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AY 2016 Academic CalendarYear Date Day Class Schedule
Spring Semester 2016 4 1 Fri Entrance Ceremony March 22 - 25,
Tuesday - Friday
2 Sat Course Registration Period A3 Sun March 29, Tuesday4 Mon
English placement test5 Tue Japanese placement test6 Wed7 Thu April
3, Sunday8 Fri Mathematics placement test (APM only)9 Sat April 4 -
11, Monday - Monday
10 Sun FIRST Program application period (for Spring Semester
program)11 Mon Start of Classes, Spring Semester 1st Quarter ●
April 6, Wednesday12 Tue ● FIRST Program guidance session (for
Spring Semester program)13 Wed ● April 7 - 8, Thursday - Friday14
Thu ● Course Registration Period B15 Fri ● April 11 - 27, Monday -
Wednesday16 Sat Short-term Active Learning program application
period17 Sun April 13, Wednesday18 Mon ● Short-term Active Learning
program general guidance session19 Tue ● 2016 Fall Semester student
exchange (domestic) guidance session20 Wed ● 2017 Spring Semester
student exchange (international) guidance session21 Thu ● April 13
- 25, Wednesday - Monday22 Fri ● 2016 Fall Semester student
exchange (domestic) application period23 Sat April 15, Friday24 Sun
FIRST Program application results released (for Spring Semester
program)25 Mon ● April 18 - 19, Monday - Tuesday26 Tue ● Course
Registration Correction Period 127 Wed ● April 20, Wednesday28 Thu
● SEND guidance session29 Fri National Holiday Classes as usual ●30
Sat Make-up Classes ○
5 1 Sun May 11, Wednesday2 Mon ● 2016 Fall Semester seminar
subject guidance sesion held and syllabus released3 Tue National
Holiday Classes as usual ● May 18, Wednesday4 Wed National Holiday
Classes as usual ● Spring Semester 1st Quarter final examination
schedule released5 Thu National Holiday Classes as usual ● May 11 -
June 8, Wednesday - Wednesday6 Fri ● 2017 Spring Semester student
exchange (international) application period / guidance session7
Sat8 Sun9 Mon ●10 Tue ●11 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ●12 Thu ●13 Fri ●14
Sat Make-up Classes ○15 Sun16 Mon ●17 Tue ●18 Wed ●19 Thu ●20 Fri
●21 Sat22 Sun23 Mon ●24 Tue ●25 Wed ●26 Thu ●27 Fri ●28 Sat Make-up
Classes ○29 Sun Final Exams,1st Quarter Spring Semester ●30 Mon
Final Exams,1st Quarter Spring Semester ●31 Tue Final Exams,1st
Quarter Spring Semester ●
6 1 Wed No Classes June 1 - 5, Wednesday - Sunday2 Thu No
Classes FIRST Program held (Spring Semester program)3 Fri No
Classes June 13 - 24, Monday - Friday4 Sat AP Language subject
exemption application period5 Sun June 13 - 14, Monday - Tuesday6
Mon Start of Classes, Spring Semester 2nd Quarter ● Course
Registration Correction Period 27 Tue ● June 22 - 29, Wednesday -
Wednesday8 Wed ● 2016 Fall Seminar subject new application and
cancellation period9 Thu ● 2016 Fall Semester sub-seminar
application period10 Fri ● June 27- July 1, Monday - Friday11 Sat
Open University of Japan application period (Fall Semester
course)12 Sun13 Mon ●14 Tue ●15 Wed 1st Quarter Make-up
Examinations ●16 Thu ●17 Fri ●18 Sat Make-up Classes ○19 Sun20 Mon
●21 Tue ●22 Wed TOEIC® Test (IP) ●23 Thu ●24 Fri ●25 Sat26 Sun27
Mon ●28 Tue ●29 Wed ●30 Thu ●
Class Column: ● School Day or Examination Day *The schedule is
subject to change ◦ : Make-up Classes None: No Classes
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AY 2016 Academic CalendarYear Date Day Class Schedule
Spring Semester 2016 4 1 Fri Entrance Ceremony March 22 - 25,
Tuesday - Friday
2 Sat Course Registration Period A3 Sun March 29, Tuesday4 Mon
English placement test5 Tue Japanese placement test6 Wed7 Thu April
