Academic calendar

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UCT Calendar of Events

		Academic Programme	Meetings of the Senate and Senate Committees Meetings of Management	Council and Council Committees
January 2022
1	Saturday	NEW YEAR'S DAY
2	Sunday
3	Monday
4	Tuesday
5	Wednesday
6	Thursday
7	Friday
8	Saturday
9	Sunday
10	Monday	Summer School	RAC meetings (tbc)
11	Tuesday	Summer School	RAC meetings (tbc)
12	Wednesday	Summer School	RAC meetings (tbc)
13	Thursday	Summer School & Supp Exams day 1
14	Friday	Summer School & Supp Exams day 2
15	Saturday
16	Sunday
17	Monday	Summer School & Supp Exams day 3
18	Tuesday	Summer School & Supp Exams day 4
19	Wednesday	Summer School & Supp Exams day 5
20	Thursday	Summer School & Supp Exams day 6
21	Friday	Summer School & Supp Exams day 7	Public release of NSC results
22	Saturday
23	Sunday			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
24	Monday	Summer School
25	Tuesday	Summer School
26	Wednesday	Summer School
27	Thursday	Summer School
28	Friday	Summer School ends	Supp results on system
29	Saturday			Residences open
30	Sunday
31	Monday	FEC to approve supp results :All qualifiers on system	SLQ for Autumn closes Orientation and registration
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February 2022
1	Tuesday		RAC meeting to consider supp results Orientation and registration
2	Wednesday		RAC meeting to consider supp results Orientation and registration
3	Thursday			Orientation and registration
4	Friday
5	Saturday
6	Sunday
7	Monday			Orientation and registration
8	Tuesday
9	Wednesday
10	Thursday
11	Friday			Registration ends
12	Saturday
13	Sunday
14	Monday	Teaching day 1
15	Tuesday	Teaching day 2
16	Wednesday	Teaching day 3
17	Thursday	Teaching day 4
18	Friday	Teaching day 5
19	Saturday
20	Sunday
21	Monday	Teaching day 6
22	Tuesday	Teaching day 7
23	Wednesday	Teaching day 8
24	Thursday	Teaching day 9
25	Friday	Teaching day 10
26	Saturday
27	Sunday
28	Monday	Teaching day 11
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March 2022
1	Tuesday	Teaching day 12
2	Wednesday	Teaching day 13
3	Thursday	Teaching day 14
4	Friday	Teaching day 15
5	Saturday
6	Sunday
7	Monday	Teaching day 16 MEETING FREE
8	Tuesday	Teaching day 17 MEETING FREE
9	Wednesday	Teaching day 18 MEETING FREE
10	Thursday	Teaching day 19 MEETING FREE
11	Friday	Teaching day 20 MEETING FREE
12	Saturday
13	Sunday
14	Monday	Teaching day 21
15	Tuesday	Teaching day 22
16	Wednesday	Teaching day 23
17	Thursday	Teaching day 24
18	Friday	Teaching day 25
19	Saturday
20	Sunday
21	Monday	Monday HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
22	Tuesday	Teaching day 26
23	Wednesday	Teaching day 27 Graduation (evening only)
24	Thursday	Teaching day 28 Graduation (evening only)
25	Friday	Teaching day 29 Graduation (evening only)
26	Saturday	Vacation starts
27	Sunday	Vacation
28	Monday	Vacation Graduation
29	Tuesday	Vacation Graduation
30	Wednesday	Vacation Graduation
31	Thursday	Vacation Graduation
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April 2022
