Sun Yat-sen University Zhongshan School of Medicine respects the national holidays. Intentional students always have their winter and summer holidays. Within semesters holidays are arranged by university. During the holidays students may go to the place that they want or plan to visit their home countries. International students must respect the duration of holidays and must be at the University at the beginning of a semester.
The holidays are arranged in the following way:
January 1st: New Year's Day-----3 Days
April 5th: Tomb-Sweeping Day-----3 Days
May 1st: International Labor Day -----3 Days
June 9th : Dragon Boat Festival-----3 Days
Summer Holidays: Over 1 month from July to August.
September 15th : Mid-Autumn Festival-----3 Days
October 1st: Independence Day ----- 7 Days
Winter Holidays and Spring Festival: 1 month in February.
Division of Academic Year and Semester:
One academic year cover two semesters
For September Intake:
First semester: September – mid of January
Second semester: March – mid of July
Every end of Semester there is examination
For March intake:
First semester: March – mid of July
Second semester: September – mid of January
Every end of Semester there is examination