Academic Calendar 2021-2022
This is an archived copy of the 2021-2022 catalog. To access the most recent version of the catalog, please visit https://hctcatalog.hct.ac.ae.
Fall 2021 (Semester 1, 202110)
Academic Calendar
| Description |
Date |
| Faculty and Academic Administrators report to work |
Sun 15 Aug 2021 |
| New students’ orientation, placement exams and registration |
Sun 15 Aug 2021 to Thu 19 Aug 2021 |
| Online Registration re-open/ makeup exams for incomplete students |
Sun 15 Aug 2021 to Thu 19 Aug 2021 |
| Classes begin |
Sun 22 Aug 2021 |
| Drop Add period |
Sun 22 Aug 2021 to Thu 26 Aug 2021 |
| Last day of classes |
Thu 09 Dec 2021 |
| Final Exams - Semester 1 |
Sat 11 Dec 2021 to Sat 18 Dec 2021 |
| Winter break for students |
Sun 19 Dec 2021 to Thu 06 Jan 2022 |
| Winter break for faculty |
Tue 21 Dec 2021 to Mon 03 Jan 2022 |
Spring 2022 (Semester 2, 202120)
Academic Calendar
| Description |
Date |
| Faculty and Academic Administrators report to work |
Tue 04 Jan 2022 |
| New students’ orientation, placement exams and registration |
Tue 04 Jan 2022 to Thu 06 Jan 2022 |
| Online registration re-open/ makeup exams for incomplete students |
Sun 02 Jan 2022 to Thu 06 Jan 2022 |
| Classes begin |
Sun 09 Jan 2022 |
| Drop Add period |
Sun 09 Jan 2022 to Thu 13 Jan 2022 |
| Spring break for students |
Sun 27 Mar 2022 to Thu 07 Apr 2022 |
| Spring break for faculty |
Sun 27 Mar 2022 to Thu 31 Mar 2022 |
| Faculty return from Spring break |
Sun 03 Apr 2022 |
| Students return from Spring break |
Sun 10 Apr 2022 |
| Last day of classes |
Mon 09 May 2022 |
| Final Exams - Semester 2 |
Tue 10 May 2022 to Tue 17 May 2022 |
Summer 2022 (202130)
Academic Calendar
| Description |
Date |
| Classes begin |
Sun 22 May 2022 |
| Last day of classes |
Mon 27 Jun 2022 |
| Final exams - Summer |
Tue 28 Jun 2022 to Wed 29 Jun 2022 |
| Summer break |
Sun 03 Jul 2022 to Thu 11 Aug 2022 |
Fall 2022 (Semester 1, 202210)
Academic Calendar
| Description |
Date |
| New Faculty Joining Date |
Sun 07 Aug 2022 |
| Faculty and Academic Administrators Report to Work |
Sun 14 Aug 2022 |
| Classes begin |
Sun 21 Aug 2022 |
Religious and Public Holidays*
Religious and Public Holidays
| Holiday |
Date |
| Islamic New Year* |
Tue 10 Aug 2021 |
| Prophet’s Birthday* |
Mon 18 Oct 2021 |
| Martyr’s Day |
Wed 01 Dec 2021 |
| UAE National Day |
Thu 02 Dec – Fri 03 Dec 2021 |
| New Year |
Sat 01 Jan 2022 |
| Eid Al-Fitr* |
Sun 01 May - Tue 03 May 2022 |
