Two
semesters are offenavy each year; each semester comprises 14 weeks of teaching
and one week of examinations. There
is a brief orientation program at the beginning of each term.
A student may participate in either semester or in two consecutive semesters. The academic program always begins on a Monday and an orientation session for new students is held on Thursday of the preceding week.
The Spring semester includes a one-week break usually before the Easter weekend. There are no classes on March 15, May 1, Whit (or Pentacost) Monday, August 20, October 23, November 1, and Thanksgiving. The office in Budapest will be closed on these holidays.
The Babilon Language School offers a 2-week intensive language course in Hungarian about two weeks prior to the beginning of each semester. This is an optional choice, not included in the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Program fees. The cost of the optional intensive language class is 80,000HUF (please check on-line for conversion rate to US dollars) and is payable to the Babilon Language School upon arrival in Budapest. For more information about the optional language program: e-mail: bab@mail.datanet.hu or www.babilon-nyelvstudio.hu
Significant dates from the Academic calendar are listed below.
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YEAR |
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
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SPRING |
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06 |
07 |
08 |
09 |
10 |
11 |
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Optional Language Course (latest arrival in Budapest) |
Tuesday |
1/17 |
1/16 |
1/15 |
1/20 |
1/19 |
1/18 |
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Optional Language Course (begins) |
Wednesday |
1/18 |
1/17 |
1/16 |
1/21 |
1/20 |
1/19 |
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Latest Regular Arrival |
Friday |
2/3 |
2/2 |
2/1 |
2/6 |
2/5 |
2/4 |
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Regular Classes Begin |
Monday |
2/6 |
2/5 |
2/4 |
2/9 |
2/8 |
2/7 |
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Classes End |
Friday |
5/19 |
5/18 |
5/16 |
5/22 |
5/21 |
5/20 |
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Exams Begin |
Monday |
5/22 |
5/21 |
5/19 |
5/25 |
5/24 |
5/23 |
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Program Ends |
Friday |
5/26 |
5/25 |
5/23 |
5/29 |
5/28 |
5/27 |
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FALL |
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06 |
07 |
08 |
09 |
10 |
11 |
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Optional Language Course (latest arrival in Budapest) |
Friday |
8/18 |
8/17 |
8/15 |
8/14 |
8/13 |
8/19 |
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Optional Language Course (begins) |
Monday |
8/21 |
8/21** |
8/18 |
8/17 |
8/16 |
8/22 |
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Latest Regular Arrival |
Friday |
9/8 |
9/7 |
9/5 |
9/4 |
9/3 |
9/9 |
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Regular Classes Begin |
Monday |
9/11 |
9/10 |
9/8 |
9/7 |
9/6 |
9/12 |
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Classes End |
Friday |
12/15 |
12/14 |
12/12 |
12/11 |
12/10 |
12/16 |
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Exams Begin |
Monday |
12/18 |
12/17 |
12/15 |
12/14 |
12/13 |
12/19 |
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Program Ends |
Friday |
12/22* |
12/21 |
12/19 |
12/18 |
12/17 |
12/21* |
*For the fall 2006 and 2011 classes, exams will end on Wednesday -- giving students enough time to fly “home” before
the holidays. The farewell
party for each term will be on
Thursday.
** August 20 is a National
Hungarian holiday: no classes will be held on this day (2007).
***Easter is as
follows: 07 08 09 10 11
4-08 3-23 4-12 4-04 4-24