Rector's Directive No. 8/2020












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            Title:

            Schedule of the academic year 2020/2021
            To implement:
            Article 3 (3) of the Code of Study and Examination of Charles University

            Lead Office:
            Student Affairs Department
            Effect:

            1 March 2020




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            * Schedule of the academic year 2020/2021
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            1.Schedule

              • 1 October 2020 commencement of the academic year and the fall semester of the academic
              • 23 December 2020 – 3 January 2021 Christmas vacations
              • 15 February 2021 commencement of the spring semester of the academic year 2020/2021

              • 1 July 2021 – 31 August 2021 summer vacations
              • 30 September 2021 end of the academic year 2020/2021
            2.Under Article 3 (3) of the Code of Study and Examination of Charles University and upon 

              consultation with the Rector, deans of faculties determine the beginning of a teaching s
              examination session, practical training, registration for subjects and other details by 
              respective Dean´s Directive. In order to preserve for students their possibility of regi

              subjects at various faculties of the University, it is recommended that:
              a.The commencement of the teaching session in the fall semester should be set for 1 Octo
              b.The period for registration for subjects and respective schedule should be set to incl

                between 24 September 2020 and 30 September 2020 in the fall semester; in the spring se
                period should cover the week from 8 February 2021 to 14 February 2021. Registration fo
                students of other faculties must be open during those periods.

              c.The examination session in the fall semester should be set between 11 January 2021 and
                2021; the examination session in the spring semester should be set between 24 May 2021
                2021.

              d.The dean may stipulate by a Dean´s Directive that the examination session would includ
                September 2021.
            3.Vice deans in charge of study, or other officials commissioned thereby, are to notify th

              Affairs Department of the Rectorate of Charles University by 31 March 2020 regarding the
              proposed dates for mass electronic registration of students for subjects and schedules f
              semesters of the academic year 2020/2021. The Student Affairs Department, in cooperation

              Computer Science Centre of Charles University, are to consider the planned dates with re
              any potential collision; should there be any the Student Affairs Department is to discus
              respective faculties suitable solutions. The final list of dates of registration within 

              is to be confirmed by 30 April 2020.
            4.The Rector´s Day is to be held on 12 May 2021.



            Prague, 13 February 2020


            prof. MUDr. Tomáš Zima, DrSc., MBA