Academic Calendar 2010–2015

Two semesters are offered 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), 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 around 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: eva.babai2009@gmail.com or www.babilon-nyelvstudio.hu

Significant dates from the Academic calendar are listed below:

Spring semester
event day '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15
Optional Language Course (latest arrival in Budapest) Tuesday 1/19 1/18 1/17 1/15 1/14 1/20
Optional Language Course (begins) Wednesday 1/20 1/19 1/18 1/16 1/15 1/21
Latest Regular Arrival Friday 2/5 2/4 2/3 2/1 1/31 2/6
Regular Classes Begin Monday 2/8 2/7 2/6 2/4 2/3 2/9
Classes End Friday 5/21 5/20 5/18 5/17 5/16 5/22
Exams Begin Monday 5/24 5/23 5/21 5/20 5/19 5/25
Program Ends Thursday 5/28 5/27 5/24 5/23 5/22 5/28
Fall semester
event day '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15
Optional Language Course (latest arrival in Budapest) Friday 8/13 8/19 8/17 8/18 8/15 8/14
Optional Language Course (begins) Monday 8/16 8/22 8/21** 8/19 8/18 8/17
Latest Regular Arrival Friday 9/3 9/9 9/7 9/6 9/5 9/4
Regular Classes Begin Monday 9/6 9/12 9/10 9/9 9/8 9/7
Classes End Friday 12/10 12/16 12/14 12/13 12/12 12/11
Exams Begin Monday 12/13 12/19 12/17 12/16 12/15 12/14
Program Ends Thursday 12/17 12/21* 12/20 12/19 12/18 12/17

* For the fall 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.

** For the fall of 2012, the language course will begin on Tuesday because of the holiday.

Please note: August 20 is a National Hungarian holiday and no classes will be held on this day.

*** Easter is as follows: