Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar for the 2024-2025 Academic Year of Georgian Technical University

1. Administrative and Academic Registration for First-Year Students:
   
1. Bachelor's Degree Program – September 4-12, 2024;
2. Educational Program for Preparation in the Georgian Language – September 4-12, 2024.
3. The first (fall) semester of the 2024-2025 academic year at Georgian Technical University will begin on September 16, 2024.
   

2. First (Fall) Semester:
   

3. Academic Activities:

• For students in educational programs for preparation in the Georgian language, first-to-fourth-year Bachelor's students, second-year Master's students, second and third-year Doctoral students, as well as all students in additional semesters, academic activities will begin on September 16, 2024 (see Annex 1, Annex 4).
• For first-semester Master's and Doctoral students, academic activities will begin on September 23, 2024 (see Annex 1, Annex 4).

2. Midterm Exams (if applicable) in academic components will take place from November 11 to November 16, 2024, and ongoing activities will be assessed during the weeks specified in the relevant syllabi.
3. Final Exams will be held from January 20 to February 1, 2025 (see Annex 1, Annex 4).
4. Additional Exams will take place from February 3 to February 8, 2025 (see Annex 1, Annex 4).
   
   
5. The Christmas Break will start on January 1, 2025, and end on January 7;
6. The Winter Break will begin on February 9, 2025, and end on February 23, 2025.
   
   
7. The submission of documentary materials, as a rule, should occur:
• For academic components – from January 13, 2025, until the respective final exams.
• For the stages of "Completion and Defense of the Master's Thesis," "Project-Prospectus," and "Colloquiums" – from January 13 to January 18, 2025.
• For the stage of "Pre-Defense of the Dissertation" – from September 16 to October 19, 2024.
• For the stage of "Defense of the Dissertation" – from November 11 to November 30, 2024 (see Annex 1, Annex 4).
  
  
• The defense of Master's theses and dissertations, as well as the discussion of prospectuses/colloquiums (if applicable), should generally take place during the period designated for final and additional exams in academic components (see Annex 2, Annex 3).
• The Pre-Defense of the Dissertation is generally held from October 21 to November 9, 2024 (see Annex 3).
• Practical Training, depending on its specific nature, should be conducted in accordance with the program of the academic course (syllabus).

For full information, please refer to the Rector's order on the academic schedule for the first (fall) semester of the 2024-2025 academic year.

3. Second (spring) Term

7. Training courses – from February 24 to June 15, 2024.
8. Midterm exam in the study component (if any) – from April 22 to April 27, 2024.
9. Final exams – from June 24, 2024 to July 6, 2024.
10. Additional exams – from July 8 to July 13, 2024.
11. Defense of master's and doctoral theses and dissertations, as well as review of prospectuses/colloquiums (if any) – from June 24 to July 13, 2024;
12. Holidays – from July 14, 2024.