Fall 2019 (Semester 1, 201910)
Faculty and Academic Admins report to work	Sun 18 Aug 2019
New students’ orientation, placement exams and registration	Sun 18 Aug to Thu 22 Aug 2019
Online Registration re-open	Sun 18 Aug 2019 to Thu 22 Aug 2019
Classes begin	Sun. 25 Aug 2019
Drop Add period	Sun 25 Aug 2019 to Thu. 29 Aug 2019
Last day of classes	Thu 12 Dec 2019
Final Exams – Semester 1	Sat 14 Dec 2019 to Sat 21 Dec 2019
Winter break for students	Sun 22 Dec 2019 to Thu 9 Jan 2020
Winter break for faculty	Tue 24 Dec 2019 to Mon 6 Jan 2020

Spring 2020 (Semester 2, 201920)
Faculty and Academic Admins report to work	Tue 7 Jan 2020
New students’ orientation, placement exams and registration	Tue 7 Jan 2020 to Thu 9 Jan 2020
Online registration re-open	Sun 5 Jan 2020 to Thu 9 Jan 2020
Classes begin	Sun. 12 Jan. 2020
Drop Add period	Sun 12 Jan 2020 to Thu 16 Jan 2020
Spring break for students	Sun 29 Mar 2020 to Thu 9 Apr 2020
Spring break for faculty	Sun 29 Mar 2020 to Thu 2 Apr 2020
Faculty return from Spring break	Sun 5 Apr 2020
Students return from Spring break	Sun 12 Apr 2020
Last day of classes	Sun 10 May 2020
Final Exams – Semester 2	Mon 11 May 2020 to Tue 19 May 2020

Summer  – 2020 (201930)
Classes begin	Wed. 27 May 2020
Last day of classes	Tue 30 Jun 2020
Final exams – Summer	Wed 1 Jul 2020 to Sat 4 Jul 2020
Summer 2**	Sun 5 Jul 2020 to Sat 22 Aug 2020
Summer break	Sun 5 Jul 2020 to Thu 13 Aug 2020
** Summer 2 is only for Work Placement Courses

Fall 2020 (Semester 1, 202010)
New Faculty Joining Date	Sun 9 Aug 2020
Faculty and Academic Administrators Report to Work	Sun 16 Aug 2020
Classes begin	Sun 23 Aug 2020

Religious and Public Holidays**

Arafat Day	Mon 20 Aug 2018
Eid Al-Adha	Tue 21 – Thu 23 Aug 2018
Islamic New Year	Tue 11 Sep 2018
Prophet’s Birthday	Mon 19 Nov 2018
Martyr’s Day	Fri 30 Nov 2018
National Day	Sun 2 – Mon 3 Dec 2018
Isra Wal Miraj	Wed 3 Apr 2019
Eid Al-Fitr	Tue 4 – Thu 6 Jun 2019

**Religious holidays are subject to confirmation