Academic Calendar

2014 2015...Page 2
2015 2016...Page 3

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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

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

10

11

12

Oct. 11: PolyU Education Info Day (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

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.

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
) Processing

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

Exam.

19

10

11

20

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

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

39

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

40

2
3

) Exam.
) Result
) Processing

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

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
March 2014

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

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Aug. 30: Academic Year 2014-15 ends

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Revised Academic Calendar 2015-16 (by Semester Week)

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Sem. Week

Aug 2015

Month

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24

25

26

27

28

29

30

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Sep

31

Aug. 31: Sem. 1 commences (13 teaching weeks: 31 Aug - 28 Nov 2015)
Aug. 31 - Sep. 12: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 1
Sep. 3: The 70th anniversary day of the victory of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan 2016

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

Sep. 27: Mid-Autumn Festival (all evening classes suspended)

28

29

30

Sep. 28: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival / Oct. 1: National Day

10

11

Oct. 10: PolyU Education Info Day (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

10

10

11

10

11

12

13

14

15

11

12

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

12

13

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

13

14

30

Exam.

15

10

11

12

13

Exam.

16

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Exam.

17

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

18

28

29

30

31

19

10

20

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

) Exam.
) Result
) Processing

21

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

22

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

23

24

10

11

12

13

14

Lunar New Year Break

25

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

26

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

27

29

28

10

11

12

13

29

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

30

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

10

31

28

29

30

31

11

Oct. 21: Chung Yeung Festival

Oct. 24: Twenty-first Congregation (First conferment session)

Nov. 14: Twenty-first Congregation (Main conferment session, also last session)

Nov. 28: Sem. 1 teaching ends

Nov. 30 - Dec. 3: Revision Days for Sem. 1
Dec. 4 - 19: Examination Period for Sem. 1

Dec. 25: Christmas Day / Dec. 26: The first weekday after Christmas Day
Dec. 30: All subject assessment results finalised / Jan. 1: The First Day of January
Jan. 8: Finalisation of overall assessment results / Jan. 9: Announcement of Sem. 1 overall assessment results
Jan. 11: Sem. 2 commences (13 teaching weeks: 11 Jan - 16 Apr 2016)
Jan. 11 - 23: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 2

Feb. 7: Lunar New Year's Eve (all evening classes suspended)

Feb. 8 - 10: Lunar New Year Holidays / Feb. 11 - 13: Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

Mar. 25 - 28: Easter Holidays

32

10

12

Apr. 4: Ching Ming Festival

33

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

13

Apr. 16: Sem. 2 teaching ends

34

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Exam.

35

25

26

27

28

29

30

Exam.

36

37

10

11

12

13

14

15

38

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

39

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

40

30

31

May 14: The Buddha's Birthday

May 18: All subject assessment results finalised
May 23: Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks: 23 May - 9 Jul 2016)
May 23 - 28: Add/Drop Period for Summer Term
May 25: Finalisation of overall assessment results
May 26: Announcement of Sem. 2 overall assessment results
Jun. 9: Tuen Ng Festival

Exam.
) Exam. / Exam.
) Result
) Processing

41

10

11

12

42

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Apr. 18 - 21: Revision Days for Sem. 2

Apr. 22 - May 9: Examination Period for Sem. 2

May 2: The day following Labour Day

43

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

44

27

28

29

30

Jul. 1: HKSAR Establishment Day

45

10

Jul. 9: Summer Term teaching ends

46

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Exam.

47

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

48

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

49

) Exam.
) Result
) Processing

50

10

11

12

13

14

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15

16

17

18

19

20

21

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52

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

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General Holidays
Dates of finalisation of examination results
July 2015

Notes

Jul. 11 - 16: Examination Period for Summer Term

Jul. 25: All subject assessment results finalised

Aug. 1: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Aug. 2: Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results

Aug. 28: Academic Year 2015-16 ends