Schedule information
For the Master’s programmes of the Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, the academic year is divided into two semesters. These semesters are divided in two blocks.
Semester 1
Period 1: 04 September 2023 -12 November 2023
Period 2: 13 November 2023 - 04 February 2024
Semester 2
Period 3: 05 February 2024 - 21 April 2024
Period 4: 22 April 2024 - 30 June 2024
Teaching free means: no teaching and no testing during the period in question. This includes the following dates:
Teaching-free days | Date |
---|---|
Teaching-free week | 06 November 2023 - 12 November 2023 |
Bachelor Information Day | 17 November 2023 |
Christmas Break | 25 December 2023 - 07 January 2024 |
Teaching-free week | 29 January 2024 - 04 February 2024 |
Good Friday | 29 March 2024 |
Easter Monday | 1 April 2024 |
Teaching-free week | 15 April 2024 - 21 April 2024 |
Feast of the Ascension | 9 May 2024 |
Friday following Feast of the Ascension | 10 May 2024 |
Whit Monday | 20 May 2024 |
Schedules in My Timetable
The timetables for semester 1 will be published on July 31, 2021 at the latest, and will be available in MyTimetable from then on.
Schedules in the Course catalogue
The schedules for all courses in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences are included in the Course Catalogue.
Exam / additional test schedules
In MyTimetable, you can see where and when the examinations and additional tests will be administered. The information will be available in MyTimetable no later than two months before start of the test or additional test.
You can only view the information for the exams or additional tests for the courses for which you are registered. Information about tests for which you are not registered can be found in the course catalogue.

Courses fall into different time slots, to prevent your lectures, workgroups or exams from being held at the same time. It is not possible to take more than one course in a block in the same time slot.
Global overview time slots
Broadly speaking, the time slots are classified as follows:
A: Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning
B: Tuesday morning, Thursday afternoon
C: Monday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, Thursday morning
D: Wednesday afternoon, Friday
E: Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night
Timeslots specified
Overview of the different timeslots in which the teaching is given:
A
- Monday 9.00 - 10.45 / 11.00 - 12.45
- Tuesday 17.15 - 19.00
- Wednesday 9.00 - 10.45 / 11.00 - 12.45
B
- Tuesday 9.00 - 10.45 / 11.00 - 12.45
- Thursday 13.15 - 15.00 / 15.15 - 17.00 / 17.15 - 19.00
C
- Monday 13.15 - 15.00 / 15.15 - 17.00 / 17.15 - 19.00
- Tuesday 13.15 - 15.00 / 15.15 - 17.00
- Thursday 9.00 - 10.45 / 11.00 - 12.45
D
- Wednesday 13.15 - 15.00 / 15.15 - 17.00 / 17.15 - 19.00
- Friday 9.00 - 10.45 / 11.00 - 12.45 / 13.15 - 15.00 / 15.15 - 17.00 / 17.15 - 19.00
E
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 19.15 - 22.00

If an exam is scheduled outside the regular course schedule, it can be scheduled according to the exam time slot model. The times are different from the course times, but are roughly the same:
A: Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning
B: Tuesday morning, Thursday afternoon
C: Monday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, Thursday morning
D: Wednesday afternoon, Friday
E: Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night
Exam time slots
The different time slots in which the exams are taken (this depends on the time slot in which you followed your course):
A
- Monday 8.30 - 10.30 / 11.00 - 13.00
- Tuesday 17.00 - 20.00
- Wednesday 8.30 - 10.30 / 11.00 - 13.00
B
- Tuesday 8.30 - 10.30 / 11.00 - 13.00
- Thursday 13.30 - 16.30 / 17.00 - 20.00
C
- Monday 13.30 - 16.30 / 17.00 - 20.00
- Tuesday 13.30 - 16.30
- Thursday 8.30 - 10.30 / 11.00 - 13.00
D
- Wednesday 13.30 - 16.30 / 17.00 - 20.00
- Friday 8.30 - 10.30 / 11.00 - 13.00 / 13.30 - 16.30 / 17.00 - 20.00
E
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 19.00 - 22.00