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ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Calendar ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 Semester 1/2020 (June - October 2020) SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Undergraduate Program 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 H.M. Queen Suthida's Birthday (Holiday - no classes) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 The Most Holy Trinity 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 8 Classes begin JUNE 2020 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 14 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) 28 29 30 19 Last day for late registration and adding classes, last day to withdraw TOTAL without record and to have 50% of tuition fees refunded , AVAILABLE 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 Semester 2/2019 Grade Release and The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus CLASSES 23 Retrieve and download registered student namelists via internet for clas attendance checklists SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 Asalha Bhucha Day (Holiday - no classes) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 Buddhist Lent Day (Holiday - no classes) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7 A Substituted holiday for Asalha Bhucha Day (Holiday - no classes) JULY 2020 JULY 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 Submission of Mid-term Examination Papers 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 H.M. King Maha Vajiralongkorn's Birthday (Holiday - no classes) TOTAL 30 Mid-term Examination (till August 07, 2020) AVAILABLE 3 3 2 5 4 4 4 CLASSES SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 8 Classes resume 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 H.M. Queen Sirikit's Birthday (Holiday - no classes) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 Annual Staff Seminar AUGUST 2020 AUGUST 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TOTAL AVAILABLE 5 4 3 2 3 3 4 CLASSES SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 7 Submission of Final Examination Papers 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 23 Last day to withdraw with 'W' 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 28 Retrieve and download registered student namelists 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 via internet for eGrading SEPTEMBER 2020 SEPTEMBER 27 28 29 30 30 Last day of classes before Final Examination TOTAL AVAILABLE 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 CLASSES SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 1 Final Examination (till October 16, 2020) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 King Bhumibol Memorial Day (Holiday - no classes) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day (Holiday) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 31 Loy Krathong Day OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - Semester 1/2020 Grade Release (November 16, 2020) TOTAL AVAILABLE - - - - - - - CLASSES GRAND 15 15 14 15 14 14 15 TOTAL Office of The University Registrar as of 11/10/2019.

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