Academic Calender for 2009 E.C.

 BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

FOR  ALL REGULAR, EVENING, SUMMER AND DISTANCE  PROGRAMS

 2009 E.C (2016/2017 G.C.)

Gregorian

Calendar

Ethiopian

Calendar

Events

July  and August   2016

July 31

ሐምሌ24

Physical Diagnosis for C-I 2006 E.C Entry Students

Aug 04-05

ሐምሌ28-29

Registration for new C-II 2005 E.C Entry Students

Aug 08

ነሐሴ02

Late Registration  with Penalty for new C-II 2005 E.C Entry Students

Aug 09

ነሐሴ03

Class begin for new C-II 2005 E.C Entry Students

Aug. 26-Oct.10

ነሐሴ20- መስከረም   30

· Registration  date  for all distance students

· Application date for the new Applicants for  the 2009 E.C (2016 G.C) Semester First.

Aug.22-Sep 28

ነሐሴ16-መስከ18

Application date for Admission to Regular and Evening

Graduate  Program (Masters and PhD) 

 [

  September 2016

Sep.12-30

መስከረም  04-24

Application for Admission to Evening Undergraduate

Program.

Sep.12

መስከረም  04

Academic Staff on Duty.

Sep.23

መስከረም12

Instructors submit their finalized course guidebook in soft and hard copies to their department.

Sep.23

መስከረም12

Deans / Directors submit first semester teaching load assignment for each instructor, staff statistics & Class room demand  to office of Executive director for academic affairs/academic program director.

Sep.23

መስከረም12

Vice Deans /Department heads submit final first semester class schedule for all regular and evening programs approved by the dean/director to the office of Executive director for Academic

affairs/academic program director.

Sep.29-Oct.02

መስከረም   19-22

Entrance Examination date for all Graduate Program

Applicants.

October 2016

Oct .05-07

መስከረም25-27

Registration for all  Second Year and Above Evening Students

Oct. 07-10

መስከረም27-30

Weekly seminar Starting Day

Oct .09-10

መስከረም  29-30

 Third International “Azmari” Conference.

Oct. 11-15

ጥቅምት  01-30

Pre PhD Training (Writing Skills and Critical Thinking)  hosted by GP.

Oct. 11-15

ጥቅምት  01-05

Late Registration with Penalty for Distance Education Program

Oct .12-13

ጥቅምት  02-03

National Annual Land Conference

Oct .13-14

ጥቅምት  03-04

Registration for  all Second Year and Above Students

Oct .13-14

ጥቅምት  03-04

Registration for Holistic Examination

Late Registration with Penalty for  all  Second Year and Above Students.

Oct. 15

ጥቅምት  05

Entrance Examination for  New Distance Education Applicants

Oct .17

ጥቅምት  07

Class begin for all Second Year and Above Students

(DAY– ONE– CLASS ONE)

Oct. 20

ጥቅምት  10

Last date for re-marking and re-grading  application of exam papers for all  second year and above  regular programs

Oct.22-23

ጥቅምት12-13

Registration for  all First Year  Regular Students

Oct.23-26

ጥቅምት13-16

International conference on Mathematics and  Statistics Education 

Oct .24

ጥቅምት  14

Orientation Day of First Year Students

Oct.24

ጥቅምት  14

Application date for Supplementary Examination (those having “Fx’’ at the end of second semester 2008 E.C /2016 G.C.)for Second Year and above Regular students whose academic Status  are

Promoted and Warning  .

Oct .24-25

ጥቅምት  14-15

All 4^th  year students of Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering,

 Industrial Engineering, Food Technology and Food Process

Engineering ,Textile Engineering and Fashion Technology Students leave the Campuses to their Internship hosting Company.

Oct .24-25

ጥቅምት14-15

Registration for  all First Year  Evening Students

 Oct .24–28

 ጥቅምት14-18

 Registration for New Applicant Distance Students who Passed the

Entrance Examination given by the University.

