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 2011-2012

	CUB	SLU	UBonn	UCL	UPC
First semester:
Arrival date	Aug 15	Aug 20	Sep 1	Aug 15	Aug 15
Start date	Sep 12	Aug 29	Oct 10	Sep 19	Sep 27
End date	Dec 16	Jan 15	Feb 3	Dec 21	Dec 22
Exam period	Dec 19-Jan 27	*	Jan 30-Feb 10	Jan 4-21	Jan 17-21
Re-exam period		*	Mar 19-30		Feb 7-11
Second semester:
Start date	Feb 6	Jan 16	Apr 2	Jan 30	Feb 14
End date	May 11	Jun 1	Jul 23	May 19	May 27
Exam period	May 14-Jun 15	*	July 16-27	Jun 4-Jun 30	Jun 7-17
Re-exam period		*	Sep 17-28	Aug 20-Sep 8	Jun 20-23
Summer School		Aug 6- Aug 19

 *: 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.