The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Revised Academic Calendar 2020 – 21

(Key Activities in Chronological Order)

2020 September 7 Mon Semester 1 commences (13 teaching weeks) 7 Mon Add/Drop period for Semester 1 commences 19 Sat Add/Drop period for Semester 1 ends October 1 Thu General holiday (National Day) 2 Fri General holiday (The day following Mid-Autumn Festival) 10 Sat PolyU Education Info Day (all day-time and evening classes suspended) 26 Mon General holiday (The day following Chung Yeung Festival) December 5 Sat Semester 1 teaching ends 9 Wed Examination Period for Semester 1 commences 21 Mon Winter Solstice (all evening exams suspended) 24 Thu Christmas Eve (all evening exams suspended) 24 Thu Examination Period for Semester 1 ends 25 Fri General holiday (Christmas Day) 26 Sat General holiday (The first weekday after Christmas Day) 2021 January 1 Fri General holiday (First Day of January) 7 Thu All subject assessment results finalised for Semester 1 15 Fri Finalisation of overall assessment results for Semester 1 16 Sat Announcement of Semester 1 overall assessment results 18 Mon Semester 2 commences (13 teaching weeks) 18 Mon Add/Drop period for Semester 2 commences 30 Sat Add/Drop period for Semester 2 ends February 11 Thu Lunar New Year’s Eve (all evening classes suspended) 12 Fri General holiday (Lunar New Year’s Day) 13 Sat General holiday (The second day of Lunar New Year) 15 Mon General holiday (The fourth day of Lunar New Year) 16-20 Tue-Sat Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended) April 2 Fri General holiday (Good Friday) 3 Sat General holiday (Holy Saturday) 5 Mon General holiday (The day following Ching Ming Festival) 6 Tue General holiday (The day following Easter Monday) 24 Sat Semester 2 teaching ends 29 Thu Examination Period for Semester 2 commences

May 1 Sat General holiday (Labour Day) 15 Sat Examination Period for Semester 2 ends 19 Wed General holiday (The Buddha’s Birthday) 25 Tue All subject assessment results finalised for Semester 2 31 Mon Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks) 31 Mon Add/Drop period for Summer Term commences June 2 Wed Finalisation of overall assessment results for Semester 2 3 Thu Announcement of Semester 2 overall assessment results 5 Sat Add/Drop period for Summer Term ends 14 Mon General holiday (Tuen Ng Festival) July 1 Thu General holiday (The HKSAR Establishment Day) 17 Sat Summer Term teaching ends 19 Mon Examination Period for Summer Term commences 24 Sat Examination Period for Summer Term ends August 2 Mon All subject assessment results finalised for Summer Term 10 Tue Finalisation of overall assessment results for Summer Term 11 Wed Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results 29 Sun Academic Year 2020-21 ends

October 2020

Month Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Sem. Week Notes

Sep -- 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 --

1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Sep. 7: Sem. 1 commences (13 teaching weeks: Sep. 7 - Dec. 5) / Sep. 7 - Sep. 19: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 1

2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2

3 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 3

Oct 4 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 4 Oct. 1: National Day / Oct. 2: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival

5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 Oct. 10: PolyU Education Info Day (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

6 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6

7 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 7

Nov 8 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 8 Oct. 26: The day following Chung Yeung Festival

9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10

11 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 11

12 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 12

Dec 13 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 Dec. 5: Sem. 1 teaching ends

14 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Exam. Dec. 7 - 8: Revision Days for Sem. 1 / Dec. 9 - 24: Examination Period for Sem. 1

15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Exam.

