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Academic Calendar

Please read through the following TKU academic calendar and note down important dates and events for foreign students. The academic calendar is a vital point of reference for your future studies at TKU.

First Semester, 2024
Aug 1 First Semester Begins
Aug 5 2024~2025 Academic Year Faculty Evaluation Committee Meeting
Aug 6 ~ 12 First Semester course enrollment for undergraduates (Excluding Freshmen) and 1st-year Graduate Students
Aug 7 ~ 8 2024~2025 Academic Year New Departmental Supervisor Seminar
Aug 12 Application Deadline for the PhD. Program
Aug 15 ~ Sep 26 Enrollment information available online
Aug 20 2024~2025 Academic Year Incoming Staff Orientation
Aug 24 New Student & Parent Meeting
Aug 27 ~ 29 Courses enrollment for Undergraduate Freshmen, Transferred New Students, and 1st-year Graduate Students
Aug 28 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Aug 29 2024~2025 Academic Year Seminar for Incoming Faculty Seminar
Aug 31 ~ Sep 1 Dormitory Check-in & Move-in on Tamsui Campus
Sep 2 ~ 30 Application for "Certificate of Credit Programs"
Sep 3 2024~2025 Academic Year Incoming Faculty Teaching Workshop
Sep 4 Incoming Overseas Student Orientation
Sep 5 Freshmen Orientation and the Slope of Overcoming Difficulty Tour for all departments in College of Liberal Arts, Engineering, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Education, and Artificial Innovation Intelligence. Medical Check-ups for Colleges of Science, Business and Management, International Affairs, and Precision Healthcare. Participants: 1st-year Students of Undergraduate, Graduate, and Extension Education Programs, and Transfer Students.
Sep 6 Freshmen Orientation and the Slope of Overcoming Difficulty Tour for Colleges of Science, Business and Management, International Affairs, and Precision Healthcare. Medical Check-ups for Colleges of Liberal Arts, Engineering, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Education, and Artificial Innovative Intelligence. Participants: 1st-year Students of Undergraduate, Graduate, and Extension Education Programs, and Transfer Students.
Deadline for Registration and Payment
Sep 9 Class Begins
Sep 9 ~ 20 Application to Waive "National Defense Military Training/ Nursing Courses"
Sep 10 ~ 18 Drop/Add week
Sep 10 ~ 20 Application to Drop Minor/ Double Major
Sep 17 Mid-Autumn Festival (No Class)
Sep 18 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Sep 20 TKU Anniversary Celebration Preparation Meeting
Sep 23 ~ Oct 7 Application for the Tamkang University Quality Award
Sep 27 The 198th Administrative Meeting
Oct 10 National Day of the Republic of China (No Class)
Oct 16 Curriculum Committee Meeting
Oct 18 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Oct 19 Teaching and Administration Innovation Seminar
Oct 21 Completion of 1/3 of the Semester (Application Deadline for 2/3 of Refunds on Tuition Payment for Deferred and Discontinued Study)
Oct 21 ~ Nov 3 Midterm Teaching Performance Evaluation Week
Oct 23 Educational Quality Management Committee Meeting
Oct 25 Academic Affairs Meeting
Oct 28 ~ Nov 15 Minor Specialty Application and Review
Oct 28 ~ Dec 6 Application for Graduate Degree Exams
Oct 30 Sports Day
Nov 1 The 92nd School Affairs Meeting (Final Account Review)
Nov 2 TKU Anniversary Celebration, Alumni Homecoming Day, Make-up Workday (Compensatory Day Off on Jan 23, 2025)
Nov 4 ~ 10 Midterm Exams Week
Nov 8 TKU 74th Anniversary
Nov 11 ~ Dec 6 Submission of the List of Students Enrolled in the Credited Programs
Nov 13 2024~2025 Academic Year Faculty Evaluation Committee Meeting
Nov 14 1st, 4th, and 5th-Grade Class Representative Forum
Nov 15 Student Affairs Meeting
Nov 22 The 199th Administrative Meeting
Dec 2 Completion of 2/3 of the semester (Application Deadline for 1/3 of Refunds on Tuition Payment for Deferred and Discontinue Study)
Dec 2 ~ 6 Midterm course-drop period
Dec 2 ~ Jan 12, 2025 Graduate degree examinations
Dec 5 ~ 6 2-Day Site Visit for 2024~2025 Academic Year Third Cycle of University Institutional Accreditation
Dec 12 Earthquake Evacuation Drills and Promotions of Disaster Prevention Activities at Teaching Building on Tamsui Campus
Dec 16 ~ 29 Teaching Evaluation Week
Dec 18 New Faculty Allotment Meeting
Dec 20 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Dec 27 Application deadline for deferred study
The 200th Administrative Meeting (Participants: Department Supervisors and Student Representatives)
Dec 30 ~ Jan 5 Final Exams Week
Jan 1, 2025 Founding Day of the Republic of China (No class)
Jan 3 Final Review of Tamkang University Quality Award
Jan 6 ~ 12 Flexible Teaching Week
Jan 6 ~ 14 Preliminary Course Enrollment for the Second Semester
Jan 6 ~ Feb 16 Final Grades of First Semester Available Online
Jan 9 General Affairs Performance Evaluation Meeting
Jan 10 Total Quality Management Training
Jan 13 ~ Feb 16 Winter Vacation
Jan 14 Military Training Office year-end performance review & Disaster Rescue and Prevention Committee Meeting (Move to the 15th when conflicting with the Taiwan's President of University/College Meeting)
Jan 15 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Jan 23 Compensatory day off (for Nov 2, 2024)
Jan 24 ~ Feb 7 Chinese New Year holiday
Jan 28 Chinese New Year’s Eve (Government agencies closed from Jan 25 till Feb 02 for Chinese New Year holiday)
Jan 31 ~ Feb 16 First Semester Ends

