Academic calendar

Academic year 2022/2023

No lectures should be scheduled on the following dates on campus Alnarp:

- August 29, 2022, 8-12 hrs for courses given in the English language or year 1
- January 16, 2023, 8-12 hrs for courses given in the English language

- November 4, 2022, 13-17 hrs (day before All Saints' Day)
- December 23, 2022 – January 2, 2023 (Christmas break)
- April 6, 2023 (day before Easter holiday)

Re-examination dates
- May 3, 2022 (courses in period 2 and 3)

Wednesday afternoons should not be scheduled.

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Academic year 2023/2024

No lectures should be scheduled on the following dates on campus Alnarp:

• August 28, 2023, 8-12 hrs for courses given in the English language or year 1
• January 15, 2024, 8-12 hrs for courses given in the English language
• November 3, 2023, 13-17 hrs (day before All Saints' Day)
• December 22, 2023 – January 2, 2024 (Christmas break)
• March 28, 2024 (day before Easter holiday)

Re-examination dates

• August 16, 2023 (re-exam date for courses in period 3 och 4 (academic year 22/23))
• October 4, 2023 (courses in period 4 (academic year 22/23))
• December 6, 2023 (courses in period 1)
• February 21, 2024 (courses in period 1 and 2)
• May 8, 2024 (courses in period 2 and 3)

Wednesday afternoons should not be scheduled.

• If a course lecture that is not compulsory is booked on a Wednesdays afternoon it must be stated in the timetable that the lecture is not compulsory. This applies even if a room booking is necessary or not. Scheduling of "independent studies" is acceptable on a Wednesday afternoon.
• If a course lecture is compulsory and must be booked on a Wednesday afternoon then the teacher must apply for an exemption and justify the reasons and suggest possible solutions. Study excursions are such an exemption example, particularly if they last over several days.
• General exemptions is to be made for distance program studies, evening courses, and summer courses and commissioned education.

You can find the form to apply for exemption on the Swedish website, För lärare i Alnarp.

Academic year 2022/2023

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 29 August 2022 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 4 November 2022 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2022
• 19 May 2023 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors' and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers' meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

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Academic year 2023/2024

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 28 August 2023 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 3 November 2023 (day before All Saints´ Day)
• 23–31 December 2023
• 10 May 2024 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors’ and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

Academic year 2021/2022

HT = Fall semester, VT = Spring semester

SMP 21/24:
HT 2021-08-30 - 2022-01-16
VT 2022-01-17 - 2022-06-12

SMP 20/23:
HT 2021-08-23 - 2022-01-16
VT 2022-01-17 - 2022-06-05

SMP 19/22:
HT 2021-08-23 - 2022-01-16
VT 2022-01-17 - 2022-06-05

Academic year 2022/2023

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 29 August 2022 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 4 November 2022 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2022
• 19 May 2023 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors' and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers' meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

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Academic year 2023/2024

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 28 August 2023 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 3 November 2023 (day before All Saints´ Day)
• 23–31 December 2023
• 10 May 2024 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors’ and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

Academic year 2022/2023

As a rule, no classes should be scheduled for Wednesday afternoons in order to facilitate the planning of joint activities. A special permission from the programme director of studies is required. No classes during bank holidays.

No lectures should be scheduled on the following dates on Campus Umeå

Autumn terms first day between 08:00 – 12:00 ((applies to year 1 on all programmes and courses that are held in English. )

In connection with public holidays

• 4  November 2022 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23 December 2022 –2 January 2023
• 6 April – (Maundy Thursday)
• 30 April – (Walpurgis Night)
• 19 May 2022 (day after Ascension Day)

Dates reserved for re-examination (courses within the Faculty of Forest Sciences):

• 5 October 2022 (re-exam for courses in period 4)
• 7 December 2022 (re-exam for courses in period 1)
• 4 January 2023 (general re-exam for courses without an active course instance)
• 22 February 2023 (re-exam for courses in period 1 and 2)
• 3 May 2023 (re-exam for courses in period 2 and 3)
• 10 June 2023 (general re-exam for courses without an active course instance)

Re-exam summer period 2023

• 10 June 2023 (re-exam for courses in period 3 and 4a, and general re-exam)
• 26 August 2023 (re-exam for courses in period 4b)

Dates reserved for presentation of independent projects (degree projects) within the Faculty of Forest Sciences. Each department decides specific date for presentation:

• Tuesday 25 October 2022
• Thursday 27 October 2022
• Friday 28 October 2022
• Monday 31 October 2022
  
  
• Monday 9 January 2023
• Tuesday 10 January 2023
• Thursday 12 January 2023
• Friday 13 January 2023
  
  
• Thursday 16 Mars 2023
• Friday 17 Mars 2023
• Monday 20 Mars 2023
• Tuesday 21 Mars 2023
  
  
• Monday 29 May 2023
• Tuesday 30 May 2023
• Thursday 1 June 2023
• Friday 2 June 2023
  
  
• Monday 21 August 2023
• Tuesday 22 August 2023
• Thursday 24 August 2023
• Friday 25 August 2023

Academic year 2022/2023

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 29 August 2022 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 4 November 2022 (day before All Saints´ Day)
• 23–31 December 2022
• 19 May 2023 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors’ and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day* should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

* Thesis day 2023 takes place on 26 May.

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Academic year 2023/2024

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 28 August 2023 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 3 November 2023 (day before All Saints´ Day)
• 23–31 December 2023
• 30 April 2024 (Walpurgis Night)
• 10 May 2024 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors’ and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

Academic year 2022/2023

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 29 August 2022 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 4 November 2022 (day before All Saints' Day)
• 23–31 December 2022
• 19 May 2023 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors' and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers' meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.

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Academic year 2023/2024

No activities should be scheduled on the following dates:

• 28 August 2023 (applies to year 1 on all programmes. All other years should be free from compulsory activities)
• 3 November 2023 (day before All Saints´ Day)
• 23–31 December 2023
• 10 May 2024 (day after Ascension Day)

Inaugural, honorary doctors’ and docent lectures, career fairs, educational information and the SLU Thesis day should, as far as possible, be included in the course schedules.

Wednesday afternoons, 13.00 – 17.00, should normally be free from scheduled teaching, to enable e.g. board meetings, student information, teachers’ meetings and student union commission. Exceptions may be granted by the programme board in question. See also the Education planning and administration handbook, chapter 2.4.