3, Sunday8 Fri Mathematics placement test (APM only)9 Sat April 4 -
11, Monday - Monday
10 Sun FIRST Program application period (for Spring Semester
program)11 Mon Start of Classes, Spring Semester 1st Quarter ●
April 6, Wednesday12 Tue ● FIRST Program guidance session (for
Spring Semester program)13 Wed ● April 7 - 8, Thursday - Friday14
Thu ● Course Registration Period B15 Fri ● April 11 - 27, Monday -
Wednesday16 Sat Short-term Active Learning program application
period17 Sun April 13, Wednesday18 Mon ● Short-term Active Learning
program general guidance session19 Tue ● 2016 Fall Semester student
exchange (domestic) guidance session20 Wed ● 2017 Spring Semester
student exchange (international) guidance session21 Thu ● April 13
- 25, Wednesday - Monday22 Fri ● 2016 Fall Semester student
exchange (domestic) application period23 Sat April 15, Friday24 Sun
FIRST Program application results released (for Spring Semester
program)25 Mon ● April 18 - 19, Monday - Tuesday26 Tue ● Course
Registration Correction Period 127 Wed ● April 20, Wednesday28 Thu
● SEND guidance session29 Fri National Holiday Classes as usual ●30
Sat Make-up Classes ○
5 1 Sun May 11, Wednesday2 Mon ● 2016 Fall Semester seminar
subject guidance sesion held and syllabus released3 Tue National
Holiday Classes as usual ● May 18, Wednesday4 Wed National Holiday
Classes as usual ● Spring Semester 1st Quarter final examination
schedule released5 Thu National Holiday Classes as usual ● May 11 -
June 8, Wednesday - Wednesday6 Fri ● 2017 Spring Semester student
exchange (international) application period / guidance session7
Sat8 Sun9 Mon ●10 Tue ●11 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ●12 Thu ●13 Fri ●14
Sat Make-up Classes ○15 Sun16 Mon ●17 Tue ●18 Wed ●19 Thu ●20 Fri
●21 Sat22 Sun23 Mon ●24 Tue ●25 Wed ●26 Thu ●27 Fri ●28 Sat Make-up
Classes ○29 Sun Final Exams,1st Quarter Spring Semester ●30 Mon
Final Exams,1st Quarter Spring Semester ●31 Tue Final Exams,1st
Quarter Spring Semester ●
6 1 Wed No Classes June 1 - 5, Wednesday - Sunday2 Thu No
Classes FIRST Program held (Spring Semester program)3 Fri No
Classes June 13 - 24, Monday - Friday4 Sat AP Language subject
exemption application period5 Sun June 13 - 14, Monday - Tuesday6
Mon Start of Classes, Spring Semester 2nd Quarter ● Course
Registration Correction Period 27 Tue ● June 22 - 29, Wednesday -
Wednesday8 Wed ● 2016 Fall Seminar subject new application and
cancellation period9 Thu ● 2016 Fall Semester sub-seminar
application period10 Fri ● June 27- July 1, Monday - Friday11 Sat
Open University of Japan application period (Fall Semester
course)12 Sun13 Mon ●14 Tue ●15 Wed 1st Quarter Make-up
Examinations ●16 Thu ●17 Fri ●18 Sat Make-up Classes ○19 Sun20 Mon
●21 Tue ●22 Wed TOEIC® Test (IP) ●23 Thu ●24 Fri ●25 Sat26 Sun27
Mon ●28 Tue ●29 Wed ●30 Thu ●
Class Column: ● School Day or Examination Day *The schedule is
subject to change ◦ : Make-up Classes None: No Classes
11If a final examination is postponed due to the decision to
halt public transportation due to a typhoon, snow, labor strike,
etc., then the final examination will be rescheduled for a "back-up
examination" date which will either be the Wednesday during the
final examination period (during a class period that does not have
previously scheduled examinations) or the Saturday following the
end of the final examination period. Students should not schedule
trips or make plans to return home during this period due to the
possibility that examinations may be rescheduled.