1	Friday	Vacation Graduation
2	Saturday	Vacation
3	Sunday	Vacation ends
4	Monday	Teaching day 30
5	Tuesday	Teaching day 31
6	Wednesday	Teaching day 32
7	Thursday	Teaching day 33
8	Friday	Teaching day 34
9	Saturday
10	Sunday
11	Monday	Teaching day 35
12	Tuesday	Teaching day 36
13	Wednesday	Teaching day 37
14	Thursday	Teaching day 38
15	Friday	GOOD FRIDAY
16	Saturday
17	Sunday	EASTER DAY
18	Monday	FAMILY DAY
19	Tuesday	Teaching day 39
20	Wednesday	Teaching day 40
21	Thursday	Teaching day 41
22	Friday	Teaching day 42
23	Saturday
24	Sunday
25	Monday	Teaching day 43 MEETING FREE
26	Tuesday	Teaching day 44 MEETING FREE
27	Wednesday	MEETING FREE Freedom Day
28	Thursday	Teaching day 45 MEETING FREE
29	Friday	Teaching day 46 MEETING FREE
30	Saturday
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May 2022
1	Sunday	WORKER'S DAY
2	Monday	WORKER'S DAY (Observed)
3	Tuesday	Teaching day 47 Eid-ul-Fitr	Eid ul Fitr
4	Wednesday	Teaching day 48
5	Thursday	Teaching day 49
6	Friday	Teaching day 50
7	Saturday
8	Sunday
9	Monday	Teaching day 51
10	Tuesday	Teaching day 52
11	Wednesday	Teaching day 53
12	Thursday	Teaching day 54
13	Friday	Teaching day 55
14	Saturday
15	Sunday			ICTS maintenance slot (09:00)
16	Monday	Teaching day 56
17	Tuesday	Teaching day 57
18	Wednesday	Teaching day 58
19	Thursday	Teaching day 59
20	Friday	Consolidation day 1
21	Saturday
22	Sunday
23	Monday	Consolidation day 2
24	Tuesday	Consolidation day 3
25	Wednesday	Consolidation day 4
26	Thursday	Exam day 1
27	Friday	Exam day 2
28	Saturday
29	Sunday
30	Monday	Exam day 3
31	Tuesday	Exam day 4
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June 2022
1 Wednesday		Exam day 5
2 Thursday		Exam day 6
3 Friday		Exam day 7
4	Saturday
5	Sunday
6	Monday	Exam day 8
7	Tuesday	Exam day 9
8	Wednesday	Exam day 10
9	Thursday	Exam day 11
10	Friday	Exam day 12
11	Saturday	Vacation begins
12	Sunday	Vacation
13	Monday	Winter School day 1
14	Tuesday	Winter School day 2
15	Wednesday	Winter School day 3
16	Thursday	YOUTH DAY
17	Friday	Winter School day 4	SLQ closes of PhD July graduation
18	Saturday			Council (00:00)
19	Sunday
20	Monday	Winter School day 5
21	Tuesday	Winter School day 6
22	Wednesday	Winter School day 7
23	Thursday	Winter School day 8
24	Friday	Winter School day 9
25	Saturday
26	Sunday			ICTS maintenance slot (09:00)
27	Monday	Winter School day 10
28	Tuesday	Winter School day 11
29	Wednesday	Winter School day 12
30	Thursday	Winter School day 13
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July 2022
1	Friday	Winter School day 14	Sem 1 Results on system
2	Saturday
3	Sunday
4	Monday	15
5	Tuesday	Winter School day 16
6	Wednesday	Winter School day 17
7	Thursday	Winter School day 18
8	Friday	Winter School day 19
9	Saturday		Eid al-adha
10	Sunday		Eid al-adha
11	Monday	Winter School day 20	Eid al-adha
12	Tuesday		Eid al-adha
13	Wednesday	Winter School exam day	Eid al-adha
14	Thursday	Vacation	Eid al-adha
15	Friday	Vacation
16	Saturday	Vacation
17	Sunday	Vacation
18	Monday	Vacation
19	Tuesday	Vacation
20	Wednesday	Vacation
