Ashesi University Second Semester Academic Calendar
Ashesi’s academic calendar is divided into two semesters. Students typically take four semester units per semester. A semester unit (typically 42 classroom contact hours and 14 discussion/lab contact hours) is defined as three (3) hours per week of classroom time and 1 or 1.5 hours of discussion/lab time per week over a period of fifteen weeks.
January 2017 – (Semester 2)
| EVENT | DATE |
| Classes begins for Freshmen | January 9th |
| Registrations ends for freshmen | January 10th |
| Classes begins for continuing students | January 16th |
| Registration ends for continuing students | January 17th |
| End of adding and dropping courses for freshmen | January 27th |
| End of adding and dropping courses for continuing students | February 3rd |
| Mid-Semester break for all students | March 6th – 10th |
| Classes resumes for all students | March 13th |
| Last day of classes for seniors | April 21st |
| Revision for seniors | April 22nd – 23rd |
| Final exams for seniors | April 24th – 26th |
| Last day of classes for continuing students | April 26th |
| Capstone presentations for seniors | April 27th – 28th |
| Revision for continuing students | April 27th – 28th |
| End of semester for seniors | April 28th |
| Final exams for continuing students | May 2nd – 6th |
| Last day of classes for freshmen | May 4th |
| End of semester for continuing students | May 6th |
| Revision for freshmen | May 5th – 8th |
| Final exams for freshmen | May 9th – 12th |
| End of semester for freshmen | May 12th |
| Commencement* | June 24th |
* Date for Commencement is subject to change
June (Short Semester) 2017
| EVENT | DATE |
| Classes begins for all students | June 12th |
| Registrations ends for all students | June 13th |
| Classes end for all students | July 19th |
| Final Exams for all students | July 20th – 21st |
| End of semester for all students | July 21st |
Holidays:
- New Years (2nd January )
- Independence Day (6th March)
- Easter (14th – 17th April)
- Labor Day (1st May)
- African Union Day (25th May)
- Eid al Fitr (26th June)
- Republic Day (3rd July)
August (Semester 1) 2017 (Tentative)
| EVENT | DATE |
| Classes begin for continuing students | August 28th |
| Registration ends for continuing students | August 29th |
| Classes begin for freshmen | September 11th |
| Mid-Semester break | October 23rd – 27th |
| Last day of classes for all students | December 6th |
| End of semester exams for all students | December 11th – 15th |
Holidays:
- Eid al Adha (1st September)
- Founder’s Day (21st September)
- Farmers’ Day (1st December)
January (Semester 2) 2018 (Tentative)
| EVENT | DATE |
| Semester begins for freshmen | January 15th |
| Registration ends for freshmen | January 16th |
| Semester begins for continuing students | January 22nd |
| Registration ends for continuing students | January 23rd |
| Mid-Semester break | March 5th – 9th |
| Last day of classes for seniors | April 20th |
| Final exams for seniors | April 23rd – 25th |
| Last day of classes for continuing students | April 25th |
| Capstone presentations for seniors | April 26th – 27th |
| Final exams for continuing students | April 30th, May 2nd – 5th |
| Last day of classes for freshmen | May 3rd |
| Final exams for freshmen | May 8th – 11th |
Holidays:
- Independence Day (6thMarch )
- Easter (30thMarch – 2nd April )
- Labor Day ( 1stMay )
All dates are subject to change