Academic Calendar -Rafik Hariri University

Academic Calendar

FALL SEMESTER 2017-2018

Days	Date	Subject
Tue-Thu	Jul. 18 - 20	Orientation and Registration/New Students Fall 2017
Tue-Wed	Aug. 1 - 16	Payment of Fall 2017 Tuition and Fees
Fri-Sun	Sep. 1 - 3	Eid Al-Adha/ Holiday*
Tue	Sep. 5	Classes Begin
Tue-Thu	Sep. 5 - 7	Drop and Add Period
Thu	Sep. 21	Hijra New Year / Holiday*
Sat	Sep. 30	Ashoura Day / Holiday*
Wed	Nov. 1	Founder’s Day
Mon-Fri	Nov. 6 - 10	Advising Week / Spring 2018 for Continuing students
Mon-Fri	Nov. 13 - 17	Registration Week / Spring 2018 for Continuing student
Wed	Nov. 15	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Wed	Nov. 22	Independence Day / Holiday
Thu	Nov. 30	Prophet’s Birthday/ Holiday*
Tue-Wed	Dec. 5 - 6	Orientation and Registration / New Students Spring 2018
Wed	Dec. 13	Last Day of Classes
Thu-Fri	Dec. 14 - 15	Reading Period
Mon-Fri	Dec. 18 - 22	Final Examinations Period
Wed-Wed	20 Dec 2017 - 3 Jan 2018	Payment of Spring 2018 Tuition and Fees
Mon	Dec. 25	Christmas / Holiday
Mon	Jan. 1	New Year / Holiday

SPRING SEMESTER 2017-2018

Days	Date	Subject
Sat	Jan. 6	Armenian Christmas / Holiday
Mon	Jan. 8	Classes Begin
Tue-Thu	Jan. 9 - 11	Drop and Add Period
Fri	Feb. 9	Saint Maroon’s Day / Holiday
Wed	Feb. 14	H.E.P.M Rafik Al Hariri Commemoration Day
Mon-Fri	Mar. 12 - 16	Advising Week / Summer–Fall 2018 for Continuing student
Mon-Fri	Mar. 19 - 23	Registration Week / Summer –Fall 2018 for Continuing student
Wed	Mar. 21	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Sun	Mar. 25	Annunciation Day / Holiday
Fri-Mon	30 Mar 2018 - 2 Apr 2018	Easter / Latin Holiday
Fri-Mon	Apr. 6 - 9	Easter / Greek Orthodox Holiday
Wed	Apr. 25	Last Day of Classes
Wed	Apr. 25	Fall 2018 Financial Aid Applications Submission Deadline
Thu-Fri	Apr. 26 - 27	Reading Period
Mon-Sat	30 Apr 2018 - 5 May 2018	Final Examinations Period
Tue	May. 1	Labor’s Day/ Holiday
Sun-Thu	22 Apr 2018 - 10 May 2018	Payment of Summer 2018 Tuition and Fees

SUMMER SESSION 2017-2018

Days	Date	Subject
Mon	May. 28	Classes and Co-op Work Experience Begin
Tue	May. 29	Drop and Add Period
Fri-Sun	Jun. 15 - 17	Eid El Fitr/ Holiday*
Sat	Jun. 23	Commencement Exercise
Thu	Jul. 5	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses / Co-op
Thu	Jul. 19	Classes and Co-op Work Experience End
Mon-Tue	Jul. 23 - 24	Final Examinations Period

FALL SEMESTER 2018-2019

Days	Date	Subject
Tue-Thu	Jul. 17 - 19	Orientation and Registration/New Students Fall 2018
Tue-Thu	Aug. 14 - 30	Payment of Fall 2018 Tuition and Fees
Tue-Thu	Aug. 21 - 23	Eid Al-Adha/ Holiday*
Mon	Sep. 3	Classes Begin
Tue-Thu	Sep. 4 - 6	Drop and Add Period
Tue	Sep. 11	Hijra New Year / Holiday*
Thu	Sep. 20	Ashoura Day / Holiday*
Thu	Nov. 1	Founder’s Day
Mon-Fri	Nov. 12 - 16	Advising Week / Spring 2019 for Continuing students
Wed	Nov. 14	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Tue	Nov. 20	Prophet’s Birthday/ Holiday*
Thu	Nov. 22	Independence Day / Holiday
Mon-Fri	Nov. 26 - 30	Registration Week / Spring 2019 for Continuing student
Tue-Wed	Dec. 4 - 5	Orientation and Registration / New Students Spring 2019
Wed	Dec. 12	Last Day of Classes
Thu-Fri	Dec. 13 - 14	Reading Period
Mon-Fri	Dec. 17 - 21	Final Examinations Period
Thu-Thu	20 Dec 2018 - 3 Jan 2019	Payment of Spring 2019 Tuition and Fees
Tue	Dec. 25	Christmas / Holiday
Tue	Jan. 1	New Year / Holiday

SPRING SEMESTER 2018-2019

Days	Date	Subject
Sun	Jan. 6	Armenian Christmas / Holiday
Mon	Jan. 7	Classes Begin
Tue-Thu	Jan. 8 - 10	Drop and Add Period
Sat	Feb. 9	Saint Maroon’s Day / Holiday
Thu	Feb. 14	H.E.P.M Rafik Al Hariri Commemoration Day
Mon-Fri	Mar. 11 - 15	Advising Week / Summer–Fall 2019 for Continuing student
Fri	Mar. 15	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Mon-Tue	Mar. 18 - 26	Registration Week / Summer –Fall 2019 for Continuing student
Mon	Mar. 25	Annunciation Day / Holiday
Wed	Apr. 17	Last Day of Classes
Wed	Apr. 17	Fall 2019 Financial Aid Applications Submission Deadline
Thu	Apr. 18	Reading Period
Fri-Mon	Apr. 19 - 22	Easter / Latin Holiday
Tue-Thu	23 Apr 2019 - 2 May 2019	Final Examinations Period
Tue-Fri	23 Apr 2019 - 10 May 2019	Payment of Summer 2019 Tuition and Fees
Fri-Mon	Apr. 26 - 29	Easter / Greek Orthodox Holiday
Wed	May. 1	Labor’s Day/ Holiday
Sat	Jun. 15	Commencement Exercise ( Tentative)

SUMMER SESSION 2018-2019

Days	Date	Subject
Wed	May. 22	Classes and Co-op Work Experience Begin
Thu	May. 23	Drop and Add Period
Tue-Thu	Jun. 4 - 6	Eid El Fitr/ Holiday*
Thu	Jul. 4	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses / Co-op
Thu	Jul. 18	Classes and Co-op Work Experience End
Mon-Tue	Jul. 22 - 23	Final Examinations Period

* Tentative dates pending moon sightings.
P.S. Any changes in public and religious holidays shall be reflected on our calendar in due time.