Class

Duration of the academic year: 19/09/2011 to 16/09/2012

Approved by the Governing Council on 17/05/2011 and 11/07/2011

Class schedules
Class		First semester courses	Second semester courses
		19/09/2011 to 20/01/2012 (continuous assessment) 19/09/2011 to 27/01/2012 (without continuous assessment)	13/02/2012 to 08/06/2012 (continuous assessment) 13/02/2012 to 15/06/2012 (without continuous assessment)

The directorates of the Departments, Deans Offices and Institutions shall ensure compliance with the minimum number of class hours set forth in the study programmes for each discipline.

General academic vacations
Christmas	Easter Week	Summer
22/12/2011 to 08/01/2012	02/04/2012 to 09/04/2012	13/07/2012 to 31/08/2012

*   No classes will be held on the Patron Saint’s Day of each university institution.

*  Ordinary meetings of university governing bodies or other committees may not be held on non-class days, nor may they coincide with election periods in the university community and, except during the month of July, doctoral theses may not be defended.

*  For purposes exclusive to the reading of doctoral theses and the hearing of extraordinary exam review tribunals, the dates 13th to 27th of July will be considered academic.