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Academic Calendar 2009-2010 (provisional)

Academic Calendar 2008-2009
Date	Event
Autumn 2008
15^th - 25^th August	Resit exams
20^th August - 3^rd September	Autumn semester teaching commences
10^th. September	Last day to review autumn semester 2008 course registration
15^th September	General application deadline for master's and doctoral studies for spring semester 2009
10^th October	Autumn semester examination schedule published
25^th October	Graduation
15^th November	Academic record overview sent to students via email
19^th November	Last day to deregister for autumn semester examinations
28^th November - 9^th December	Autumn semester teaching ends
10^th - 20^th December	Autumn semester examinations (2^nd - 13^th Dec. in School of Education)¹
22^nd Dec. - 6^th January	Christmas break (both days included)

Spring 2009
5^th - 14^th January	Spring semester teaching commences
12^th - 23^d January²	Makeup/resit exams
21^st January	Last day to review spring semester 2009 course registration
28^th February	Graduation
28^th February	Spring semester examination schedule published
15^th March	Application deadline for international students (non-exchange students), undergraduate and postgraduate studies
23^rd - 27^th March	Annual course registration for fall and spring semesters 2009-2010
8^th - 14^th April	Easter break (both days included)
10^th April	Last day to deregister for spring semester examinations
11^th - 25^th April	Spring semester teaching ends
15^th April	General application deadline for master's and doctoral studies for fall semester 2009 (Icelandic students only)
23^rd April	First day of summer (Icelandic public holidy) - no classes
29^th April - 15^th May	Spring semester examinations (4^th - 14^th May in School of Education)¹
1^st May	Application deadline for internatiomal exchange students
5^th June	Undergraduate application deadline, Icelandic and Nordic students
11^th - 16^th June	Spring semester makeup/resit exams (12^th - 19^th June in School of Education)
20^th June	Graduation
[...]	[As decided by the University Council on 15th January 2009, graduations in October and February will henceforth be combined in a single ceremony, to be held in February. No graduation will therefore be held in October 2009.]

¹ General examinations periods are 10 - 21 December and 29 April - 15 May, as per current UI rules. Rules on examination periods will be reviewed during the current academic year.

² Cf. rules set by the University Council 6 March 2008 makeup/resit examinations for the Autumn semester shall be held during a five day period 15 - 25 January. Due to the beginning of Spring semester classes, however, resit exams will be held earlier in January. In some faculties the dates are 12 - 14 January and in others 16 - 19 or 19 - 23 January. Also see note nr. 1.

The structure of studies at the University of Iceland is based on the principle that students register for courses and examinations. Each student is responsible for their studies. Students must therefore be aware of registration rules and advertised registration periods. The more responsibility they take, the better the service they can expect to receive.

See the academic calendar in the course catalogue 2008-2009.