UTech, Ja Student Handbook 2019-2020

September 03, 10, 17 & 24 Student Records Office – Academic Awards Review Committee Meetings September 05 First Year Experience Opening Ceremony International Students’ Office – orientation session for new Students September 06 (Final date) Submission of on-line Add/Drop for Semester 1 September 07 (Final date) Student Relations Office – Submission of requests for Leave of Absence for the Semester 1, Academic Year, 2019/2020 (Only applicable to students who have not begun the registration process) Accommodation: First-Year Resident Students Developmental Programme – (Discovering the Best Me) September 13 (Final date) Submission of Independent Study for Semester 1 – Academic Year 2019/2020 English Language Proficiency Test (Community Colleges only) September 16–November 08 Submission of Withdrawal from a module offered in Semester 1 Refund not applicable (See Regulation 3, Student Handbook) Submission of withdrawal from a course of study for Semester 1 (See Regulation 3, Student Handbook and Fee payment Policy) September 23 Financial Aid Office – Grant Application opens September 26 International Students – International Students’Reception October 01 Admissions – Applications open for all programmes, Academic Year 2020/2021 Accommodation – Applications open for accommodation for Academic Year 2020/2021 October 01, 08 & 15 Student Records Office: Academic Awards Review Committee Meetings October 14 – February 07 Career and Placement – Registration for Annual Career and Job Placement Fair October 21 National Heroes Day (Public Holiday) – University closed October 25 (Final) Examinations – submission of all examination question papers for Semester 1 Examinations to the University Examinations Centre October 27 Counselling Unit: PEP-UP Parenting Seminar November 02 & 03 Graduation Ceremony (The Alfred Sangster Auditorium, Papine Campus; ALL classes suspended) November 04–22 Examinations: Distribution of Examination Cards November 08 (Final) Submission of withdrawal from a module offered in Semester 1 and a Course of Study for Semester 1. (Addition of modules or refund not applicable (see Regulation 3, Student Hand Book) November 10-16 Students’Union Tag Drive Week of Activities (Classes Suspended on November 15) November 18 Examinations: Final Publication of Examination Timetable for Semester 1 Final Examinations November 25 Classes end November 26–29 Preparation Period November 28 English Language Proficiency Test (Papine & Montego Bay Campuses) November 29 Counselling Unit: Christmas Jamaican Style December 02 Admissions: Early Bird Applications Close December 02–13 Examinations – Semester I Final Examinations December 13 Academic Year 2019/2020 Semester 1 ends December 14 Accommodation – Halls of Residence – students check-out for Semester 1 December 20 Registration for Semester 2 opens “ E X C E L L E N C E T H R O U G H K N O W L E D G E ” 13 A C A D E M I C C A L E N D A R Y E A R 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0