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.

The academic calendar for 2009-2010 is as follows:

Miniterm I:      Monday, August 31 through Friday, October 23.
      Exams from October 19 to October 23.

Miniterm II:      Monday, October 26 through Friday, December 18.
      Exams from December 14 to December 18.

Holiday break:    Saturday, December 19 through Sunday, January 10.

Miniterm III:      Monday, January 11 through Friday, March 5.
      Exams from March 1 to March 5.

Miniterm IV:       Tuesday, March 9 through Friday, April 30.
      Exams from April 26 to April 30.
      
    Holidays: March 9 – International Women’s Day; April 5 – Easter Holiday

Miniterm V:      Wednesday, May 5 through Friday, June 25 (for the 1st year students).            
      Exams from June 21 to June 25.

   Wednesday, May 5 through Friday, June 18 (for the 2nd year students).          
      Exams from June 7 to June 11.
                              Holidays: May 3, 4 – Labor Day; May 10 – Victory Day; May 24 – Trinity Day.
                       
    Thesis Defenses – June 14 – June 18.

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.