Academic Calendar

KSE curriculum is divided into five two-month “miniterms,” each with approximately seven weeks of instruction, and one week set aside for reading, review, and examination. The program generally follows the KSE practice of not holding classes during official holidays. If this practice encroaches excessively on class time, however, program classes may be held on a holiday, or made up for by shifting meetings to other days.

Class Schedule

As a rule, class sessions of 1 hour and 20 minutes each are held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Some courses, as well as make-up classes, however, can be held on Saturdays or Sundays. Shortly before the beginning of each term, course schedules are posted on the bulletin boards, as well as e-mailed to all faculty and students. Changes in the schedule are communicated to students, as soon as they are administratively set.

Academic Calendar

The Kyiv School of Economics generally follows Ukrainian practice of not holding classes on official holidays. However, classes missed in observance of the holiday/s are made up by shifting meetings to another day/s.

Academic calendar for 2011–2012

Miniterm I
Monday, August 29 through Friday, October 21.
Exams from October 17 to October 21.

Miniterm II
Monday, October 24 through Friday, December 16.
Exams from December 12 to December 16.

Holiday break:  Saturday, December 17, through Monday, January 9.

Miniterm III

Tuesday, January 10 through Friday, March 2.
Exams from February 27 to March 2.

Miniterm IV
Monday, March 5 through Friday, April 27.
Exams from April 23 to April 27.

Holidays: March 8 – International Women’s Day; April 16 – Easter Holiday

Miniterm V

Thursday, May 3 through Friday, June 22 (for the 1st year students).
Exams from June 18 to June 22.

Thursday, May 3 through Friday, June 15 (for the 2nd year students).
Exams from June 5 to June 8

Thesis Defenses – June 11 – June 15

Holidays: May 1,2 – Labor Day; May 9 – Victory Day; June 4 – Trinity Day.
 
Examination Schedule

Midterms and other examinations during the term are scheduled at the discretion of the instructors and are given during class hours. Final examinations are held in the eighth week of each miniterm after the 7-week instructional session. In exceptional cases, final examination maybe scheduled on the last day of the seven’s week or on Saturday/ Sunday. The schedule for final examinations is established by the Academic Affairs Department. There is only one examination per day. Oral examinations are generally not permitted, except in the case of the thesis defenses and graded class presentations. Take-home examinations may be permitted only upon the discretion of the KSE Director.