Semester definition

Semester means the first six months or the second six months of a calendar year.
Semester means half of the school year.
Semester means one of the two approximately 19.5 week periods which together constitute the academic year.

Examples of Semester in a sentence

  • It will be revised in October, after the publication by Human Resources of the new Faculty Seniority List, for application in the following Winter Semester.

  • The UNIVERSITY PROGRAM will aim at providing Summer Semester transcripts for UNC Charlotte students by 15 August at the latest.

  • Summer Semester transcripts will be available end of September/early October.


More Definitions of Semester

Semester means the school semester that typically ends near the end of the calendar year and the end of the spring each school year. The Board can have no more than two semesters in a school year.
Semester means a term consisting of a minimum 90 working days, inclusive of tutorials, examination days and other academic activities within a period of six months.
Semester means a term consisting of a minimum of 90 working days, inclusive of examination, distributed over a minimum of 18 weeks of 5 working days, each with 5 contact hours of one hour duration
Semester means a term consisting of a minimum of 450 contact hours distributed over 90 working days, inclusive of examination days, within 18 five-day academic weeks.
Semester means a period of six (6) consecutive months commencing with the first day of January or the first day of July of a Calendar Year;
Semester means one half of the academic year of the University.
Semester means a semester (or equivalent) as defined by an education or training institution, where the semester (or equivalent) is normally 26 weeks in duration but not shorter than 13 weeks and is within at least one half of a 12 month period of Full-Time Study.