Academic Calendar

KIGALI INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY ULK – ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2019-2020
1st Term 2/9/2019 Monday Beginning of year ones 2019-2020
  07/10/2019 Monday Beginning of upper classes 2019-2020 and induction week
  16/10/2019 Wednesday  Public lecture – NIC( National Itorero commission) on History of Rwanda
  17/10/2019 Thursday  Public lecture -MINIYOUTH- on Role of  youth in implementing Agenda 2050
  31/10/2019 Thursday  English Proficiency Placement Test, BNR Saving Culture( public lecture)
  07/11/2019 Thursday  Public lecture – RURA conference  on Consumer Protection Right Awareness 
  26/11/2019 Tuesday  1st Meeting of the Council of the Institution
  06/12/2019 Friday Graduation ceremony/Gisenyi Campus
  09/12/2019 Monday International conference on fight against Genocide
  13/12/2019 Friday Graduation ceremony/Kigali Campus
  20/12/2019 Friday Beginning of of the Christmas Break 
       
2nd Term 06/01/2020 Monday End of Christmas break  and Activities resume & Beginning of second term
  30/01/2020 Thursday  Conference on heroes day preparation
  01/02/2020 Saturday Heroes day
  24-28/02/2020 Monday-Friday Open Day
  02/03/2020 Monday Beginning of second intake
  20/03/2020 Friday 2nd Meeting of the Council of the Institution
  26/03/2020 Thursday  English Proficiency Placement Test for 2nd intake
  31/03/2020 Tuesday End of Second Term
       
3rd Term 01/04/2020 Wednsday Beginning of third term
  06/04/2020 Monday Beginning of short break 
  07/04/2020 Tuesday Commemoration of Genocide against Tutsi
  14/04/2020 Tuesday End of short break and activities resume 
  30/04/2020 Thursday Public Lecture
  01/05/2020 Friday Labor day
  30/06/2020 Tuesday End of third term
       
4th Term 01/07/2020 Wednsday Independence day
  02/07/2020 Thursday Beginning of fourth term and Conference on Liberation Day
  04/07/2020 Saturday Liberation day
  10/08/2020 Monday End of classes for day section
  12-26/8/2020   Special assessment period for day section
  28/08/2020 Friday End of classes for evening section
  01/09/2020 Tuesday Beginning of Year ones for the new academic year 2020-2021
  17/09/2020 Monday End of First submission of memoirs Day section
  1-18/9/2020   Special assessment period  for evening section
  28/09/2020 Friday End of 1st submission for evening section and 2nd submission for day section
  05/10/2020 Monday Beginning of Academic year 2020-2021 
  16/10/2020 Friday End of 2nd submission of Memoirs for evening section
  30/10/2020 Friday End of Thesis and Dissertation  presentation 
  27/11/2020 Friday  ULK Council Meeting 
N.B: Senior Management meeting is held once a week and Academic senate meeting is held once two months.
Done at  ULK/Kigali 26th November 2019