Year Date Day Class Schedule2016 7 1 Fri ● July 5, Tuesday
2 Sat Make-up Classes ○ 2017 Spring Semester student exchange
(international) application results released3 Sun July 6,
Wednesday4 Mon ● 2017 Spring Semester student exchange
(international) guidance session for successful applicants5 Tue ●
July 13, Wednesday6 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ● Spring Semester 2nd
quarter final exam schedule released7 Thu ● July 13 - August 26,
Wednesday - Friday8 Fri ● Japanese and English language subject
exemption application9 Sat July 15, Friday
10 Sun Spring Semester undergraduate thesis submission
deadline11 Mon ● July 27, Wednesday12 Tue ● 2016 Fall Semester
seminar subject appliction result released13 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ●
2016 Fall Semester sub-seminar application result released14 Thu
●15 Fri ●16 Sat17 Sun18 Mon National Holiday Classes as usual ●19
Tue ●20 Wed ●21 Thu ●22 Fri ●23 Sat Make-up Classes ○24 Sun25 Mon
Final Exams, 2nd Quarter Spring Semester ●26 Tue Final Exams, 2nd
Quarter Spring Semester ●27 Wed Final Exams, 2nd Quarter Spring
Semester (Back-up Examination) ●28 Thu Final Exams, 2nd Quarter
Spring Semester ●29 Fri Final Exams, 2nd Quarter Spring Semester
●30 Sat Back-up Examination ●31 Sun Summer Session / Class as usual
●
8 1 Mon Summer Session ● Note:2 Tue Summer Session ● The period
for Summer Session I this academic year July 31 - August 4,3 Wed
Summer Session ● Sunday - Thursday. Classes will be held on July
31.4 Thu Summer Session ●5 Fri6 Sat7 Sun8 Mon 2nd Quarter Make-up
Examinations ●9 Tue 2nd Quarter Make-up Examinations ●
10 Wed11 Thu National Holiday12 Fri13 Sat14 Sun15 Mon16 Tue17
Wed18 Thu19 Fri20 Sat21 Sun22 Mon23 Tue24 Wed25 Thu26 Fri27 Sat28
Sun29 Mon30 Tue31 Wed Graduation Results Released
9 1 Thu August 31 - September 2, Wednesday - Friday2 Fri Grade
inquiry period (for graduating students)3 Sat September 7 - 9,
Wednesday - Friday4 Sun Grade inquiry period (for all other
students)5 Mon Course re-registration application period 6 Tue Mid
September7 Wed Grade Results Released (Current
Students)/Registration Guidance Course Registration Period A8 Thu
September 28, Wednesday9 Fri FIRST Program guidance session (for
Fall Semester program)
10 Sat September 28 - October 7, Wednesday - Friday11 Sun FIRST
Program appplication period (for Fall Semester program)12 Mon13
Tue14 Wed15 Thu16 Fri Graduation Ceremony17 Sat18 Sun19 Mon
National Holiday20 Tue
Fall Semester21 Wed22 Thu National Holiday23 Fri Entrance
Ceremony24 Sat25 Sun26 Mon27 Tue28 Wed29 Thu30 Fri
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AY 2016 Academic CalendarYear Date Day Class Schedule2016 10 1
Sat 1st Week of October
2 Sun Course Registration Period B3 Mon October 5 - 26,
Wednesday - Wednesday4 Tue Short-term Active Learning Program
application period5 Wed Start of Classes, Fall Semester 1st Quarter
● October 12, Wednesday6 Thu ● Short-term Active Learning Program
general guidance session7 Fri ● 2017 Spring Semester student
exchange (domestic) guidance session8 Sat 2017 Fall Semester
student exchange (international) guidance session9 Sun FIRST
Program application results released (Fall Semester program)
10 Mon National Holiday Classes as usual ● October 12 - 24,
Wednesday - Monday11 Tue ● 2017 Spring Semester student exchange
(domestic) application period 12 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ● October 12 -
November 14, Wednesday - Monday13 Thu ● 2017 Fall Semester student
exchange (international) application period / guidance session14
Fri ● 3rd Week of October15 Sat Course Registration Correction
Period 116 Sun17 Mon ●18 Tue ●19 Wed ●20 Thu ●21 Fri ●22 Sat