Oct.25-27

ጥቅምት15-17

Supplementary Examination period for Second Year and above

Regular students whose academic Status  are Promoted and

Warning.(Those having “Fx “at the end of second semester

2008 E.C /2016 G.C.)

Oct .26

ጥቅምት  16

Class begin for  First Year Regular and Evening Students (DAY– ONE– CLASS ONE)

Oct .28

ጥቅምት18

University Senate Meeting Day.

Oct.29-30

ጥቅምት19-20

Entrepreneurship Training Schedule  for all students of BDU.

Oct .31

 ጥቅምት21

Last date of Reporting Supplementary Examination result to the

respective Registrar Offices.

November 2016

Nov 01

 ጥቅምት  22

Add and Drop of Courses For all Regular and Evening

Nov 01

ጥቅምት  22

Regular Students Forced Withdrawal For academic reasons Cleared from the University.

Nov. 01-02

ጥቅምት  22-23

Deans/Directors discuss with their students about Past and future teaching & learning activities and related issues.

Nov. 05

ጥቅምት26

Annual Graduation Ceremony day for students of Medicine .

Nov. 09

ጥቅምት30

Class End for Old C-II (2004 E.C Entry).

Nov. 12-16

ሕዳር03-07

· Internal Examination Old C-II (2004 E.C Entry).

· Final Examination for  all Specialty Resident students.

Nov 15

ሕዳር  06

Global Entrepreneurship Week

Nov. 18-22

ሕዳር09-13

· External Examination for Old C-II (2004 E.C Entry).

· External Examination for all  Specialty Resident students.

Nov 18

ሕዳር  09

 World GIS Day

Nov. 21

ሕዳር  12

Waste Management day (RCS )

Nov. 23-Dec 09

ሕዳር14-30

Break Time for Old C-II (2004 E.C Entry).

Nov.24-25

ሕዳር  15-16

Law Forum   ( School of Law)

Nov.28-Dec 12

ሕዳ19-ታህ03

Supportive/ Minor courses for Clinical II (C-II) 2005 Entry students.

December  2016

Dec.02-04

ሕዳር23-25

 First round tutorial classes for all distance programs.

Dec.05-07

ሕዳር26-28

Internal Oral exam for preclinical –I (PC-I ) 2008 Entry students.

Dec.05-07

ሕዳር26-28

Inter—Semester break for clinical batches I students.

Dec.07

ሕዳር28

Class end for  Pre-Medicine 2007 E.C. Entry students.

Dec.08

ሕዳር29

Final written exam for Pre clinical I (PC-I) 2007 Entry students.

Dec.08-09

ሕዳር29-30

Re-admission application for those who were forced to withdraw in first semester of   2008 E.C. (2015/2016 G.C.)  to take make- up exams by the end of first semester, 2009 E.C.(2016/2017 G.C)

Dec.08-09

ሕዳር29-30

University Science and Technology days (RCS)

Dec.11-12

ታህሣሥ02-03

Registration for internship for  (2004 E.C. Entry) clinical students.

Dec 13-14

ታህሣሥ04-05

Ethio land net  Annual Research Conference

Dec.26-27

ታህሣሥ17-18

Third National  GIS  Submit ( Social Science Faculty)

Dec.30–Jan 01

ታህሣሥ21-23

· Second  round tutorial classes for all distance program students

· Last date for Make Up and Re– Sit Application

January 2017

Jan.13

ጥር  05

Vice Dean’s and  Directors  submit first semester exam schedules for all regular and evening  programs to office of executive director for academic affairs.

