UP announces various school calendars

By: 11 years ago

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MANILA, Philippines –Three campuses of the University of the Philippines have released their new academic calendars as UP prepares to shift the opening of classes from June to August.

On its Facebook page, UP Manila said classes for the first semester would begin Aug. 6, with the same schedule applying to the School of Health Sciences in Palo, Baler, and Koronadal.

The first semester will end on Dec. 5, while the second semester will run from Jan. 26 to May 29. Classes for the short term, or what used to be referred to as “summer,” will be from June 17 to July 17.

For its part, the UP Visayas webpage announced that the first semester will run from Aug. 18 to Dec. 5 at the campuses in Tacloban, Leyte, and Miag-ao, Iloilo. The second semester will from Jan. 26 to May 22, while the short term will be from June 18 to July 24.

Meanwhile, the UP Open University said the first semester programs will begin on Aug. 23, while the trimestral programs will start on Sept. 6.

The deadline for applications for admission has been moved to March 29 for certain graduate programs such as PhD in Education, Master of Public Management, and Doctor of Communication, while other programs have an April 26 deadline.

The Open University has yet to release the complete academic calendar.

The 2015 commencement exercises are set for June 26 for the Manila campus, June 30 for the Palo campus, July 3 in Baler, and July 8 in Koronadal.

The Miag-ao campus will have it s graduation on June 26 while the Tacloban campus will hold commencement exercises on June 29.

Graduation rites for this year will still be in April based on the 2013-2014 academic calendar, save for the Tacloban campus, which has moved its graduation to June 27 this year.

The yearly lantern parade in Manila is scheduled on December 12.

The three campuses are among seven UP campuses covered by a Board of Regents decision approving the shift in the academic calendar.

The Baguio, Los Baños, Mindanao, and Cebu campuses have not yet released their new academic calendars.

The Diliman campus is not covered by the ruling since it had not yet completed consultations.