Departmental Academic Calendar 2019/20
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2019–2020Including Departmental Deadlines for both MA and PhD students |
| AUGUST 2019 | |
| August 1, Thursday | Academic Year begins |
| August 15, Thursday | Assumption Day, CEU Vienna is officially closed |
| August 19, Monday | Special Day Off, CEU Budapest is officially closed |
| August 20, Monday | Hungarian National Holiday, CEU Budapest is officially closed |
| August 30, Friday | Doctoral Candidates: Progress Report submission 2nd and 3rd Year Doctoral Candidates: End-of-the-year written-work submission |
| August 31 – Sept.1. Sat/Sun | First-year master's and doctoral students arrive in Budapest |
| SEPTEMBER 2019 | |
| September 2, Monday | Pre-session for first-year master's and doctoral students, Budapest (till September 13, Friday) 11.00 AM - Departmental orientation for first-year master's and doctoral students – in Nádor 13 building room 416 |
| September 7 – 8, Sat/Sun | Continuing master's students arrive in Budapest |
| September 9, Monday | Zero-week begins (till September 13, Friday) |
| September 13, Friday | 5.00 p.m. Opening Ceremony in Budapest |
| September 16, Monday | Registration for Fall Term begins at 8.00 AM (CET) Fall Term begins in Budapest (till December 6, Friday) |
| September 20, Friday | Departmental Doctoral Committee evaluates the students' progress |
| September 27, Friday | Reminder to MA students to start to prepare an application package in case they want to apply to grad school |
| September 28-29, Sat/Sun | First-year students depart for Vienna |
| September 29, Sunday | Registration for fall term ends at midnight (CET) |
| OCTOBER 2019 | |
| October 10, Thursday | Research and Travel Grants application deadline (students) |
| October 23, Tuesday | Hungarian National Holiday / CEU Budapest is officially closed |
| October 24, Thursday | 2nd and 3rd year Doctoral Candidates: Study plan submission Doctoral Committee assigns advisors to 1st year Probationary Doctoral Candidates |
| October 26, Saturday | Austrian National Holiday / CEU Vienna is officially closed |
| NOVEMBER 2019 | |
| November 1, Friday | All Saints' Day / CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| November 15, Friday | Vienna Campus Opening |
| November 25, Monday | Submission of MA thesis title and abstract (0.5–1 page) and list of three potential MA supervisors |
| DECEMBER 2019 | |
| December 6, Friday | Fall Term ends |
| December 8, Sunday | Immaculate Conception Day, CEU Vienna is officially closed |
| December 9, Monday | Registration for winter term begins (till January 13, Monday) |
| December 16–23 | Offices w. skeleton team Library and Labs: weekend schedule |
| December 24–26 | Christmas / CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| December 27–30 | Offices w. skeleton team, Library and Labs: weekend schedule |
| December 31, Tuesday | New Year's Eve / CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| JANUARY 2020 | |
| January 1, Wednesday | New Year's Day / CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| January 2, Thursday | Deadline for submitting fall term course work/essays (midnight CET) |
| January 6, Monday | Winter term starts in CEU Budapest/1 grade penalty & final deadline of late course work/essay submission (midnight CET) |
January 7, Tuesday | Deadline for the submission of fall term grades |
| January 13, Monday | Registration for winter term ends |
| January 13, Monday | 1st year Probationary Doctoral Candidates: Deadline for submitting the title and topic of First-Year Paper |
| January 17-18 Fri-Sat | 12th In-house Graduate Philosophy Conference |
| January 20, Monday | 9.00 a.m. Deadline for submitting a formal research proposal of at least 2500 words for MA students' theses |
| FEBRUARY 2020 | |
| February 7, Friday | Deadline to meet and discuss the MA research proposal with the supervisor |
| MARCH 2020 | |
| March 5, Thursday | Research and Travel Grants application deadline (students) |
| March 15, Sunday | Hungarian National holiday, CEU Budapest |
| March 16, Monday | Registration for Spring term begins (till April 5, Sunday) |
| March 27, Friday | Winter term ends |
| March 30, Monday | Spring Term begins in CEU Vienna and CEU Budapest (till June 12, Friday) |
| APRIL 2020 | |
| April 5, Sunday | Registration for Spring term ends |
| April 10, Friday | Good Friday/CEU Budapest is officially closed |
| April 12, Sunday | Easter Sunday/CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| April 13, Monday | Easter Monday/CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| April 14, Tuesday | Deadline for submitting winter term course work/essay (midnight CET) |
| April 17, Friday | 1 grade penalty and final deadline for late course work/essay submission (midnight CET) |
| April 20, Monday | Deadline for the submission of winter term grades |
| April 27, Monday | Submission of the at least 4000-word long partial draft of the MA thesis (midnight CET) |
| MAY 2020 | |
| May 1, Friday | Labor Day / CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| May 4, Monday | Evaluation of the at least 4000-word long MA thesis draft as either "all right" or "problematic". |
| May 8, Friday | Departments to submit the list of courses including cross-listed courses for the Academic Year 2020–21 to the SRO Deadline for scheduling courses for fall term 2020–21 |
| May 11, Monday | 1.00 p.m. Submission of a full draft of MA theses 1.00 p.m. Submission of a full draft of PhD First-Year Paper (ca.10.000 words) and Thesis Plan (2–3 pp.) due only to coordinator and advisors |
| May 18, Monday | Supervisors decide whether an MA student may pass to the June defense phase |
| May 21 Thursday | Ascension Day, CEU Vienna is officially closed |
| May 28, Thursday | 1.00 p.m. Final MA theses submission |
| May 29, Friday | Deadline for submission of spring term grades for graduating students |
| May 31 – June 1, Sun/Mon | Pentecost Sunday and Monday / CEU Budapest and CEU Vienna are officially closed |
| JUNE 2020 | |
| June 2, Tuesday | 1.00 p.m. Final version of First-Year Paper and Thesis Plan (due to coordinator and advisors and to be sent out to readers) |
| Jun 3–5, Wed–Fri | Two-year MA first-year exams |
| June 8–12, Mon–Fri | MA defenses |
| June 12, Friday | Spring Term ends |
| June 15, Monday | Probationary Doctoral Candidates' comprehensive exam |
| June 19, Friday | Commencement |
| June 29, Monday | Summer University in Budapest begins |
| JULY 2020 | |
| July 10, Friday | Final deadline for all course grades for academic year 2019–20 |
| July 31, Friday | Academic Year ends |
| AUGUST 2020 | |
| August 31, Monday | Doctoral Candidates: Progress Report submission 2nd and 3rd Year Doctoral Candidates: End-of-the-year written work submission |