21	Thursday	Vacation		Winter School Results on system
22	Friday	Vacation Graduation PhD only
23	Saturday	Vacation
24	Sunday	Vacation ends
25	Monday	Teaching day 1
26	Tuesday	Teaching day 2
27	Wednesday	Teaching day 3
28	Thursday	Teaching day 4
29	Friday	Teaching day 5
30	Saturday
31	Sunday
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August 2022
1	Monday	Teaching day 6	SEC Meeting (14:00)
2	Tuesday	Teaching day 7	NomCom (14:00)	SAC (14:00)
3	Wednesday	Teaching day 8	EiRC Workshop (14:00) TF (14:00)	OpsMAG (08:30)
4	Thursday	Teaching day 9	Book Award (14:00) HUM Board (14:00) UCT PRESS EXCO (14:00)	UCTRF A&R (14:00) PPLC (15:00)
5	Friday	Teaching day 10
6	Saturday
7	Sunday
8	Monday	Teaching day 11		DRC (14:00)
9	Tuesday	WOMEN'S DAY
10	Wednesday	Teaching day 12	TET-SC (14:00) UCT Press Board (14:00) DDB (15:00)	SSMAg (08:30) RAAG & Exec. Budget Review (11:00) ORG HEALTH (14:00)
11	Thursday	Teaching day 13	AC Meeting (14:00) CWAC (14:00)
12	Friday	Teaching day 14	PEC (10:00)	RMEC (08:30) ERMC (10:00)
13	Saturday
14	Sunday
15	Monday	Teaching day 15 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
16	Tuesday	Teaching day 16 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
17	Wednesday	Teaching day 17 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
18	Thursday	Teaching day 18 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00) Council EXCO (15:00)
19	Friday	Teaching day 19 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
20	Saturday
21	Sunday
22	Monday	Teaching day 20	SCI Board (14:30)	BAXTER EXCO (14:30) USAC (16:00)
23	Tuesday	Teaching day 21	YRAC (10:00) Law Board (13:00) BfGS Meeting (14:00) EMU (14:00)	EEF (14:00) UPRI (16:30)
24	Wednesday	Teaching day 22	PC07/2022 (00:00) FMC (08:30) SAEC (14:00) USFC (14:00) CHED Board (15:00)
25	Thursday	Teaching day 23	COM Board (11:00) UICTC (14:00) CRR (14:15)	UCTRF R&EB (14:00) UB&DC (15:00)
26	Friday	Teaching day 24	LWG (14:00)	JIC (09:30) Deans Mtg (12:00) UFC (14:00)
27	Saturday
28	Sunday
29	Monday	Teaching day 25	AFC Meeting (15:00)
30	Tuesday	Teaching day 26	FMC (08:30)
31	Wednesday	Teaching day 27	FMC (08:30) IBC (14:00)	UCTRF 37C (14:00)
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September 2022
1	Thursday	Teaching day 28	LPC (12:30)
2	Friday	Teaching day 29	FMC (08:30)
3	Saturday	Vacation
4	Sunday	Vacation
5	Monday	Vacation	UCCC Meeting (11:00) SEC Meeting (14:00)
6	Tuesday	Vacation		UCT Foundation (10:00) Leadership Lekgotla meeting (14:00) SAC (14:00) WOAC (14:00)
7	Wednesday	Vacation	FMC (08:30)
8	Thursday	Vacation	T&LC (14:00)	BAXTER BOARD (16:00)
9	Friday	Vacation	FMC (08:30)	RRR (10:00) UARC (14:00) UCT_ University Audit and Risk Committee (14:00)
10	Saturday	Vacation
11	Sunday	Vacation end
12	Monday	Teaching day 30	RMC (08:30)	PMC (15:00)
13	Tuesday	Teaching day 31	RMC (08:30)
14	Wednesday	Teaching day 32	FMC (08:30) OESC (14:00)
15	Thursday	Teaching day 33	EBE Board (14:00) UEC (14:00)	NOBC (16:00)
16	Friday	Teaching day 34	FMC (08:30) AC Exco Meeting (10:00)	RMEC (08:30) SDC Meeting (10:00)
