Academic Calendar 2012

Month	Day	Weeks	Event
April	1	Sun	Spring Entrance Ceremony
April	1-5	Sun-Thu	Orientation Week for New Students
April	6	Fri	Classes begin
April	30	Mon	Substitute Holiday <classes>
May	3	Thu	Holiday (Constitution Memorial Day) <no classes>
May	4	Fri	Holiday (Greenery Day) <no classes>
May	5	Sat	Holiday (Children's Day) <no classes>
May	19	Sat	The 112th Anniversary of Ritsumeikan University
July	16	Mon	Holiday (Marine Day) <classes>
July	20	Fri	Classes end
Jul 23-Aug 2		Mon-Thu	Final examinations
August	3	Fri	Summer vacation begins
September	24	Mon	Fall Orientation
September	25	Tue	Fall Entrance Ceremony/Summer vacation ends
September	26	Wed	Fall semester and classes begin
October	8	Mon	Holiday (National Sports Day) <classes>
November	3	Sat	Holiday (Cultural Day)
November	23	Fri	Holiday (Labor Thanksgiving Day) <classes>
December	23	Sun	Holiday (The Emperor's Birthday) <no classes>
December	24	Mon	Substitute Holiday (classes)
December	26	Wed	Winter vacation begins
2013 January	6	Sun	Winter vacation ends
January	7	Mon	Classes resume
January	14	Mon	Holiday (Coming of Age Day) <no classes>
January	21	Mon	Classes end
Jan 23 － Feb 2		Wed-Sat	Final Examinations
February	3	Sun	Spring vacation begins
March	8	Fri	Graduation results released
March	20	Wed	Biwako-Kusatsu Campus Graduation Ceremony
March	21	Thu	Kinugasa Campus Graduation Ceremony
March	31	Sun	Spring vacation ends

GLOBAL STUDIES