Registration, Records & Calendar - Trustee Policy

Academic Calendar for the University of North Carolina

TRUSTEE POLICY ON THE The Executive Committee prescribes the following policy on the academic calendar for the campuses of the University:

The academic calendar for the year-round operation of all campuses of The University of North Carolina, excluding vacation and holiday periods, shall include two semesters of seventeen weeks each and a summer session of eleven weeks divided into two terms of approximately five and one-half weeks.

The president may delegate to the Chancellor of each component institution the responsibility for arranging the calendar of his campus. In carrying out this responsibility, the Chancellor shall have the advice of a student-faculty committee on the calendar; and after receiving its recommendations, he shall set the opening and closing dates for each semester and summer term and the dates for each holiday period to be observed during a semester or summer term. In addition, he shall allocate the specific days within each semester or summer term to be devoted to orientation, registration, classes, reading, examinations, and commencement activities.

Adopted unanimously by The Executive Committee of The Board of Trustees on Friday, April 11, 1969.