Academic calendar and courses schedules

From September 1, 2011 until August 31, 2012 varying according to the academic calendar of the university partner.  Students are requested to be present approximately five week days before the start of academic year to participate to orientation sessions and fulfil administrative obligations (e.g., registration, insurance, rental contract, residence permit).

Academic Calendar 2012-2013

	CUB	SLU	UBonn	UCL	UPC
First semester:
Arrival date	Aug 15	Aug 20	Sep 3	Aug 15	Aug 15
Start date	Sep 10	Sep 3	Oct 8	Sep 17	Sep 27*
End date	Dec 14	Jan 20	Feb 1	Dec 22	Dec 22*
Exam period	Dec 17-Jan 25	*	*	Jan 7-19
Re-exam period		*	*		Feb 7-11*
Second semester:
Start date	Feb 4	Jan 21	Apr 2	Jan 28	Feb 14*
End date	May 10	Jun 9	Jul 23	May 18	May 27*
Exam period	May 13-Jun 14	*	July 16-27	Jun 3-Jun 29	Jun 7-17*
Re-exam period		*	Sep 17-28	Aug 19-Sep 7	Jun 20-23*
Summer School		*

 *: the exams follow immediately at the end of a study module.
 

Course schedule of the first year

These schedules are subjected to modification.

• Course schedule at SLU
  Consult table 2a of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook
   
• Courses schedule at UBonn
  Consult table 2b of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook
   
• Courses schedule at UCL
  Consult table 2c of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook

Course schedule of the second year

These schedules are subjected to modification.

• Courses schedule at CUB
  Consult table 3a of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook
   
• Courses schedule at SLU
  Consult table 3b of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook
   
• Courses schedule at UBonn
  Consult table 3c of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook
   
• Courses schedule at UCL
  Consult table 3d of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook
   
• Courses schedule at UPC
  Consult table 3e of section 2.5 in the Student Handbook

Summer schools

Both at the end of the first and second years all master students are gathered at one of the participating universities for a summer school consisting of a two week programme of workshops, lectures and field trips.  At the end of the first year of study students present a research proposal, and at the end of the second year their Master thesis for discussion by fellow students and participating faculty. These summer schools strictly used English to facilitate communications among students and faculty members from different origins. For more information on these years summer school go here.