How to Study at SGH - Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

2006-2007 Academic Year Dates
FALL (WINTER) SEMESTER 2006
September 23 Fall semester classes begin
October 12 or 13 Opening the academic year ceremony
November 1- 3 All Saints Day (holiday)
November 11-12 Independence Day (holiday)
December 23 - January 2, 2007 Christmas and New Year Break
January 21, 2007 Fall semester classes end
January 22 – February 4, 2007 Exam period I
February 5 – 12, 2007 Winter break
February 12 – 18, 2007 Exam period II
SPRING (SUMMER) SEMESTER 2007
February 19 Spring semester classes begin
April 6 -10 Easter holidays
April 18 SGH Day
April 30 – May 3 Spring break (Labour & Constitution Day)
June 6 Spring semester classes end
June 7 -8 Corpus Christi Days off
June 9 -24 Exam period I
June 25 – September 2 Summer Holidays
September 3 – 16 Exam period II
Teaching formula
To validate a term a student must collect 30 ECTS credits per semester. One teaching
(contact) hour is 45 minutes. Usually one 90-minute lecture is divided into two segments
with a ten-minute break. A standard course covers 30 contact hours per semester.
Teaching methods vary from lectures and seminars to discussion groups etc. At the
beginning of the course the professor will tell the minimum participation percentage for
the lectures required for passing the course.
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