Academic Calendar

The LUC The Hague academic year consists of two semesters, each divided into two blocks. A block spans an eight week period: seven weeks of intensive teaching followed by a reading week in which there are typically no contact hours.  The reading week can, for example, be used to hand in essays, take-home exams or prepare for the next block. 

It is important to keep in mind that the LUC The Hague academic year differs slightly from the annual calender of Leiden University.

Structure of the Academic Year

The LUC curriculum is taken over a period of three years, consisting of two semesters of two eight week blocks each. In the first year some courses are of­fered at semester length because of didactical principles allowing you to acquire new skills more gradually.

Each course meets twice per week (two times two hours). Exceptions to this rule are some of the Global Challenges courses in the first year which have an additional two hour lecture each week (six hours per week in total), and language courses which meet three times per week. Classes are scheduled in such a way that overlap is minimal and maximal choices are offered to our students.