Important- International students must remember that the seasons are opposite in the Southern Hemisphere. So, spring begins in September, summer in December, fall in March and winter in June. To avoid conflicts with the majority of the world's academic calendars, and because Antarctica is dark during most of the northern summer, UANT operates on a schedule mirroring that of the northern hemisphere. So, northern summers are time-off here as well. Our academic year starts in September and continues through the end of May. UANT operates on trimesters, meaning spring, winter and fall terms carry their own classes. A normal class is 12 weeks long, meaning 24 classes, with an additional two meetings, one in the 6th and one in the 12th week, when students take mid-term / final exams.
|
|
|
03 September |
Spring Trimester Begins |
First day of classes |
|
23 September |
Spring (Autumnal) Equinox |
|
|
04 October |
Space Exploration Day |
|
|
15 October |
Midterm Point |
Midterm exams |
|
21 October |
Homecoming |
|
|
01 November |
All Soul's Day |
|
|
26 November |
End of Trimester |
Final Exams |
|
30 November |
St. Andrew's Night |
|
|
03 December |
Summer Trimester Begins |
First Day of Classes |
|
06 December |
St. Nicholas' Night |
|
|
21 December |
Summer Solstice |
Christmas break begins |
|
24 December |
Christmas Eve |
|
|
25 December |
Christmas Day |
|
|
31 December |
St. Sylvester's Night |
|
|
01 January |
New Year's Day |
|
|
03 January |
Holiday break concludes |
Classes resume |
|
14 January |
Midterm Point |
Midterm exams |
|
31 January |
Antarctic Economic Day |
|
|
06 February |
Ash Wednesday |
|
|
14 February |
St. Valentine's Day |
|
|
25 February |
End of Trimester |
Final Exams |
|
29 February |
Leap Year Day |
|
|
03 March |
Fall Trimester Begins |
First day of classes |
|
08 March |
Women's Day |
|
|
16 March |
Palm Sunday |
|
|
17 March |
St. Patrick's Day |
|
|
20 March |
Fall (Vernal) Equinox |
|
|
21 March |
Good Friday |
|
|
22 March |
Aboriginal Harvest Festival |
|
|
23 March |
Easter |
|
|
12 April |
Astronaut's Day |
|
|
14 April |
Midterm point |
Midterm exams |
|
01 May |
Labour Day |
|
|
22 May |
Corpus Christi |
|
|
28 May |
End of Trimester |
Final Exams |
|
20 June |
Winter Solstice |
|
|
23 June |
Independence Day |
|
|
20 July |
Moon Landing Day |
|