Jan. 13

ጥር  05

 Respective Registrars of College/ Faculty/Institute/School/Academy  submit list of re-admitted students for second semester to Deans /Directors / Office of the Registrar and Alumni Management

Jan. 13

ጥር  05

Class end for PC-I (2008 E.C Batch)

Jan. 16-20

ጥር  08-12

· Internal Oral Exam  for PC-I (2008 E.C Batch)

· Final Exam for  all Resident Students

Jan.20

ጥር12

Evaluation of instructors by their students, colleagues and their

respective chair persons/deans/directors

Jan.20

ጥር12

Registration for  all Resident Students

Jan.19-Feb.06

ጥር  11-29

Application for admission to Graduate Program  for second

semester of 2009 E.C (2016  G.C)

Jan.20-26

ጥር  12-18

Internal oral exam for Pre-clinical I (PC-I) 2006 E.C.(2013/2014 G.C.) Entry students

Jan. 23–31

ጥር  15-23

Final Written Examination for PC-I (2008 E.C Batch)

Jan.23

ጥር  15

End of first semester classes for all Students.

Jan. 24

ጥር  16

All 4^th  year students of Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering and  Food Technology and Food Process

Engineering , Textile Engineering and Fashion Design Technology will report to their respective Academic Unit.

Jan. 24–Feb.01

ጥር  16-24

First semester Examination period for all Regular and Evening

Programs.

Jan. 24–Feb.01

ጥር  16-24

All 4^th  year students of Civil Engineering, Computer  Engineering, Industrial Engineering and  Food Technology and Food Process Engineering ,Textile Engineering and Fashion Design Technology will present their internship report.

February 2017

Feb. 02-19

ጥር  25-የካቲ  07

Inter -Semester break  

Feb.04-19

ጥር27-የካቲ 12

Public Universities Sport Festival .

Feb.04-08

ጥር  27-የካቲ  01

· Final Examination for all Distance Program Students

· Last Date for Submission of Seminar/Project /Senior Essay for Distance Program Students.

Feb.05-16

ጥር  28-የካቲ  02

Final written exam for  PC-I (2008 E.C Entry)  Students.

Feb.09

የካቲት02

Last date for reporting exam results for all regular and evening 

programs to  Respective Register offices of College/Faculty/Institute/School/Academy.

 Feb.09

የካቲት02

Instructors submit their finalized course guidebook in soft and hard copies to  their departments / Vice Dean’s and Directors

 Feb.09

የካቲት02

Departments/ Vice Dean’s and Directors submit final second

semester  class schedule for all  regular and evening  programs 

approved by the dean/director to the office of executive director for academic affairs/academic program director

 Feb.09

የካቲት02

Deans / Directors submit second semester teaching load assignment for each instructor, staff statistics & Class room demand  to office of executive director for academic affairs/academic program director

Feb.10-14

የካቲት  03-07

Second semester registration  Period for all Evening Undergraduate and Graduate students.

Feb.13-17

የካቲት  06-10

External Oral Examination for PC-I (2008 E.C Batch)

Feb.14

 የካቲት07

Last date for 4^th Year Electrical, Chemical, Hydraulic & Water Resource and Mechanical, Leather, Garment Engineering and Textile and Apparel Merchandize students to register for internship.

Feb.15

የካቲት08

All 4^th year Electrical, Chemical, Hydraulic and Water Resource and Mechanical ,Leather , Garment Engineering and Textile and

Apparel Merchandize students will leave the Technology campus to their internship hosting company.

Feb.15-16

የካቲት  08-09

Second semester registration Period  for all Regular Undergraduate and Graduate students.

Feb .17

የካቲት10

Last date of application for re-marking / re-grading exam results for all Regular and  evening program.

Feb 17-18

የካቲት  10-11

 National workshop of Stakeholders on Ethiopian Textile and

Fashion Technology.

Feb .17-18

የካቲት10-11

The 5^th Annual Science Conference.

Feb .18-Mar 18

የካቲ11-መጋቢ09

Break  Time for PC-I to PC-II Students (2008 E.C Batch)

Feb.20

የካቲት  13

Second semester late registration with penalty for all Undergraduate and  Postgraduate  students.

Feb.20

የካቲት  13

Second semester class begin for  all  Students (Day-one-Class-One).

Feb.22

የካቲት  15

Application date for Supplementary Examination (those having “Fx “at the end of  First semester 2009 E.C /2016 G.C.)for Regular students whose academic Status  are Promoted and Warning .