Second Semester, 2025
Feb 1 Second Semester Begins
Feb 10 Staff & faculty resume work
Enquiry Deadline for the First-semester Grades
Feb 13 ~ Mar 7 Enrollment information available online
Feb 14 Deadline for Registration and Payment
Feb 17 Class Begins
Feb 17 ~ 25 Add/Drop Week
Feb 17 ~ 27 Application to Drop Minor/ Double Major Program
Feb 17 ~ Mar 3 Application to waive "National Defense Military Training/Nursing Courses"
Feb 27 ~ Mar 13 Application for Teacher Education Program
Feb 28 Peace Memorial Day (No class)
Mar 5 ~ 11 Department/Graduate Institute Transfer Application for the 2025~2026 Academic Year
Mar 7 The 201st Administrative Meeting
Mar 14 Campus Security Maintenance Meeting
Mar 15 Spring Feast - Alumni Association of Departments, Graduate Institutes, and the University Invite Alumni for Homecoming Activities
Mar 17 ~ May 9 Application for Graduate Degree Examinations
Mar 19 Students Recruitment Committee Meeting
Mar 21 ~ 23 2025~2026 Academic Year College Entrance Interviews for Applicants with Disabilities
Mar 24 ~ Apr 13 Midterm Teaching Performance Evaluation Week
Mar 28 Total Quality Management Seminar
Mar 31 Completion of 1/3 of the semester
Mar 31 ~ Apr 2 Teaching Administration Observation
Apr 3 Children’s Day Holiday (No Class)
Apr 4 Children’s Day & Tomb Sweeping Day (No Class)
Apr 7 Application Deadline for 2/3 of Refunds on Tuition Payment for Deferred and Discontinued Study
Apr 7 ~ 25 Minor Specialty Application and Review
Apr 11 The 202nd Administrative Meeting (Participants: Department Supervisors and Student Representatives)
Apr 14 ~ 20 Midterm Exams Week
Apr 16 Meeting on Total Admission Quota (Tentative)
Apr 18 Commencement Preparation Meeting
Apr 21 ~ May 16 Submission of the List of Students Enrolled in Credit Programs
Apr 23 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Apr 24 2nd-, and 3rd-Grade Class Representative Forum
Apr 25 Educational Quality Management Meeting
Apr 28 Tuition and Fees Deliberation Committee Meeting
Apr 30 Student Affairs Meeting
May 1 ~ Jul 6 Graduate Degree Examinations
May 2 Curriculum Committee Meeting
May 5 Earthquake Evacuation Drills and Disaster Prevention Activities for Teaching Buildings on Tamsui Campus
May 7 ~ 20 Double Major, Minor, and Minor Specialty Application for the 2025~2026 Academic Year
May 9 Academic Affairs Meeting
Final Selection Meeting of Candidates for Teacher Education Program
May 12 Completion of 2/3 of the semester (Deadline to apply for 1/3 of refunds on tuition payment for defer and discontinue study)
May 12 ~16 Midterm course-drop
May 14 2025-2026 Academic Year Faculty Evaluation Committee Meeting
Water Sports Day
May 16 ~ 18 Provisional Second-stage Interview of College Entrance Application
May 19 ~ 25 Teaching Performance Evaluation Week (Subjects offered to graduating students)
May 21 Final Review of the Department Development Award
May 22 Organizing and Training of the Protection/Rescue Team of Tamsui Campus
May 23 Graduating seniors' application deadline for deferred study (Including students with extended study)
The 203rd Administrative Meeting (Preliminary budget review)
May 26 ~ Jun 1 Examinations for graduating seniors (Undergraduates and Five-Year Architecture Program)
May 26 ~ Jun 8 Teaching Performance Evaluation Week (Subjects Offered to Non-graduating Students)
May 26 ~ Jun 13 Final grades of graduating seniors available online
May 27 Provisional Student Recruitment Committee Meeting (Set by the Schedule of the Second-Stage Application)
May 28 2025-2026 Academic Year Faculty Evaluation Committee Meeting
May 29 General Affairs Meeting & 2nd Meeting of the Disaster Rescue and Prevention Committee
May 30 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday (No Class)
May 31 Dragon Boat Festival (No Class)
Jun 2 ~ 30 Application period for credited curriculum certificates
Jun 6 The 93rd School Affairs Meeting (Budget Review)
Jun 7 Application Deadline for Deferring or Discontinuing Study (Non-Graduating Students)
TKU Commencement, Make-up Workday (Compensatory Day Off on Jul 10)
Jun 9 ~ 15 Final Exams Week
Jun 16 ~ 22 Flexible Teaching Week
Jun 16 ~ Jul 31 Final grades of second semester available online
Jun 21 ~ 22 Dormitory Check-out on Tamsui Campus
Jun 23 Summer Vacation Begins
Jun 23 ~ 27 2025~2026 Academic Year Student Club Leader Seminar
Jun 24 TKU Flag Awarding Ceremony for Students Going Abroad for Study in 2025~2026 Academic Year
Jun 25 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Jul 1 ~ Aug 31 Staff Summer Break (All Fridays Off, 4 Rotational Days Off)
Jul 10 Compensatory Day Off (Make-up Workday on Jun 7)
Jul 14 ~ 17 (Week Off from Jul 14 till Jul 17)
Jul 21 Enquiry Deadline for the Second-Semester Grades
Jul 30 Student Recruitment Committee Meeting
Jul 31 2024~2025 Academic Year Ends
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