Academic Calendar

First Year Class of 2020	Note: Following schedule is subject to change.
Group Flight Arrival	August 18, 2016
Orientation	August 21, 2016 – September 1, 2016
First Day of the School Year	September 4, 2016
Holidays (no classes)	Rosh Hashanah: October 2-4, 2016 Yom Kippur & Sukkot: October 11 – 24, 2016 Thanksgiving: November 24, 2016 Winter Break & Christmas: December 23 – 31, 2016 Purim: March 17, 2017 Passover: April 7 – 17, 2017 Memorial Day & Independence Day: May 1-2, 2017 Shavuot: May 30 – 31, 2017
Last day of studies	July 13, 2017
Period of Makeup Exams	July 16 – 20, 2017 — Must be in Israel
Second Year Class of 2019	Note: Following schedule is subject to change.
First Day of School	September 4, 2016
Holidays (no classes):	Rosh Hashanah: October 2-4, 2016 Yom Kippur & Sukkot: October 11 – 24, 2016 Thanksgiving: November 24, 2016 Winter Break & Christmas: December 23 – 31, 2016 Purim: March 12, 2017 Passover: April 7 – 17, 2017 Memorial Day & Independence Day: May 1-2, 2017
Last Day of Studies:	May 25, 2017
Period of Make-Up Exams	May 28 – June 2, 2017 (Must be in Israel)
Third Year Class of 2018	Note: Following schedule is subject to change.
Clerkships*	Psychiatry (5 weeks): June 19 – July 21, 2016 Internal Medicine (13 weeks): September 4 – December 22, 2016 Emergency Medicine (2 weeks): December 26 – January 6, 2017 Pediatrics (8 weeks): January 8 – March 2, 2017 Surgery (8 weeks): March 5 – May 4, 2017 Obstetrics & Gynecology (6 weeks): May 7 – June 15, 2017
Holidays (no classes):	Summer Vacation: July 31– September 1, 2016 Rosh Hashanah: October 2-4, 2016 Yom Kippur: October 16 – 24, 2016 (October 13, 2016 is a hospital day) Succot: October 16 – 24, 2016 (October 25, 2016 is a hospital day) Thanksgiving: November 24, 2016 Christmas: December 25, 2016 Purim: March 12, 2017 Passover: April 7– 17, 2017 (April 18, 2017 is a hospital day) Memorial Day & Independence Day: May 1- 2, 2017 Shavuot: May 30 – -31, 2017
Fourth Year Class of 2017 General Schedule	Note: Following schedule is subject to change.
Electives in U.S (16 weeks required)	July through December 2016
Residency interviews in U.S	October 2016 – January 2017
Beginning of 4th Academic Year in Tel Aviv	January 29, 2017
End of 4th Academic Year	May 11, 2017
Graduation	May 15, 2017
Electives/Clerkships Schedule	Elective (2 weeks): January 29 – February 9, 2017 Imaging Clerkship (1 week): February 12 – 16, 2017 Family Medicine/Neurology (4 weeks): February 19 – March 16, 2017 Neurology/Family Medicine (4 weeks): March 19 – April 20, 2017** Elective (3 weeks): April 23 – May 11, 2017
Holidays (no classes):	Purim: March 12, 2017 Passover: April 10 – 17, 2017 (April 18, 2017 is a hospital day) Memorial Day & Independence Day: May 1 – 2, 2017

*Please make sure to take into consideration exam make-up periods to be scheduled after each clerkship.

***Please make sure to take into consideration make-up periods to be scheduled after Neurology rotations.

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