Make-up Classes ○23 Sun24 Mon ●25 Tue ●26 Wed ●27 Thu ●28 Fri ●29
Sat30 Sun31 Mon ●
11 1 Tue ● November 2, Wednesday2 Wed ● 2017 Spring Semester
seminar subject guidance session held and syllabus released3 Thu
National Holiday Classes as usual ● November 9, Wednesday4 Fri ●
Fall Semester 1st quarter final examination schedule released5 Sat
Make-up Classes ○ November 26 - 29, Saturday - Tuesday6 Sun FIRST
Program held (Fall Semester program)7 Mon ●8 Tue ●9 Wed ●
10 Thu ●11 Fri ●12 Sat13 Sun14 Mon ●15 Tue ●16 Wed ●17 Thu ●18
Fri ●19 Sat Make-up Classes ○20 Sun21 Mon ●22 Tue ●23 Wed National
Holiday Final Exams, 1st Quarter Fall Semester ●24 Thu Final Exams,
1st Quarter Fall Semester ●25 Fri Final Exams, 1st Quarter Fall
Semester ●26 Sat27 Sun28 Mon No Classes29 Tue No Classes30 Wed
Start of Classes, Fall Semester 2nd Quarter / TOEIC® Test (IP)
●
12 1 Thu ● 2nd Week of December2 Fri ● Course Registration
Correction Period 23 Sat December 5 - 16, Monday - Friday4 Sun AP
Language subject exemption application period5 Mon ● December 14 -
21, Wednesday - Wednesday6 Tue ● 2017 Spring Semester seminar
subject new application and cancellation period7 Wed 1st Quarter
Make-up Examinations ● 2017 Spring Semester seminar sub-seminar
application period8 Thu ● December 20, Tuesday9 Fri ● 2017 Fall
Semester student exchange (international) application results
released
10 Sat Classes as usual (Jan.9 Mon classes) ● December 21,
Wednesday11 Sun 2017 Fall Semester student exchange (international)
guidance session for successful applicants12 Mon ●13 Tue ●14 Wed
●15 Thu ●16 Fri ●17 Sat Make-up Classes ○18 Sun19 Mon ●20 Tue ●21
Wed ●22 Thu ●23 Fri National Holiday Classes as usual ●24 Sat25
Sun26 Mon27 Tue28 Wed29 Thu30 Fri31 Sat
Class Column: ● School Day or Examination Day ◦ : Make-up
Classes None: No Classes
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AY 2016 Academic CalendarYear Date Day Class Schedule2016 10 1
Sat 1st Week of October
2 Sun Course Registration Period B3 Mon October 5 - 26,
Wednesday - Wednesday4 Tue Short-term Active Learning Program
application period5 Wed Start of Classes, Fall Semester 1st Quarter
● October 12, Wednesday6 Thu ● Short-term Active Learning Program
general guidance session7 Fri ● 2017 Spring Semester student
exchange (domestic) guidance session8 Sat 2017 Fall Semester
student exchange (international) guidance session9 Sun FIRST
Program application results released (Fall Semester program)
10 Mon National Holiday Classes as usual ● October 12 - 24,
Wednesday - Monday11 Tue ● 2017 Spring Semester student exchange
(domestic) application period 12 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ● October 12 -
November 14, Wednesday - Monday13 Thu ● 2017 Fall Semester student
exchange (international) application period / guidance session14
Fri ● 3rd Week of October15 Sat Course Registration Correction
Period 116 Sun17 Mon ●18 Tue ●19 Wed ●20 Thu ●21 Fri ●22 Sat
Make-up Classes ○23 Sun24 Mon ●25 Tue ●26 Wed ●27 Thu ●28 Fri ●29
Sat30 Sun31 Mon ●
11 1 Tue ● November 2, Wednesday2 Wed ● 2017 Spring Semester
seminar subject guidance session held and syllabus released3 Thu
National Holiday Classes as usual ● November 9, Wednesday4 Fri ●
Fall Semester 1st quarter final examination schedule released5 Sat
Make-up Classes ○ November 26 - 29, Saturday - Tuesday6 Sun FIRST
Program held (Fall Semester program)7 Mon ●8 Tue ●9 Wed ●
10 Thu ●11 Fri ●12 Sat13 Sun14 Mon ●15 Tue ●16 Wed ●17 Thu ●18
Fri ●19 Sat Make-up Classes ○20 Sun21 Mon ●22 Tue ●23 Wed National
Holiday Final Exams, 1st Quarter Fall Semester ●24 Thu Final Exams,
1st Quarter Fall Semester ●25 Fri Final Exams, 1st Quarter Fall
Semester ●26 Sat27 Sun28 Mon No Classes29 Tue No Classes30 Wed
