Ministerial Decree

Number (2013/366)

Article 01: Approving the Academic calendar for Technical Colleges for the academic year (2013 -
2014) is enclosed.

Article 02: Start of the school day for the foundation students and students specialized programs in
all technical colleges, from eight o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock in the evening and all days
of the week are school days except on Fridays, Saturdays and public holidays.

Article 03: The College's Dean may postpone or advance vacation for some members of the
academic and administrative staff if need arises. However, compensate those who have been
postponing their vacation for another day is equal to the vacation or compensate according to the
prescribed regulations.

Academic Calendar for the Academic Year 2013-2014

S. No. Day Date Details

1 The return of members of the academic and administrative
Sunday 01-Sep-2013
staff.
2 The beginning of the first semester for the foundation
Sunday 08-Sep-2013
students and for students in specialized programs.
3 Thursday 12-Dec-2013 The end of the first semester for the foundation students.
4 The start of final exams for the first semester for the
Sunday 15-Dec-2013
foundation students.
5 The end of final exams for the first semester for the
foundation students.
Thursday 19-Dec-2013
The end of the first semester for students in specialized
programs.
6 The beginning of the first semester vacation for the
Sunday 22-Dec-2013 foundation students.
The start of final exams for students in specialized programs.
7 The end of the first semester vacation for the foundation
Thursday 26-Dec-2013 students.
The end of final exams for students in specialized programs.
8 The beginning of the second semester for the foundation
students.
Sunday 29-Dec-2013
The beginning of the first semester vacation for specialized
students.
9 The end of the first semester vacation for students in
Thursday 02-Jan-2014
specialized programs.
10 The beginning of the second semester for students in
Sunday 05-Jan-2014
specialized programs.
11 Thursday 03-Apr-2014 The end of the second semester for the foundation students.
12 The start of final exams for the second semester for the
Sunday 06-Apr-2014
foundation students.

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13 The end of the final exams of the second semester for the
foundation students.
Thursday 10-Apr-2014
The end of the second semester for students in specialized
programs.
14 The beginning of the second semester vacation for the
foundation students.
Sunday 13-Apr-2014
The start of the final exams of the second semester for
students in specialized programs.
15 The end of the second semester vacation for the foundation
students.
Thursday 17-Apr-2014
The end of the final exams of the second semester for
students in specialized programs.
16 The beginning of the summer semester for foundation
students.
Sunday 20-Apr-2014
The beginning of the semester vacation for the students of
specialized programs.
17 The end of the second semester vacation for students in
Thursday 24-Apr-2014
specialized programs.
18 The beginning of the summer semester for students in
Sunday 27-Apr-2014
specialized programs.
19 The end of the summer semester for the foundation students
Thursday 03-Jul-2014
and students in specialized programs.
20 The start of final exams for summer semester and foundation
Sunday 06-Jul-2014
students in specialized programs.
21 The end of final exams for summer semester for foundation
Thursday 10-Jul-2014
students and students specialized programs.
22 The beginning of the summer vacation for foundation
Sunday 13-Jul-2014 students, students in specialized programs and members of
the academic and administrative staff.
23 The end of vacation for the members of the academic and
Thursday 28-Aug-2014
administrative staff.
24 The return of members of the academic and administrative
Sunday 31-Aug-2014
staff from the vacation.

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