Feb. 23-26

የካቲት  16-19

Supplementary Examination period for Regular students (those having “Fx” at the end of first semester of 2009 E.C.(2016 /17G.C).

Feb. 23-24

የካቲት  16-17

Registration for First Year Engineering and Fourth year Students of Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Food Technology and Food Process Engineering , Textile

Engineering and Fashion Design Technology .

Feb.24

የካቲት  17

Deans /Directors meet their staffs to assess their semester

performance / Self-Evaluation Day/

Feb.24

የካቲት17

University Senate Meeting

Feb.24

የካቲት18-19

Annual Agricultural and Environmental Science Conference (CAES)

Feb.27

የካቲት  20

Weekly seminar starting week for  the second semester .

Feb. 27-28

የካቲት  20-21

Deans/Directors discuss with their students about past and future teaching & learning activities.

Feb. 27-28

የካቲት20-21

The respective Registrar offices submit second semester 2009 E.C.

enrolment statistics to The office of the Registrar and Alumni

Management.

March  2017

Mar.02

 የካቲት  23

Last date for reporting sup- exam results for regular programs to the

respective Registrar office’s.

Mar .03

የካቲት24

Last Date for Submitting First Semester Grades of Distance

Education Program through Student Information Management

System (SIMS).

Mar .03-

Mar. 27

የካቲ24-መጋ18

· Second semester registration for all distance programs

· Application date for Distance Education Program for the Second

      Semester.

Mar.06

የካቲት27

Add and Drop of courses for all Regular and Evening  programs

Mar. 08

የካቲት  29

Health Awareness day (RCS)

Mar. 09-Apr.10

የካቲ30-ሚያዝ02

Call  For Research Proposal

Mar. 11-12

መጋቢ02-03

The Fourth National Conference on Language, Literature, Culture and Communication

Mar.16-17

መጋቢ07- 08

Administration and Development Research Forum (Law School)

Mar. 18

መጋቢ09

Regional GIS Workshop (Social Science Faculty)

Mar.19-20

መጋቢ10-11

 Second semester registration for New PC-II  2008 E.C Entry

students

Mar.22

መጋቢ13

Last date for First round verification for 2009 E.C. ( 2017 G.C.)  Prospective graduates academic record .

Mar.27-Apri 02

መጋቢ18-24

Late Registration with Penalty for Distance Education Program.

Mar.28-30

መጋቢ19-21

Best Technology Output days (RCS)

April 2017

Apr 06-07

መጋቢ28-29

Third National Conference on Ge’ez ( Humanities Faculty)

April 03

መጋቢ 30-ሚያዝ05

Registration Date for  the Newly Admitted  students  of Distance Education Program in second Semester 

May 08– Jun 07

መጋቢ30-ግንቦ30

Application  for summer 2009 E.C. (2017G.C.) Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs 

April 11-12

ሚያዝ03-04

Bahir Dar University  Inauguration day. (SCVP)

Apr.13 May 14

ሚያዝ06 - ግንቦ07

Research proposal review

Apr.15-16

ሚያዝ  07-08

The Fourth Social Science National Conference

Apr.26-27

ሚያዝ18– 19 

National Conference on Sport Science ( Sport Academy)

Apr.28

ሚያዝ  20

Sudan Day

Apr. 28-29

ሚያዝ  20-21

The Third Nile Symposium Day.

Apr.28

ሚያዝ20

Class End for Old PC-II (2007 E.C Entry)

Apr.30-May 26

ሚያዝ22-ግንቦ  18

Community attachment for C-II  (2005 E.C Entry) Students

May 2017

May 01-05

ሚያዝ  23-27

Internal Oral Examination for Old PC-II (2007 E.C Entry)

May 06-08

ሚያዝ  28-30

· First round tutorial classes for all distance programs

· Last date for make-up/re-site application for distance programs

May.06-08

ሚያዝ28-29

The 5th  National Conference  on  Amharic Language and Culture

May.07-21

ሚያዝ  29-ግንቦ 13 

Final Written Examination for Old PC-II (2007 E.C Entry)

May 08-12

ሚያዝ  30-ግንቦ 04

Re-admission application for those  students who were forced to withdraw to take make- up exams by the end of second semester, 2008 E.C.

