Course Registration Dates, Inauguration Ceremony, Congregation and Holidays
2017
August | 8-11 | Tue-Fri | Course registration for most postgraduate programmes |
9 | Wed |
Course registration for 1st term courses for full-time undergraduates |
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10 | Thu | Course registration for 1st term courses for full-time undergraduates (Year 3 students and Year 2 students admitted with Advanced Standing; 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.) |
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15 | Tue | Course registration for 1st term courses for full-time undergraduates (Year 2 students; 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.) |
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25 | Fri | Course registration for 1st term courses for full-time undergraduates (New students; 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.) |
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September | 4 | Mon | Inauguration Ceremony for Undergraduates [full-time undergraduate classes (except MBChB Programme Years 2-6) suspended in the morning until 1:30 p.m.] |
October | 2 | Mon | Public holiday – The day following National Day |
5 | Thu | Public holiday – The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival | |
21 | Sat | Orientation Day for Undergraduate Admissions [full-time undergraduate classes (except MBChB Programme Years 4-6) suspended] | |
28 | Sat | Public holiday – Chung Yeung Festival | |
November | 13-14 | Mon-Tue | Course registration for 2nd term courses for full-time undergraduates(Year 4 or above and final year students, Year 3 or above students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 2 or above students admitted to senior-year places; from 8:30 p.m. 13 November to 8:30 p.m. 14 November) |
16 | Thu | 83rd Congregation for the Conferment of Bachelor’s Degrees and Master’s Degrees [full-time undergraduate classes (except MBChB Programme Years 4-6) and postgraduate classes suspended] | |
16-17 | Thu-Fri | Course registration for 2nd term courses for full-time undergraduates (Year 3 students, Year 2 students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 1 students admitted to senior-year places; from 8:30 p.m. 16 November to 8:30 p.m. 17 November) |
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20-21 | Mon-Tue | Course registration for 2nd term courses for full-time undergraduates (Year 2 students and Year 1 students admitted with Advanced Standing; from 8:30 p.m. 20 November to 8:30 p.m. 21 November) |
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23-24 | Thu-Fri | Course registration for 2nd term courses for full-time undergraduates (Year 1 students; from 8:30 p.m. 23 November to 8:30 p.m. 24 November) |
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30 | Thu | 84th Congregation for the Conferment of Honorary Degrees and Doctoral Degrees | |
December | 25 | Mon | Public holiday – Christmas Day |
26 | Tue | Public holiday – The first weekday after Christmas Day |
2018
January | 1 | Mon | Public holiday – The first day of January |
February | 15-21 | Thu-Wed | Lunar New Year Vacation |
16-17&19 | Fri-Sat & Mon | Public holiday – Lunar New Year | |
March | 30-31 | Fri-Sat | Public holiday – Easter |
April | 2 | Mon | Public holiday – Easter |
5 | Thu | Public holiday – Ching Ming Festival | |
May | 1 | Tue | Public holiday – Labour Day |
22 | Tue | Public holiday – The Birthday of the Buddha | |
June | 18 | Mon | Public holiday – Tuen Ng Festival |
July | 2 | Mon | Public holiday – The day following Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day |
Note: All public holidays will also be University holidays.