Academic Calendar 2019-20

Date		Program	MPA	One-year MAPP	Mundus MAPP
2019
Sept	2-6	Pre-Session for First-Year Students	x	x	x
Sept	2	SPP Welcome session	x	x	x
Sept	9	Registration for Fall Term begins	x	x	x
Sept	9-13	Zero Week	x	x	x
Sept	13	CEU Opening Ceremony	x	x	x
Sept	16	Fall Term begins in Budapest	x	x	x
Sept	16-13	Student Union departmental elections	x	x	x
Sept	29	Registration for Fall Term ends	x	x	x
Oct	22-26	Reading week for SPP students	x	x	x
Oct	23	Hungarian National Holiday, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
Nov	1	All Saints’ Day, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
Dec	2	Fall Term Course Evaluations open*	x	x	x
Dec	6	Fall Term Ends	x	x	x
Dec	6	Deadline to apply for an exemption from the internship (One-year MAPP)		x
Dec	4	Winter Social	x	x	x
Dec	9-13	Fall Term Exam Week	x	x	x
Dec	16-23	Offices staffed with skeleton team	x	x	x
Dec	24-26	CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
Dec	27-30	Offices staffed with skeleton team	x	x	x
Dec	31	CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
2020
Jan	1	CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
Jan	2-5	CEU Vienna is officially closed	x	x	x
Jan	6	Winter Term begins in Budapest
Jan	6	Epiphany Day, CEU Vienna is officially closed	x	x	x
Jan	7	Winter Term begins in Vienna	x	x	x
Jan	12	Registration for Winter Term ends	x	x	x
Jan	21	Thesis title, topic, and area of specialization to be submitted		x
Jan	21	Thesis topics due			x
Feb	10	Allocation of thesis supervisors		x	x
Feb	21	Deadline for MA thesis research grants		x	x
March	15	Hungarian National Holiday, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
March	16	Registration for Spring Term begins	x	x	x
March	23(TBC)	Winter Term Course Evaluations open**	x	x	x
March	27	Winter Term Ends	x	x	x
March/ April	30-3	Winter Term Exam Week	x	x	x
April	5	Registration for Spring Term ends	x	x	x
April	6	Spring Term begins	x	x	x
April	10	Good Friday, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
April	12	Easter Sunday, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
April	13	Easter Monday, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
April	20	Deadline for submission of Winter Term grades	x	x	x
April	21	Thesis Report Proposals due			x
April	20-22	Mundus MAPP spring study trip			x
May	1	Labor Day, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
May	8	Spring Term Course Evaluations open**	x	x	x
May	11	Deadline for submitting the Internship Approval and Assignment Form***	x	x	x
May	21	Ascension Day, CEU Vienna is officially closed	x	x	x
May	29	Applied Policy Project final presentations (2018-20)	x
May	29	Deadline for submission of Spring Term grades	x	x	x
June	1	Pentecost Monday, CEU is officially closed	x	x	x
June	3	Thesis deadline at 1 p.m.		x
June	12	Spring Term ends	x	x	x
June	15	Final Oral Exam day 1	x	x	x
June	16	Final Oral Exam day 2	x	x	x
June	22	Final Oral Exam day 3	x	x	x
June	tbc	End of Year Gathering	x	x	x
June	19	Commencement	x	x	x
July	31	Academic year ends	x

* The closing date will be determined in consultation with the CEU Institutional Research Office. The goal is to achieve a good response (about 85%). Students will be notified about the exact dates.
** The closing date will be determined in consultation with the CEU Institutional Research Office. Students will be notified about the exact dates.
*** One-year MAPP, and Mundus MAPP for the internship requirement, and MPA students who pursue an internship and wish to apply for a contribution from the SPP Internship Fund.