Academic Calendar

The Academic Year is divided into two (2) semesters of at least 16 weeks each, exclusive of registration and final examination periods. Each semester is consisted of at least one hundred (100) class days. A summer session of 6 weeks follows the second semester. Class work in the summer session is equivalent to class work in one (1) semester.

Academic Calendar

First Semester (5 months)	June - October
Second Semester (5 months)	November - March
Summer	April - May

The first semester begins in June, the second semester in November, and the summer session in April. All academic units of UP Diliman operate under the semestral system, except for the evening Master of Business Administration program and the Master of Science in Finance program of the College of Business Administration and Master of Management of the UP Extension Program in Pampanga, which are under the trimestral system.

(Summer session is generally not required for all students although in some courses, there are several subjects that are mandatory to take in the summer session)

UP Academic Calendar Link AY 2013-2014: http://upd.edu.ph/acad%20cal%202013-2014.pdf

(From the official website of the University of the Philippines Diliman)

*From the General Academic Information of the university