17	Saturday
18	Sunday			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
19	Monday	Teaching day 35
20	Tuesday	Teaching day 36	CoF (14:00)
21	Wednesday	Teaching day 37	PC08/2022 (00:00) IPAC (10:00) CFASM - 11h00 (11:00) APDC (14:00)
22	Thursday	Teaching day 38		ACC (14:00) PSFC Sub-Com (14:00) UHRC (16:30)
23	Friday	Teaching day 39	PEC (10:00)	Deans Mtg (12:00) HDC (14:00)
24	Saturday	HERITAGE DAY
25	Sunday
26	Monday	Teaching day 40 Rosh HaShanah
27	Tuesday	Teaching day 41	URC (14:00)	OpsMAG (08:30) UCTRF Board (14:00) CRC (16:30)
28	Wednesday	Teaching day 42	SRV (14:00)	SSMAg (08:30) RAAG (13:00)
29	Thursday	Teaching day 43	USFC (14:00)	RAAG (13:00) ORG HEALTH (14:00)
30	Friday	Teaching day 44	Senate Meeting (14:00)	RAAG (12:30)
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October 2022
1	Saturday
2	Sunday
3	Monday	Teaching day 45 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
4	Tuesday	Teaching day 46 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
5	Wednesday	Yom Kippur Teaching day 47 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
6	Thursday	Teaching day 48 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
7	Friday	Teaching day 49 MEETING FREE	MEETING FREE (08:00)	MEETING FREE (08:00)
8	Saturday
9	Sunday
10	Monday	Teaching day 50	SEC Meeting (14:00)	RAAG (08:30) UCTRF CC (14:00)
11	Tuesday	Teaching day 51	Book Award (14:00) CRR (14:15)	STOMC (09:00) RAAG (13:00) SAC (14:00)
12	Wednesday	Teaching day 52 MEETING FREE	SCI Board (14:30)	RAAG (08:30) ERMC (11:00)
13	Thursday	Teaching day 53 MEETING FREE	CWAC (14:00) NomCom (14:00)	PPLC (15:00)
14	Friday	Teaching day 54 MEETING FREE		RAAG (08:30)
15	Saturday			Council (00:00)
16	Sunday			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
17	Monday	Teaching day 55	AC Meeting (14:00)	RAAG (13:00) USAC (16:00)
18	Tuesday	Teaching day 56	HP/HAP (09:00) RES INDABA (09:00) Law Board (13:00) Vera Davie (14:00) CHED Board (15:00) FHS Board (16:00)	UCTRF 37C (14:00)
19	Wednesday	Teaching day 57	PC09/2022 (00:00) COM Board (11:00) EiRC (14:00)
20	Thursday	Teaching day 58	TET-SC (14:00) DASSC (15:00)	UCTRF IC (13:30) RMEC (14:00)
21	Friday	Teaching day 59	PEC (10:00)	Leadership Lekgotla Retreat (08:30)
22	Saturday
23	Sunday
24	Monday	Consolidation day 1	UCCC Meeting (11:00)	UCTRF FC (14:00) PMC (15:00)
25	Tuesday	Consolidation day 2	HUM Board (14:00) URC PDRF (14:00)
26	Wednesday	Consolidation day 3	ECC (14:00)	Budget Heads/Leadership Lekgotla & RAAG (09:00)
27	Thursday	Consolidation day 4	DDB (14:00) VSF (14:00)	IF (14:00) UCTRF A&R (14:00)
28	Friday	Exam day 1		RAAG (09:00) Deans Mtg (12:00)
29	Saturday
30	Sunday
31	Monday	Exam day 2 December SLQ closes	BfGS Meeting (14:00)
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November 2022
1	Tuesday	Exam day 3		RAAG (09:00)
2	Wednesday	Exam day 4	UCT PRESS EXCO (14:00)
3	Thursday	Exam day 5	TF (14:00)	PPLC (15:00)
4	Friday	Exam day 6		HDC (14:00)
5	Saturday
6	Sunday
7	Monday	Exam day 7	SEC Meeting (14:00)	UCTRF R&EB (14:00)
