PROGRAMME CALENDAR
ACADEMIC CALENDAR UKM-IDFR MASTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
(STRATEGY AND DIPLOMACY) SESSION 2015/16
| ACTIVITY | DATE | DURATION |
| SEMESTER I (September 2015 – January 2016) | ||
| Orientation | 1 – 4 September 2015 | 1 week |
| Lectures | 7 September – 6 November 2015 | 9 weeks |
| Submission of Project Title | 28 September 2015 | |
| Appointment of Supervisors | 2 October 2015 | |
| Mid-Semester Break | 7 – 15 November 2015 | 1 week |
| Lectures (continued) | 16 November – 18 December 2015 | 5 weeks |
| Study Week | 19 – 27 December 2015 | 1 week |
| Exam Week | 28 December 2015 – 15 January 2016 | 3 weeks |
| End-of-Semester I Break | 16 January – 21 February 2016 | 4 weeks |
| Submission of Proposal | 25 January 2016 | |
| Research Colloquium | 3 February 2016 | |
| SEMESTER II (February – June 2016) | ||
| Lectures | 22 February – 8 April 2016 | 7 weeks |
| Mid-semester Break | 9 – 17 April 2016 | 1 week |
| Lectures | 18 April – 3 June 2016 | 7 weeks |
| Study Week | 4 – 12 June 2016 | 1 week |
| Exam Week | 13 June – 1 July 2016 | 3 weeks |
| End-of-Semester II Break | 2 – 10 July 2016 | 1 week |
| SEMESTER III: RESEARCH PROJECT (July – August 2016) | ||
| Submission of Draft Thesis (3 copies) | 26 July 2016 | |
| Viva-voce/ Thesis Defense | 9 – 10 August 2016 | 2 days |
| Final Submission of Thesis | 23 August 2016 | |
| End of Semester III | 2 September 2016 | |