May.09

ግንቦት01

Class end for Gyn./Pediatrics I for Clinical Batch I students (C-I)

May 19-20

ግንቦት11-12

International Conference date for Bahir Dar Institute of

Technology

May 19-20

ግንቦት11-12

The 35th May  Annual Educational  Conference (CEBS )

May 18-23

ግንቦት  10-15

BDU Annual Research Week/Research proposal defense Week.

May 22-26

ግንቦት  14-18

Evaluation of instructors by their students, colleagues and their respective course  chairs /deans/ directors

May 22-26

ግንቦት  14-18

External Oral Examination for Old PC-II (2007 E.C Entry)

May 23

ግንቦት  15

Vice Dean’s and Directors submit second semester exam schedules to office of executive director for academic affairs/ academic program director

May 23

ግንቦት  15

 Respective Registrars  submit lists of re-admitted students to take make- up exam by the end of second semester of 2008 E.C. (2016 G.C.) to Deans / Directors

May 27-Jun 25

ግንቦ19-ሰኔ18

Break Time for Old PC-II (2007 E.C Entry) to C-I

June  2017

Jun. 01

ግንቦ24

End of second semester class for Graduating class Students.

Jun 02-15

ግንቦ 25-ሰኔ04 

Second semester exam period for  Regular and  Evening  programs (for Graduating class students)

Jun 02

ግንቦት25

Last date for submission of thesis by  Postgraduate students to Graduate program coordinators/Department.

June 02-03

ግንቦ 25-26

The 6^th International conference on 'Cotton, Textile and Apparel Value chain in Africa' (CTA-17)

June 03-05

ግንቦ26-28

Second round Tutorial  and Last date  of  makeup and Re sit 

application for Distance Students.

Jun.04-05

ግንቦ27-28

National Conference on Disaster Risk Management

Jun.05

ግንቦ28

Environment day (RCS)

Jun 09-12

ሰኔ  02-05

Presentation day For thesis by  Graduate students (Defense Week)

ሰኔ  12-14

ሰኔ  05-07

Entrance Exam for Summer Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Applicants.

Jun 13-14

ሰኔ. 06-07

The Third National conference on Indigenous knowledge

Jun.14

ሰኔ07

End of Second semester classes for  Regular  and Evening  programs   ( for non-graduating classes)

Jun.15

ሰኔ08

Fourth Year Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical and Hydraulics and Water Resource , Leather , Garment Engineering and Textile and

Apparel Merchandize Students report to their respective Academic unit from Internship.

Jun.15--22

 ሰኔ08-15

Second semester exam period for  Regular and Evening  programs

 (for non-graduating classes)

Jun 16

ሰኔ. 09

Last date for reporting exam results for  Regular and Evening

programs to respective Registrar  Office’s ( for graduating class )

Jun 16

ሰኔ. 09

End of Class for Gyn/Pediatrics I for C-I (2006 E.C Entry)

Jun.17--22

 ሰኔ10-15

Fourth Year Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical and Hydraulics and

Water Resource , Leather , Garment Engineering and Textile and

Apparel Merchandize Students Present their internship reports.

Jun.18-20

ሰኔ11-13

 Deans/Directors discuss with their  graduating class students  about Past teaching & learning activities and related issues (Alumni formation)

Jun.20

ሰኔ. 13

Comprehensive Examination date for all Regular Graduating class Students  Except EiTEX ,BiT, Law and Medicine.

Jun.20

ሰኔ13

Last date for graduation approval by Faculties/Colleges /Schools /

Institutes /Academies.

