University of Macau University Almanac for Academic Year 2021/2022 Week S M T W T F S Events Public Holidays and University Recesses August 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 Last day of Student Summer Recess 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 18 First day of 1st semester's classes 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 29 30 31 September 3 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 22 The Day following Mid-Autumn Festival 7 26 27 28 29 30 October 7 1 2 1 National Day of the People’s Republic of China 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 The Day following National Day of the People’s Republic of China 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4 Compensatory rest day set forth in No. 4 of Article 79 of the ETAPM 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 14 Chong Yeung Festival 11 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 12 31 November 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 All Soul’s Day 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 Last day of 1st semester's classes December 1 2 3 4 1-3 Examination Study Period 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4-17 1st semester's final examinations 8 Feast of Immaculate Conception 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5, 12 & 18 Contingency plan for final examinations 20 Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 Winter Solstice 26 27 28 29 30 31 31 Release of Academic Reports of Undergraduate Programmes 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day 27 Compensatory rest day set forth in No. 4 of Article 79 of the ETAPM 31 Exemption from work in the afternoon by the Chief Executive on 2 Apr 2020 18/12-1/1 Christmas/New Year Recess for students PLEASE NOTE: 1. Public holidays/Exemption from work/Compensatory rest days for staff are in . 2. Final examination days are in . 3. University Recesses are highlighted in RED. Week S M T W T F S Events Public Holidays and University Recesses January 2022 1 1 New Year’s Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 First day of 2nd semester's classes 2-5 Semester Break 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3 Compensatory rest days set forth in No. 4 of Article 79 of the ETAPM 3 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 4 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27/1-9/2 Lunar New Year Recess for students 30 31 31 Exemption from work in the afternoon by the Chief Executive February 1 2 3 4 5 1-3 Lunar New Year 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 6 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 7 27 28 March 7 1 2 3 4 5 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 UM Admission Examination and Joint Admission 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19-20 Examination for Macao Four Higher Education Institutions 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 11 27 28 29 30 31 April 11 1 2 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 Cheng Ming Festival 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 Good Friday 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 16 The Day before Easter 15 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15-18 Easter Recess for students 18 Compensatory rest days set forth in No. 4 of Article 79 of the ETAPM May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 Last day of 2nd semester's classes 1 Labour Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5-9 Examination Study Period 2 Compensatory rest days set forth in No. 4 of Article 79 of the ETAPM 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10-21 2nd semester's final examinations 8 The Buddha’s Birthday 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 15 & 22 Contingency plan for final examinations 9 Compensatory rest days set forth in No. 4 of Article 79 of the ETAPM 29 30 31 June 1 2 3 4 3 Tuen Ng Festival 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 Release of Academic Reports of Undergraduate Programmes 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6 First day of Summer Term 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 11 First day of Student Summer Recess 26 27 28 29 30 July 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 Last day of Summer Term 31 PLEASE NOTE: 1. Public holidays/Exemption from work/Compensatory rest days for staff are in . 2. Final examination days are in . 3. University Recesses are highlighted in RED. Updated on 14 Apr 2021.