Organization of the academic year - Centrum Obsługi Studenta

Regulation No 36/2017 of Rector of Opole University of Technology of 23^rdMay 2017 concerning the organization of the academic year 2017/2018.

Pursuant to the Article 66 (1) of the Act on Higher Education of 27^thJuly 2005 (Journal of Laws of 2016, item 1842, with later amendments), the following shall be in force :

§ 1.1 The academic year 2017/2018 lasts from 1^stOct. 2017 to 30^th2018.

The detailed organization of the academic year 2017/2018 is included into the schedule set out as Annex to the present Regulation.

§ 2. The winter semester lasts from 1^stOct. 2017 to 18^th Feb. 2018 according to the following schedule:

1.	Didactic classes	02 Oct. 2017 – 21 Dec. 2017
2.	Christmas break	22 Dec. 2017 – 02 Jan. 2018
3.	Didactic classes	03 Jan. 2018 – 28 Jan. 2018
4.	Examination session	29 Jan. 2018 – 18 Feb. 2018
5.	Mid-semester break	19 Feb. 2018 – 23 Feb. 2018
6.	Public holidays	01 Nov. 2018; 11 Nov. 2018; 06 Jan. 2018; 31 Oct. 2017
7.	Free day before public holidays	31 Oct. 2017
8.	The classes planned for : Monday 30.10.2017 will take place according to the schedule established for Wednesday, odd week; Wednesday 28.01.2018 will take place according to the schedule established for Monday, even week; Thursday 25.01.2018 will take place according to the schedule established for Tuesday, even week; Friday 26.01.2018 will take place according to the schedule established for Friday, even week.

§ 3. The summer semester lasts from 24^thFeb. 2018 to 30^thSep. 2018 according to the following schedule:

1.	Didactic classes	24 Feb.2018 – 28 Mar. 2018
2.	Easter break	29 Mar. 2018 – 03 Apr. 2018
3.	Didactic classes	04 Apr. 2018 – 22 Jun. 2018
4.	Examination session	23 Jun. 2018 – 08 Jul. 2018
5.	Public holidays	01 May 2018; 03 May 2018; 31 May 2018;
6.	Days free from classes	30 Apr. 2017; 02 May 2018; 04 May 2018
7.	The classes planned for : Wednesday 20^thJun. 2018 will take place according to the schedule established for Thursday, even week.
8.	Summer holidays break	09 Jul. 2018 – 30 Sep. 2018

§ 4. 1 Training camps and student internships are implemented according to the regulations specified by the deans of respective faculties.

The schedule of training camps and student internships execution for individual faculties in the following academic year, is sent to the Vice Rector of Didactics till 31^stOct.

§ 5. 1. In case of the VII^thsemester of full time, first cycle engineering studies it is allowed to

implement the didactic activities within the first 10 weeks of the semester (5 even weeks and 5 odd weeks) till 12^th Dec. 2017;
plan the examination session right after completion of the classes, on dates established by the dean.

§ 6. In case of February recruitment for the first year of the second cycle studies, the classes may be carried out during the last 10 weeks of the summer semester. The decision on this issue is undertaken by the Vice Rector of Didactics when requested by the dean till the end of 2017.

§ 7. The first classes in the part time programme for the first year students will take place not earlier than on 14^thOct. 2017.

§ 8. The dates of registration for the foreign language classes as well as for the P.E. sessions for the consecutive year will be established by the director of the Foreign Language Centre and the dean of the Physical Education and Physiotherapy Faculty till 25^thJun. 2017.

§ 9. The present Regulation enters into force on 1^stOct. 2017, excluding § 8 which enters into force on the day of the issuing.