Academic calendar



Academic Calendar 2009-2010 (provisional)

 

Academic Calendar 2008-2009

Date

Event

Autumn 2008

 

15th - 25th August

Resit exams

20th August - 3rd September

Autumn semester teaching commences

10th. September

Last day to review autumn semester 2008 course registration

15th September

General application deadline for master's and doctoral studies for spring semester 2009

10th October

Autumn semester examination schedule published

25th October

Graduation

15th November

Academic record overview sent to students via email

19th November

Last day to deregister for autumn semester examinations

28th November - 9th December

Autumn semester teaching ends

10th - 20th December

Autumn semester examinations (2nd - 13th Dec. in School of Education)1

22nd Dec. - 6th January

Christmas break (both days included)

 

 

Spring 2009

 

5th - 14th January

Spring semester teaching commences

12th - 23d January2

Makeup/resit exams

21st January

Last day to review spring semester 2009 course registration

28th February

Graduation

28th February

Spring semester examination schedule published

15th March

Application deadline for international students (non-exchange students), undergraduate and postgraduate studies

23rd - 27th March

Annual course registration for fall and spring semesters 2009-2010

8th - 14th April

Easter break (both days included)

10th April

Last day to deregister for spring semester examinations

11th - 25th April

Spring semester teaching ends

15th April General application deadline for master's and doctoral studies for fall semester 2009 (Icelandic students only)

23rd April

First day of summer (Icelandic public holidy) - no classes

29th April - 15th May

Spring semester examinations (4th - 14th May in School of Education)1

1st May Application deadline for internatiomal exchange students

5th June

Undergraduate application deadline, Icelandic and Nordic students

11th - 16th June

Spring semester makeup/resit exams (12th - 19th June in School of Education)

20th June

Graduation

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[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.