Academic Calendar

2016 2017...Page 2
2017 2018...Page 3

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Revised Academic Calendar 2016-17(by Semester Week)
Fri

Sat

Sun

Sem. Week

Aug 2016

Month

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Sep

10

11

Sep. 5: Sem. 1 commences (13 teaching weeks: 5 Sep - 3 Dec 2016)

Sep. 5 - 17: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 1

12

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15

16

17

18

Sep. 15: Mid-Autumn Festival (all evening classes suspended) / Sep. 16: The day following the Mid-Autumn Festival

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30

Oct. 1: National Day

Oct. 8: PolyU Education Info Day (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

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16

Oct. 10: The day following the Chung Yeung Festival

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23

Oct. 22: Twenty-second Congregation (First Conferment Session)

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30

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan 2017

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

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Nov. 12: Twenty-second Congregation (Main Conferment Session, also last session)

12

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30

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10

11

Exam.

15

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18

Exam.

Dec. 5 - 7: Revision Days for Sem. 1

Dec. 8 - 23: Examination Period for Sem. 1

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25

Exam.

Dec. 21: Winter Solstice (all evening examinations suspended)

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) Exam.
8 ) Result
15 ) Processing

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Dec. 3: Sem. 1 teaching ends

Dec. 26: The first weekday after Christmas Day / Dec. 27: The second weekday after Christmas Day
Jan. 2: The Second Day of January / Jan. 4: All subject assessment results finalised
Jan. 12: Finalisation of overall assessment results / Jan. 13: Announcement of Sem. 1 overall assessment results

Jan. 16: Sem. 2 commences (13 teaching weeks: 16 Jan - 22 Apr 2017)
Jan. 16 - 28: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 2
Jan. 27: Lunar New Year's Eve (all evening classes suspended)
Lunar New Year
Jan. 28 - 31: Lunar New Year Holidays / Feb. 1 - 4: Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended)
Break

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31

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11

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11

12

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12

Apr. 14 - 17: Easter Holidays

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17

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13

Apr. 22: Sem. 2 teaching ends

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Exam.

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Exam.

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11

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14

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15

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20

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22

23

24

25

26

27

Apr. 4: Ching Ming Festival

Apr. 24 - 27: Revision Days for Sem. 2

Apr. 28 - May 16: Examination Period for Sem. 2
May 1: Labour Day / May 3: The Buddha's Birthday

Exam.
May 24: All subject assessment results finalised
21 ) Exam. / Exam.
) Result

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28 ) Processing
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Exam.

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30 ) Exam.
6 ) Result
13 ) Processing

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General Holidays
Dates of finalisation of examination results
July 2016

Notes

May 29: Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks: 29 May - 15 Jul 2017)
May 29 - Jun. 3: Add/Drop Period for Summer Term
May 29: SHTM Conferment Session of Twenty-third Congregation (tentative)
May 30: Tuen Ng Festival
Jun 2: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Jun 3: Announcement of Sem. 2 overall assessment results

Jul. 1: HKSAR Establishment Day

Jul. 15: Summer Term teaching ends
Jul. 17 - 22: Examination Period for Summer Term
Jul. 31: All subject assessment results finalised
Aug. 8: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Aug. 9: Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results

Sep. 3: Academic Year 2016-17 ends

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Academic Calendar 2017-18 (by Semester Week)

Month
Sep 2017

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan 2018

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Week Mon Tue Wed Thu

1

Fri

Sat

Sun

Sem. Week

10

11

12

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14

15

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21

22

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24

25

26

27

28

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30

10

11

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28

29

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10

11

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11

13

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16

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11

Oct. 2: The day following National Day

Oct. 4: Mid-Autumn Festival (all evening classes suspended) / Oct. 5: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival

Oct. 28: Chung Yeung Festival

12

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

12

13

27

28

29

30

13

14

10

Exam.

15

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Exam.

Dec. 4 - 6: Revision Days for Sem. 1

Dec. 7 - 22: Examination Period for Sem. 1

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18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Exam.

Dec. 22: Winter Solstice (all evening examinations suspended)

17

25

26

27

28

29

30

31 ) Exam.

Dec. 25: Christmas Day / Dec. 26: The first weekday after Christmas Day

18

Jan. 1: First Day of January / Jan. 3: All subject assessment results finalised

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10

11

12

13

14 ) Processing

Jan. 11: Finalisation of overall assessment results / Jan. 12: Announcement of Sem. 1 overall assessment results

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15

16

17

18

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20

21

Jan. 15: Sem. 2 commences (13 teaching weeks: 15 Jan - 21 Apr 2018)
Jan. 15 - 27: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 2

) Result

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22

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25

26

27

28

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29

30

31

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4

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10

11

24

12

13

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15

16

17

18

25

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Lunar New Year Break

Dec. 2: Sem. 1 teaching ends

Feb. 15: Lunar New Year's Eve (all evening classes suspended) / Feb. 16 - 19: Lunar New Year Holidays
Feb. 20 - 24: Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

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27

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27

10

11

28

12

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14

15

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17

18

29

19

20

21

22

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30

26

27

28

29

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10

Mar. 30 - Apr. 2: Easter Holidays

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11

Apr. 5: Ching Ming Festival

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10

11

12

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14

15

12

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16

17

18

19

20

21

22

13

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23

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25

26

27

28

29

Exam.

Apr. 23 - 26: Revision Days for Sem. 2 / Apr. 27 - May 14: Examination Period for Sem. 2

35

30

Exam.

May 1: Labour Day

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10

11

12

13

Exam.

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28

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30

31

) Exam./
) Exam. Result
) Processing

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25

26

27

28

29

30

Apr. 21: Sem. 2 teaching ends

May 22: The Buddha's Birthday / May 23: All subject assessment results finalised
May 28: Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks: 28 May - 14 Jul 2018)
May 28 - Jun. 2: Add/Drop Period for Summer Term / May 31: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Jun. 1: Announcement of Sem. 2 overall assessment results
Jun. 18: Tuen Ng Festival

44

Jul. 2: The day following The HKSAR Establishment Day

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10

11

12

13

14

15

Jul. 14: Summer Term teaching ends

Exam.

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29 ) Exam.

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12 ) Processing

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General Holidays (tentative for 2018)

Dates of finalisation of examination results
July2016

Notes
Sep. 4: Sem. 1 commences (13 teaching weeks: 4 Sep - 2 Dec 2017)
Sep. 4 - 16: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 1

) Result

Jul. 16 - 21: Examination Period for Summer Term

Jul. 30: All subject assessment results finalised
Aug. 7: Finalisation of overall assessment results
Aug. 8: Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results

Sep. 2: Academic Year 2017-18 ends