16 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Exam. Dec. 21: Winter Solstice (all evening exams suspended)

Jan 2021 17 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 ) Exam Dec. 24: Christmas Eve (all evening exams suspended) / Dec. 25: Christmas Day / Dec. 26: The first weekday after Christmas Day

18 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) Result Jan. 1: First Day of January / Jan. 7: All subject assessment results finalised for Sem. 1

19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ) Processing Jan. 15: Finalisation of overall assessment results for Sem. 1 / Jan. 16: Announcement of Sem. 1 overall assessment results

20 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Jan. 18: Sem. 2 commences (13 teaching weeks: Jan. 18 - Apr. 24) / Jan. 18 - 30: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 2

21 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2

Feb 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3

23 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 Feb. 11: Lunar New Year's Eve (all evening classes suspended) / Feb. 12 - 15: Lunar New Year Holidays

24 15 16 17 18 19 20 21Lunar New

Year BreakFeb. 16 - 20: Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

25 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5

Mar 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6

27 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7

28 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 8

29 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9

Apr 30 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 10 Apr. 2 - 5: Easter Holidays / Apr. 6: The day following Ching Ming Festival

31 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11

32 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12

33 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 13 Apr. 24: Sem. 2 teaching ends

May 34 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 Exam. Apr. 26 - 28: Revision Days for Sem. 2 / Apr. 29 - May 15: Examination Period for Sem. 2 / May 1: Labour Day

35 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Exam.

36 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Exam.

37 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 May 19: The Buddha's Birthday

38 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May 25: All subject assessment results finalised for Sem. 2

Jun 39 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 May 31: Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks: May 31 - Jul. 17) / May 31 - Jun. 5: Add/Drop Period for Summer Term

40 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 Jun. 2: Finalisation of overall assessment results for Sem. 2 / Jun. 3: Announcement of Sem. 2 overall assessment results

41 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3 Jun. 14: Tuen Ng Festival

42 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 4

Jul 43 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Jul. 1: The HKSAR Establishment Day

44 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6

45 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7 Jul. 17: Summer Term teaching ends

46 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Exam. Jul. 19 - 24: Examination Period for Summer Term

Aug 47 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 ) Exam

48 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ) Result Aug. 2: All subject assessment results finalised for Summer Term

49 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ) Processing Aug. 10: Finalisation of overall assessment results for Summer Term / Aug. 11: Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results

50 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 --

51 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 -- Aug. 29: Academic Year 2020-21 ends

General Holidays

Dates of finalisation of examination results

October 2020

) Exam Result

) Processing

Revised Academic Calendar 2020-21 (by Semester Week)

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(Revised on 7 October 2020)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Academic Calendar 2021 – 22

(Key Activities in Chronological Order)

2021

August

30 Mon Semester 1 commences (13 teaching weeks)

30 Mon Add/Drop period for Semester 1 commences

September

11 Sat Add/Drop period for Semester 1 ends

21 Tue Mid-Autumn Festival (all evening classes suspended)

22 Wed General holiday (The day following Mid-Autumn Festival)

October

1 Fri General holiday (National Day)

14 Thu General holiday (Chung Yeung Festival)

November

27 Sat Semester 1 teaching ends

December

2 Thu Examination Period for Semester 1 commences

17 Fri Examination Period for Semester 1 ends

21 Tue Winter Solstice

25 Sat General holiday (Christmas Day)

27 Mon General holiday (The first weekday after Christmas Day)

2022

January

1 Sat General holiday (First Day of January)

4 Tue All subject assessment results finalised for Semester 1

10 Mon Semester 2 commences (13 teaching weeks)

10 Mon Add/Drop period for Semester 2 commences

12 Wed Finalisation of overall assessment results for Semester 1

13 Thu Announcement of Semester 1 overall assessment results

22 Sat Add/Drop period for Semester 2 ends

31 Mon Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

February

1 Tue General holiday (Lunar New Year’s Day)

2 Wed General holiday (The second day of Lunar New Year)

3 Thu General holiday (The third day of Lunar New Year)

4-5 Fri -Sat Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended)

