Academic Calendar

Don’t miss important deadlines!
Here are registration and semester dates, holiday breaks and final exam dates

	Finland	Germany	Italy	Romania	Spain	UK
Start of registration	Monday, 24 July 2017
Registration deadline	Autumn courses 2017: Monday, 9 Oct. 2017 Spring courses 2018:  Wednesday, 31 Jan 2018
Final notice of admission for those on waiting list	Autumn courses 2017: Tuesday, 10 Oct 2017 Spring courses 2018:  Thursday, 01 Feb 2018
2017/2018	Finland	Germany	Italy	Romania	Spain	UK
First day of class	Mon, 16 Oct 2017	Tue, 20 Mar 2018	Mon, 16 Oct 2017	Tue, 20 Feb 2018	Tue, 06 Feb 2018	Mon,  05 Mar 2018
Last day of class	Mon, 29 Jan 2018	Tue, 27 Jun 2018	Mo, 29 Jan 2018	Tue, 29 May 2018	Tue, 15 May 2018	Mon, 11 June 2018
Final Exams	Will be announced in due time for all countries!

 

Rules and Regulations for your DECAMP Exams:

1. 1. All DECAMP students will do their examinations under the same exam conditions and subject to the same rules and regulations.
   2. Students will do their exams on the respective official DECAMP examination day and within the official period of time (duration) set by DECAMP for the respective examination. BEWARE of the difference advised in time zones!
   3. The exams are face-to-face-proctoring exams.
   4. They will take place at your home university.
   5. Your course instructor will inform you of the dates, times, and the duration of your exams.
   6. Then please contact your home university DECAMP coordinator*. She/he will let you know the exam location and your local “Trusted Professor” (TF”).
   7. Your DECAMP instructor will coordinate everything with the TF of your home university.
   8. The TFs will conduct the examinations based on the questions received from the DECAMP course instructors.
   9. After your exam, the TF will scan your exam sheets and send them for evaluation to the respective DECAMP instructor.
   10. The instructor will
   – correct the exam papers,
   – evaluate your performance based on a percentage figure (out of 100),
   – issue a certificate on a template, and
   – send this certificate, signed and stamped (by post) to the TFs.
   11. Your local TF will scale the percentage results on the local grade scale of your home university and enter it into your application.
   12. You can then apply to your local department administration for accreditation of your exam performance (grade and number of ECTS).

 

May we wish you every success!

*Your local Coordinator:

• Finland: Puska(at)metropolia.fi
• Germany: Alexandru.Soceanu(at)hm.edu
• Italy: Laurenti(at)dei.unipd.it
• Romania: Florica.Moldoveanu (at)cs.pub.ro
• Spain: Garcia(at)unican.es
• UK: Gareth.Davies(at)southwales.ac.uk

Academic Team’s Holidays → (first glance at the diversity of EU cultures)

Finland	Germany (Federal State of Bavaria)	Italy (Province of Padua)	Romania	Spain	UK
			24 Jan Unification day
	29 Mar – 03 Apr Easter Break		09 Apr Easter Break	29 Mar – 04 Apr Easter Break
	1 May Labour Day		1 May Labour Day	1 May Labour Day
	10 May Ascension Day 18 – 22 May Pentecost Break 31 May Corpus Christi