Ashesi University College 2017/2018 Academic Calendar

By | July 4, 2017

Ashesi University College 2017/2018 Academic Calendar

Below is the Ashesi University College 2017/2018 Academic Calendar. All students are advised to take critical note of all the activities.
Ashesi’s academic calendar is divided into two semesters. Students typically take four semester units per semester. A semester unit (typically 42 classroom contact hours and 14 discussion/lab contact hours) is defined as three (3) hours per week of classroom time and 1 or 1.5 hours of discussion/lab time per week over a period of fifteen weeks.

Jan (Semester 2) 2017

EVENT DATE
Classes begin for Freshmen January 9th
Registrations end for freshmen January 10th
Classes begin for continuing students January 16th
Registration end for continuing students January 17th
End of adding and dropping courses for freshmen January 27th
End of adding and dropping courses for continuing students February 3rd
Mid-Semester break for all students March 6th – 10th
Classes resume for all students March 13th
Last day of classes for seniors April 21st
Revision for seniors April 22nd – 23rd
Final exams for seniors April 24th – 26th
Last day of classes for continuing students April 26th
Capstone presentations for seniors April 27th – 28th
Revision for continuing students April 27th – 28th
End of semester for seniors April 28th
Final exams for continuing students May 2nd – 6th
Last day of classes for freshmen May 4th
End of semester for continuing students May 6th
Revision for freshmen May 5th – 8th
Final exams for freshmen May 9th – 12th
End of semester for freshmen May 12th
Commencement* June 24th

 

June (Short Semester) 2017

EVENT DATE
Classes begin for all students June 12th
Registrations end for all students June 13th
Classes end for all students July 19th
Final Exams for all students July 20th – 21st
End of semester for all students July 21st

Holidays:

  • New Years (2nd January )
  • Independence Day (6th March)
  • Easter (14th – 17th April)
  • Labor Day (1st May)
  • African Union Day (25th May)
  • Eid al Fitr (26th June)
  • Republic Day (3rd July)

 

August (Semester 1) 2017

EVENT DATE
Orientation for new faculty and faculty interns Week of August 21st
Classes begin for continuing students August 28th
Continuing students meet with advisors if off track from cohort Week of August 28th
Registration ends for continuing students August 29th
Freshmen arrive September 6th
Freshman orientation September 7th -10th
Matriculation for freshmen September 8th
End of adding and dropping courses for continuing students September 8th
Classes begin for first year courses September 11th
Advising Weeks for continuing students September 11th – 22nd
Mid-Semester break for all students October 23rd – 27th
Classes resume for all students October 30th
Course Evaluations Week of December 4th
Last day of classes for all students December 7th
Revision days for all students December 8th -10th
End of semester exams for all students December 11th – 15th
Break begins for all students December 15th

 

Holidays:

  • Eid al Adha (1st September)
  • Founder’s Day (21st September)
  • Farmers’ Day (1st December)

 

January (Semester 2) 2018

EVENT DATE
Campus re-opens Tuesday, January 2nd
Classes begin for first year courses January 8th
Freshmen meet with Heads of Department or Academic Registry if off track from cohort Week of January 8th
Registrations ends for freshmen January 9th
End of adding and dropping courses for freshmen January 12th
Classes begins for continuing students January 15th 
Continuing students meet with advisors if off track from cohort Week of January 15th
Registration ends for continuing students January 16th
End of adding and dropping courses for continuing students February 2nd
Advising Weeks for continuing students February 12th – 23rd
Mid-Semester break for all students March 5th – 9th
Classes resumes for all students March 12th
All Campus Evaluations Week of April 16th
Last day of classes for seniors April 20th
Revision for seniors April 21st – 22nd
Final exams for seniors April 23rd – 25th
Last day of classes for continuing students April 25th
Capstone presentations for seniors April 26th – 27th
Revision for continuing students April 26th – 29th
End of spring semester for seniors April 27th
Final exams for continuing students April 30th, May 2nd – 4th
Last day of classes for freshmen May 3rd
End of spring semester for continuing students May 4th
Revision for freshmen May 4th – 8th
Final exams for freshmen May 8th – 11th
End of spring semester for freshmen May 11th
Commencement* June 23rd

Holidays:

Eid al Adha Friday, September 1st (estimated)
Founder’s Day Thursday, September 21st
Farmers’ Day Friday, December 1st
Campus Closed for Holiday December 19th – January 1st

All dates are subject to change