April

5 Tue General holiday (Ching Ming Festival)

14 Thu Semester 2 teaching ends

15 Fri General holiday (Good Friday)

16 Sat General holiday (Holy Saturday)

18 Mon General holiday (Easter Monday)

22 Fri Examination Period for Semester 2 commences

May

2 Mon General holiday (The day following Labour Day)

9 Mon General holiday (The day following the Buddha’s Birthday)

10 Tue Examination Period for Semester 2 ends

18 Wed All subject assessment results finalised for Semester 2

26 Thu Finalisation of overall assessment results for Semester 2

27 Fri Announcement of Semester 2 overall assessment results

30 Mon Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks)

30 Mon Add/Drop period for Summer Term commences

June

3 Fri General holiday (Tuen Ng Festival)

4 Sat Add/Drop period for Summer Term ends

July

1 Fri General holiday (The HKSAR Establishment Day)

16 Sat Summer Term teaching ends

18 Mon Examination Period for Summer Term commences

23 Sat Examination Period for Summer Term ends

August

1 Mon All subject assessment results finalised for Summer Term

9 Tue Finalisation of overall assessment results for Summer Term

10 Wed Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results

28 Sun Academic Year 2021-22 ends

August 2020

Month Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Sem. Week Notes

Aug 2021 1 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 1 Aug. 30: Sem. 1 commences (13 teaching weeks: Aug. 30 - Nov. 27)

Sep 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 Aug. 30 - Sep. 11: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 1

3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 3

4 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 4 Sep. 21: Mid-Autumn Festival (all evening classes suspended) / Sep. 22: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival

Oct 5 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 5 Oct. 1: National Day

6 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6

7 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 7 Oct. 14: Chung Yeung Festival

8 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 8

9 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 9

Nov 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10

11 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 11

12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12

13 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 13 Nov. 27: Sem. 1 teaching ends

Dec 14 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Exam. Nov. 29 - Dec. 1: Revision Days for Sem. 1 / Dec. 2 - 17: Examination Period for Sem. 1

15 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Exam.

16 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Exam.

17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ) Exam. Dec. 21: Winter Solstice

Jan 2022 18 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 ) Result Dec. 25: Christmas Day / Dec. 27: The first weekday after Christmas Day / Jan. 1: First Day of January

19 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) Processing Jan. 4: All subject assessment results finalised for Sem. 1

20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Jan. 10: Sem. 2 commences (13 teaching weeks: Jan. 10 - Apr. 14) / Jan. 10 - 22: Add/Drop Period for Sem. 2

21 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2 Jan. 12: Finalisation of overall assessment results for Sem. 1* / Jan. 13: Announcement of Sem. 1 overall assessment results*

22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3

Feb 23 31 1 2 3 4 5 6Lunar New

Year BreakJan. 31 - Feb. 5: Lunar New Year Break (all day-time and evening classes suspended) / Feb. 1 - 3: Lunar New Year Holidays

24 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4

25 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5

26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 6

Mar 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

28 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8

29 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9

30 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 10

Apr 31 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 11

32 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Apr. 5: Ching Ming Festival

33 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 Apr. 14: Sem. 2 teaching ends / Apr.15 - 18: Easter Holidays

34 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Exam. Apr. 19 - 21: Revision Days for Sem. 2 / Apr. 22 - May 10: Examination Period for Sem. 2

May 35 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 Exam.

36 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Exam. May 2: The day following Labour Day

37 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ) Exam./ May 9: The day following the Buddha's Birthday

38 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ) Exam. Result May 18: All subject assessment results finalised for Sem. 2

39 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ) Processing May 26: Finalisation of overall assessment results for Sem. 2* / May 27: Announcement of Sem. 2 overall assessment results*

Jun 40 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 1 May 30: Summer Term commences (7 teaching weeks: May 30 - Jul. 16) / Jun. 3: Tuen Ng Festival

41 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 May 30 - Jun. 4: Add/Drop Period for Summer Term

42 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 3

43 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 4

Jul 44 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 5 Jul. 1: The HKSAR Establishment Day

45 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6

46 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 7 Jul. 16: Summer Term teaching ends

47 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Exam. Jul. 18 - 23: Examination Period for Summer Term

48 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ) Exam.

Aug 49 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) Result Aug. 1: All subject assessment results finalised for Summer Term

50 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ) Processing Aug. 9: Finalisation of overall assessment results for Summer Term*

51 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -- Aug. 10: Announcement of Summer Term overall assessment results*

52 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -- Aug. 28: Academic Year 2021-22 ends

* Dates for "Finalisation of overall assessment results" and "Announcement of overall assessment results" are subject to review by the University

General Holidays (tentative for 2022)

Dates of finalisation of examination results

August 2020

Academic Calendar 2021-22 (by Semester Week)

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