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 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 14, Tuesday | Deadline for the submission of fall term grades | |
| 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 | MA students receive 5 written exams questions per core course by email to answer 3 questions per course, 500 words limit for each question. Winter term ends | |
| March 30, Monday | Spring Term begins in CEU Vienna and CEU Budapest (till June 12, Friday) | |
| APRIL 2020 | ||
| April 4, Saturday |
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| 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 17, Friday | Deadline for submitting winter term course work/essay (midnight CET) | |
| 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". Deadline for the submission of winter term grades | |
| 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 MA students to send Epistemology and Philosophy of Language exam papers to the departmental coordinator 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 1, Monday | Opt out of Pass with distinction/Pass/Fail and opt for a lettered grade for the MA thesis in SITS | |
| 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) | |
| June 5, Friday | Deadline for MA students to send Ethics, Early Modern Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Metaphysics and Ancient Philosophy exam papers to the departmental coordinator Deadline for MA core courses (Epistemology and Philosophy of Language) grades | |
| Jun 3–5, Wed–Fri | Two-year MA first-year exams | |
| June 8–12, Mon–Fri | MA defenses | |
| June 12, Friday | Deadline for MA core courses (Ethics, Early Modern Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Metaphysics and Ancient Philosophy) grades 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 |