festival (all evening classes suspended) / Sep. 9: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan 2015

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Week Mon

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

9
10

10

11

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

11

12

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

12

13

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

13

14

Exam.

15

10

11

12

13

14

Exam.
Exam.

Oct. 1: The National Day / Oct. 2: Chung Yeung Festival

Oct. 25: Twentieth Congregation (with different conferment sessions up to Saturday, 15 November) (tentative)

Nov. 29: Sem. 1 teaching ends

Dec. 1-4: Revision Days for Sem. 1/ Dec. 5 -20: Examination Period for Sem. 1

16

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

17

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

) Exam.

Dec. 25: Christmas Day / Dec. 26: The first weekday after Christmas Day

18

29

30

31

) Result

19

10

11

) Processing

20

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Jan. 1: First Day of January

Jan. 2: All subject assessment results finalised
Jan. 9: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Jan. 10: Announcement of Sem. 1 overall assessment results
Jan. 12: Sem. 2 commences (13 teaching weeks: 12 Jan - 18 Apr 2015)
Jan. 12 - 24: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 2

21

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

22

26

27

28

29

30

31

23

24

10

11

12

13

14

15

25

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Lunar New Year Break

26

23

24

25

26

27

28

27

28

10

11

12

13

14

15

29

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

30

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

10

Feb. 16 - 18: Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended) / Feb. 19 - 21: Lunar New Year Holidays

31

30

31

11

Apr. 3 - 6: Easter Holidays

32

10

11

12

12

Apr. 7: The second day following Ching Ming Festival

33

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

13

Apr. 18: Sem. 2 teaching ends

34

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Exam.

Apr. 20 - 22: Revision Days for Sem. 2 / Apr. 23 - May 9: Examination Period for Sem. 2

35

27

28

29

30

Exam.

May 1: Labour Day

36

10

Exam.

37

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

38

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

) Exam.
) Result
) Processing

39

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

40

41

10

11

12

13

14

42

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

43

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

44

29

30

45

10

11

12

46

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

47

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

) Exam./

48

27

28

29

30

31

) Exam.Result
) Processing

Exam.

49

50

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

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51

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

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52

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

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General Holidays (tentative for 2015)

Dates of finalisation of examination results
July 2013

Notes

May 18: All subject assessment results finalised

May 25: The Buddha's Birthday
May 26: Finalisation of overall assessment results
May 26: Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks: 26 May - 13 Jul 2015)
May 26 - Jun. 1: Add/Drop Period for Summer Term
May 27: Announcement of Sem. 2 overall assessment results

Jun. 20: Tuen Ng Festival

Jul. 1: The HKSAR Establishment Day

Jul. 13: Summer Term teaching ends/ Jul. 14 - 20: Examination Period for Summer Term

Jul. 28: All subject assessment results finalised

Aug. 4: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Aug. 5: Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results

Aug. 30: Academic Year 2014-15 ends