Introduction
Although academic year 2011/2012 officially has a two-semester setup, the year is in fact divided into four teaching periods.
The first two periods,
Ia
and
Ib
,
together make up semester
I
and the second two periods,
IIa
and
IIb
, form semester
II
.
We use the term ‘period’ to avoid confusion with the ‘quarters’ in a calendar year.
Each period consists of about 8 teaching weeks and about 3 examination weeks.
The week numbers in the timetable match the calendar week numbers.
OLW Academic Year
Degree programmes:
Biology, Pharmacy and Life Science & Technology
|
Date
|
Week
|
Aim
|
Period
|
Includes
|
|
5 Sep. - 11 Nov.
|
36-45
|
Lecture period
|
Ia
|
|
|
14 Nov. - 23 Dec.
|
46-51
|
Lecture period
|
Ib
|
‘Sinterklaasavond’
|
|
2 Jan. - 6 Jan.
|
1
|
Resit week
|
|
|
|
9 Jan. - 3 Feb.
|
2-5
|
Lecture period
|
Ib
|
|
|
6 Feb. - 10 Feb.
|
6
|
Resit week
|
|
|
|
13 Feb. - 20 Apr.
|
7-16
|
Lecture period
|
IIa
|
Good Friday
Easter Monday
|
|
23 Apr. - 27 Apr.
|
17
|
Resit week
|
|
|
|
30 Apr. - 6 Jul.
|
18-27
|
Lecture period
|
IIb
|
Queen’s Day
Ascension Day
Day after Ascension Day
Whit Monday
|
|
9 Jul. - 13 Jul.
|
28
|
Resit week
|
|
|
|
16 Jul. - 17 Aug.
|
29-33
|
Holidays
|
|
|
|
20 Aug. - 31 Aug.
|
34-35
|
Resit period
|
|
Groningen Liberation Day
|
ONT/OIC Academic Year
Degree programmes:
Computing Science, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Industrial Engineering & Management and Mathematics.
Artificial Intelligence follows its own timetable, which is a combination of those of GMW and FWN.
|
Date
|
Week
|
Aim
|
Period
|
Includes
|
|
5 Sep. - 28 Oct.
|
36-43
|
Lecture period
|
Ia
|
|
|
31 Oct. - 11 Nov.
|
44, 45
|
Exam period
|
|
|
|
14 Nov. - 23 Dec.
|
46-51
|
Lecture period
|
Ib
|
‘Sinterklaasavond’
|
|
9 Jan. - 20 Jan.
|
1-3
|
Lecture period
|
Ib
|
|
|
23 Jan. - 10 Feb.
|
4-6
|
Exam period
|
|
|
|
13 Feb. - 30 Mar.
|
7-13
|
Lecture period
|
IIa
|
|
|
2 Apr. - 20 Apr.
|
14-16
|
Exam period
|
|
Good Friday
Easter Monday
|
|
23 Apr. - 15 Jun.
|
17-24
|
Lecture period
|
IIb
|
Queen’s Day
Ascension Day
Day after Ascension Day
Whit Monday
|
|
18 Jun. - 6 Jul.
|
25-27
|
Exam period
|
|
|
|
9 Jul. - 13 Jul.
|
28
|
First-year resit week
|
|
|
|
16 Jul. - 17 Aug.
|
29-33
|
Holidays
|
|
|
|
20 Aug. - 31 Aug.
|
34-35
|
Resit period
|
|
Groningen Liberation Day
|
The buildings will be closed on the following days:
-
Monday 5 December
2011
from 4 p.m.:
Sinterklaas
-
(Saturday 24 December
2011 from 4 p.m.:
Christmas Eve)
-
(Saturday 25 December
2011:
Christmas Day)
-
Monday 26 December
2011:
Boxing Day
-
Friday 31 December 2011 from 4 p.m.:
New Year’s Eve
-
(Saturday 1 January
2012:
New Year’s Day)
-
Friday 6 April 2012:
Good Friday
-
Monday 9 April 2012:
Easter Monday
-
Monday 30 April 2012:
Queen’s Day
-
(Saturday 5 May 2012:
Liberation Day)
-
Thursday 17 May 2012:
Ascension Day
-
Friday 18 May 2012:
Day after Ascension Day; buildings open but no lectures
-
Monday 28 May 2012:
Whit Monday
-
Tuesday 28 August
2012:
Groningen Liberation Day
