The Doon University here released the academic calendar of the university for the academic year 2017- 2018 on Monday. The university has uploaded the calendar on its official website. The calendar mentions that 184 days of teaching would be held in the university in this academic session. As per the calendar the online process of admission got started in the university on June 06 and July 06 was the last date for registrations. The classes in the university would officially start on July 31. A communiqué of the university informs that the academic schedule of the university is based on semester system and as per the norms of the University Grants Commission (UGC), 184 days of class room study would be held in two semesters. As per the calendar the winter vacation in the university would be of 20 days, the summer vacations of 27 days. The total number of holidays in the year would be 134 days including 52 Sundays. The University would remain open for 231 days and the foundation day of the university would be celebrated on January 26.
The higher education minister of the state Dhan Singh Rawat had recently asked all universities and colleges of the state to release an academic calendar of activities and ensure minimum days of classroom teaching.