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August 16, 2015

Academic Calendar 2015-2016

Semester I: Fall 2015

Date Day Event Aug. 9-20 Sunday-Thursday AUW Fellows Orientation Aug. 15 Saturday National Mourning Day (National Holiday) Aug. 20 Thursday All Faculty Orientation Aug. 20-22 Thursday-Saturday New AA/ UG Student Orientation Aug. 23 Sunday Commencement of Classes – AA & UG Aug. 23-Aug. 30 Sunday-Sunday Drop / Add Period Sept. 5 Saturday Janmastami* (National Holiday) Sept. 10 Thursday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

without ‘W’ grade Sept. 22-24 Tuesday-Thursday Eid-Ul-Azha* (National Holiday) Oct. 10-11 Saturday-Sunday Board of Trustees Meeting in Ctg. Oct. 18-22 Sunday-Thursday Fall Break Oct. 22 Thursday Durga Puja Dashami* (National Holiday) Oct. 24 Saturday Muharram* (National Holiday) Oct. 25 Sunday Classes commence after Break Oct. 29 Thursday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

with ‘W’ grade Dec. 10 Thursday Last Day of Classes Dec 11-14 Friday-Monday Exam study period Dec. 15-17-18-19 Tues-Thurs-Fri-Sat End-Semester Exam Dec. 16 Wednesday Victory Day (National Holiday) Dec 20 Sunday Semester Break begins (through Jan.9, 2016) Dec. 24 Thursday Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi/Birth of the Prophet*

(National Holiday) Dec. 25-26 Friday-Saturday Christmas & Boxing Day Jan. 2 Saturday Submission of Grades

Semester II: Spring 2016

Date Day Event Jan. 8-9 Friday-Saturday New UG Orientation Jan. 9 Saturday End Semester Break Jan. 10 Sunday Commencement of Classes Jan. 10-17 Sunday-Sunday Drop / Add Period Jan. 22-23 Friday-Saturday AUW visit from Hong Kong Delegates Jan. 28 Thursday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

without ‘W’ grade Feb. 21 Sunday Mother Language Day (National Holiday) Mar. 6-10 Sunday-Thursday Spring Break Mar. 13 Sunday Classes commence after Break Mar. 17 Thursday Bangabandu’s Birthday (National Holiday) Mar. 24 Thursday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

with ‘W’ grade Mar. 26 Saturday Independence Day (National Holiday)

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Mar. 27 Sunday Easter Sunday (no classes) Apr. 14 Thursday Bengali New Year (National Holiday) Apr. 28 Thursday Last Day of Classes Apr. 29-May3 Friday-Tuesday Exam study period May 1 Sunday Labour Day (National Holiday) May 4-7 Wednesday-Saturday End-Semester Exam May 8 Sunday Semester Break begins May 8-12 Sunday-Thursday Summer Project Workshops May 10 Tuesday Shab-e-Meraz* May 11 Wednesday Submission of Senior Grades May 14 Saturday Graduation (tentatively) May 16 Monday Submission of Grades

Semester III: Summer-1 2016

Date Day Event May 15 Sunday Commencement of Classes for Summer 1 May 15-17 Sunday -Tuesday Drop / Add period May 21 Saturday Buddha Purnima* (National Holiday) May 23 Monday Shab-e-Barat* (National Holiday) May 26 Thursday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

without ‘W’ grade June 2 Thursday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

with ‘W’ grade June 15 Wednesday Last Day of Summer 1 Classes June 16 Thursday Exam day for Summer 1 June 19 Sunday Submission of Grades for Summer 1 Semester IV: Summer-2 2016

Date Day Event June 26 Sunday Commencement of Classes for Summer 2 June 26-28 Sunday -Tuesday Drop / Add period July 3-7 Sunday-Thursday Eid-Ul-Fitr* (National Holiday) July 10 Sunday Classes commence after Break July 10 Sunday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

without ‘W’ grade July 17 Sunday Last Day for Withdrawal of a Course

with ‘W’ grade Aug. 3 Wednesday Last Day of Summer 2 Classes Aug. 4 Thursday Exam day for Summer 2 Aug. 7 Sunday Submission of Grades for Summer 2

Note: 1. Holidays marked with an asterisk (*) may change depending on the appearance of the

moon or some other reasons. 2. No classes will be held on national holidays.