Jun.21

ሰኔ. 14

The 3rd Best Technology Output day (RCS )

Jun.21

ሰኔ14

Last date for reporting exam results for  Regular and Evening

programs to respective Registrar  Office’s ( for  Non graduating class )

Jun.22

ሰኔ15

Last date for application for re-marking exam papers  (graduating class students)

Jun 21

ሰኔ14

Day For the University Senate Meeting

Jun.22

ሰኔ15

All Regular Undergraduate students clear from BDU campuses

(Except prospective Graduates).

Jun.22

ሰኔ15

Fourth Year Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical and Hydraulics and Water Resource , Leather , Garment Engineering and Textile and

Apparel Merchandize Students Cleared from the Campus.

Jun.22

ሰኔ15

All Regular Undergraduate students clear from BDU campuses

(Except prospective Graduates).

Jun 24

ሰኔ17

Bahir Dar University Annual Graduation Ceremony.

Jun 26-27

ሰኔ19-20

The 2009 E.C Graduates will clear from  the BDU campuses.

July  2017    

July 03

ሰኔ26

Last date for reporting exam results for non- graduating  Regular and Evening Programs to the respective Registrar Office’s  .

July 05

ሰኔ28

 Nigerian Day

July 07-11

ሰኔ30- ሐም 04

· Examination day for Distance students.

· Last date for Submission of Seminar, Project and Senior Essay

 2017 G.C.  (2009 E.C.) Summer Program Academic Calendar

July 12

ሐምሌ.  05

All summer instructors submit course guidebook to  their departments / program managers

Deans & Directors submit  Summer semester  teaching load assignment of each instructor, Staff statistics & Classroom  demand   to  office of executive director for academic affairs/academic program director

July 12-13

ሐምሌ  05-06

Registration for all Evening  Program Students

July.12–18

ሐምሌ. 05 - 11

5th BDU Maths Camp  Program

July 14-16

ሐምሌ  07-09

Registration for all Summer  Program Students

July 17

ሐምሌ.10

Class begins for all Evening ProgramStudents

July 17

 ሐምሌ  10

Late Registration with Penalty for all Summer and Evening Program  

Students

July  17-18

 ሐምሌ  10-11

Application for re-marking (for summer and Evening Undergraduate  

programs)

July 18

 ሐምሌ  11

Class begins for all summer programs (except those having tutorials for distance courses)

July  18-22

ሐምሌ.11-15

Tutorial Session for distance courses to the summer program students.

July  18

ሐምሌ.  11

Application for Immediate Readmissionto Evening and Summer

Program Students.

July 20-22

ሐምሌ  13-15

Examination period for  Distance and Phase out Coursesto Evening and Summer Program students.

July23

ሐምሌ  16

Class begins for  summer programs (After tutorialfor distance courses)

July23-24

ሐምሌ16-17

Add and drop of courses for all Summer and Evening Program Students

July27

 ሐምሌ  20

Last date for reporting Examination results for Distance and Phase out Coursesto Evening and Summer Program by instructors to Respective

Registrar Office’s.

August  2017

Aug 04

ሐምሌ28

Dropping of Courses for all Summer and Evening program

Aug 06

ሐምሌ30

Last  date for Submitting Distance Program Grades through Information Management System (SIMS)

Aug 31

ነሐሴ25

Last date  for Submission of Thesis by Postgraduate student to the

Department.

September 2017   

Sep 02

ነሐሴ27

End of Classes for all Evening and Summer programs

Sep 03-06

ነሐ28-ጳጉ01

Examination Period for all Evening and Summer programs

Sep 03-06

ነሐ28-ጳጉ01

Thesis defense Period for Summer Graduate students

Sep 07

ጳጉ02

Application for remarking to Evening and Summer program

Students.

Sep 08

ጳጉ03

All Summer Students Cleared from Campuses .

Sep 12

መስከረም  02

Last date of reporting Examination results  of Evening and

Summer programs to the  respective Registrar office’s.

Oct 04

መስከረም  24

University Senate Mandate Meeting for Summer Program

Students graduation approval .

Oct 05

መስከረም  25

Issuance of documents for all graduates of the Summer Program