Start of Classes, Fall Semester 2nd Quarter / TOEIC® Test (IP)
●
12 1 Thu ● 2nd Week of December2 Fri ● Course Registration
Correction Period 23 Sat December 5 - 16, Monday - Friday4 Sun AP
Language subject exemption application period5 Mon ● December 14 -
21, Wednesday - Wednesday6 Tue ● 2017 Spring Semester seminar
subject new application and cancellation period7 Wed 1st Quarter
Make-up Examinations ● 2017 Spring Semester seminar sub-seminar
application period8 Thu ● December 20, Tuesday9 Fri ● 2017 Fall
Semester student exchange (international) application results
released
10 Sat Classes as usual (Jan.9 Mon classes) ● December 21,
Wednesday11 Sun 2017 Fall Semester student exchange (international)
guidance session for successful applicants12 Mon ●13 Tue ●14 Wed
●15 Thu ●16 Fri ●17 Sat Make-up Classes ○18 Sun19 Mon ●20 Tue ●21
Wed ●22 Thu ●23 Fri National Holiday Classes as usual ●24 Sat25
Sun26 Mon27 Tue28 Wed29 Thu30 Fri31 Sat
Class Column: ● School Day or Examination Day ◦ : Make-up
Classes None: No Classes
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Year Date Day Class Schedule2017 1 1 Sun National Holiday
January 6 - 13, Friday - Friday
2 Mon Open University of Japan application period (2017 Spring
Semester courses)3 Tue January 20, Friday4 Wed Fall Semester 2nd
Quarter final exam schedule released 5 Thu January 20, Friday6 Fri
Fall Semester undergraduate thesis submission deadline7 Sat January
23 - March 3, Monday - Friday8 Sun Japanese and English language
subject exemption application9 Mon National Holiday No Classes10
Tue ●11 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ●12 Thu ●13 Fri ●14 Sat15 Sun16 Mon ●17
Tue ●18 Wed TOEFL ITP® Test ●19 Thu ●20 Fri ●21 Sat Make-up Classes
○22 Sun23 Mon ●24 Tue ●25 Wed ●26 Thu ●27 Fri ●28 Sat Make-up
Classes ○29 Sun30 Mon ●31 Tue ●
2 1 Wed No Classes February 1, Wednesday2 Thu Final Exams, 2nd
Quarter Fall Semester ● 2017 Spring Semester seminar subject
application result released3 Fri Final Exams, 2nd Quarter Fall
Semester ● 2017 Spring Semester sub-seminar application result
released4 Sat Back-up Examination ●5 Sun6 Mon Final Exams, 2nd
Quarter Fall Semester ●7 Tue Final Exams, 2nd Quarter Fall Semester
●8 Wed Final Exams, 2nd Quarter Fall Semester (Back-up Examination)
●9 Thu Winter Session ●
10 Fri Winter Session ●11 Sat National Holiday Winter Session /
Classes as usual ●12 Sun Winter Session / Classes as usual ●13 Mon
Winter Session ●14 Tue15 Wed 2nd Quarter Make-up Examinations ●16
Thu 2nd Quarter Make-up Examinations ●17 Fri18 Sat19 Sun20 Mon21
Tue22 Wed23 Thu24 Fri25 Sat26 Sun27 Mon28 Tue
3 1 Wed Graduation Results Released March 1-3, Wednesday
-Friday2 Thu Grade inquiry period (for graduating students)3 Fri
March 15-17, Wednesday -Friday4 Sat Grade inquiry period (for all
other students)5 Sun Course re-registration application period6 Mon
Late March7 Tue 2017 Spring Semester Course Registration Period A8
Wed9 Thu
10 Fri11 Sat12 Sun13 Mon14 Tue 15 Wed Grade Results
Released (Current Students)/Registration Guidance16 Thu17 Fri
Graduation Ceremony18 Sat19 Sun20 Mon National Holiday21 Tue22
Wed23 Thu24 Fri25 Sat26 Sun27 Mon28 Tue29 Wed30 Thu31 Fri
If a final examination is postponed due to the decision to halt
public transportation due to a typhoon, snow, labor strike, etc.,
then the final examination will be rescheduled for a "back-up
examination" date which will either be the Wednesday during the
final examination period (during a class period that does not have
previously scheduled examinations) or the Saturday following the
end of the final examination period. Students should not schedule
trips or make plans to return home during this period due to the
possibility that examinations may be rescheduled.