8	Tuesday	Exam day 8	URC CONF (10:00) UEC (14:00) CRR (14:15)	RAAG (09:00) SAC (14:00) UPRI (16:00)
9	Wednesday	Exam day 9	OESC (14:00) UCT PRESS BOARD (14:00)	UARC (14:00) UCT_ University Audit and Risk Committee (14:00)
10	Thursday	Exam day 10	LPC (12:30) RDMGC (14:00)	RAAG (09:00) UB&DC (15:00) Council EXCO (16:00)
11	Friday	Exam day 11	AC Exco Meeting (10:00)	Execs PPS Consistency Meeting (08:30) JIC (09:30) RRR (10:00)
12	Saturday
13	Sunday
14	Monday	Exam day 12	AFC Meeting (15:00)
15	Tuesday	Exam day 13	PDRF Sub-Com (11:00) IPAC (15:00)	ACC (14:00) WOAC (14:00)
16	Wednesday	Summer Term day 1 Marking day 1	PSFC (10:00) APDC (14:00)	UCT Foundation (09:30)
17	Thursday	Summer Term day 2 Marking day 2	T&LC (14:00) URC (14:00)	UHRC (16:30)
18	Friday	Summer Term day 3 Marking day 3	PEC (10:00)	UCTRF 37C (14:00) UFC (14:00) 19 Saturday
19	Saturday	Marking day 4
20	Sunday	Marking day 5		ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
21	Monday	Summer Term day 4 Marking day 6		RAAG (09:00)
22	Tuesday	Summer Term day 5 Marking day 7		EEF (14:00)
23	Wednesday	Summer Term day 6 Marking day 8	PC10/2022 (00:00) SAEC (14:00) USFC (14:00)	SDC Meeting (10:00)
24	Thursday	Summer Term day 7 Marking day 9	EBE Board (14:00) UICTC (14:00)	BAXTER EXCO (14:30)
25	Friday	Summer Term day 8 Marking day 10	Senate Meeting (14:00)
26	Saturday	Marking day 11
27	Sunday	Marking day 12
28	Monday	Summer Term day 9 Marking day 13	Law FEC (09:00)	PMC (15:00)
29	Tuesday	Summer Term day 10 Marking day 14	Research Function (17:00)	Leadership Lekgotla meeting (14:00) BAXTER BOARD (16:00)
30	Wednesday	Summer Term day 11 Results on system	IBC (14:00)	SSMAg (08:30) RAAG Strategic Bid (13:30)
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December 2022
1	Thursday	Summer Term day 12 CRS issued	LWG (14:00)
2	Friday	Summer Term day 13 Prelim FEC meetings	AC Exco Meeting (10:00)	Deans Mtg (12:00) PSFC Sub-Com (14:00)
3	Saturday			Council (00:00)
4	Sunday
5	Monday	Summer Term day 14 Prelim FEC meetings	EBE FEC (10:00) UCCC Meeting (11:00)	DRC (14:00)
6	Tuesday	Summer Term day 15 Prelim FEC meetings	SCI FEC (08:30) CFASM - 11h00 (11:00)	OpsMAG (08:30) PSFC Sub-Com (11:30) SAC (14:00) CRC (16:00)
7	Wednesday	Summer Term day 16 Prelim FEC meetings	DDB (14:00)
8	Thursday	Summer Term day 17 Prelim FEC meetings		AGM of Convocation (16:00)
9	Friday	Summer Term day 18 FEC	SCI FEC (09:30) COM FEC (10:00) FEC (10:00) PEC (10:00) HUM FEC (12:00)	EBE FEC (10:30)
10	Saturday
11	Sunday
12	Monday	Summer Term day 19 Results on system
13	Tuesday	Summer Term day 20 SEC meeting	SEC Meeting (09:00)
14	Wednesday	Graduation day 1		UCTRF Board (14:00)
15	Thursday	Summer Term exam day Graduation day 2
16	Friday	DAY OF RECONCILIATION
17	Saturday
18	Sunday			ICTS Maintenance slot (09:00)
19	Monday
20	Tuesday
21	Wednesday
22	Thursday
23	Friday
24	Saturday
25	Sunday	CHRISTMAS DAY
26	Monday	DAY OF GOODWILL
27	Tuesday
28	Wednesday
29	Thursday
30	Friday	RAC appeals to be submitted
31	Saturday
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