Academic Calendar
Arab Academy offers monthly programs, summer and semester long that run year round. Classes are held Sunday through Thursday, except on national holidays.
Monthly Programs
Arab Academy study programs run all year round. We normally start a course on the first Sunday of every month. We also run short term and flexible programs for students with tight schedules. The table below displays when each session begins and when it ends. You may register for as many sessions as you wish.
| Starting Date | End Date | Official Holidays |
| Sun September 2, 2018 | Thurs September 27, 2018 | September 11 – Hijri Year Celebration |
| Sun October 7, 2018 | Thurs November 1, 2018 | |
| Sun November 4, 2018 | Thurs November 29, 2018 | Nov 21 – Birth of Prophet Mohamed Celebration |
| Sun December 2, 2018 | Thurs December 27, 2018 | |
| Sun Jan 6, 2019 | Thurs Jan 31, 2019 | Jan 7 (Coptic Christmas) |
| Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Thurs December 27, 2018 | |
| Sun December 2, 2018 | Thurs Feb, 28, 2019 | |
| Sun March 3, 2019 | Thurs March28, 2019 | |
| Sun March 31, 2019 | Weds April 24, 2019 | Apr 25 ( Sinai Liberation Day) |
| Sun May 5. 2019 | Thurs May 30, 2019 | |
| Sun June 2, 2019 | Thurs June 27, 2019 | June 5 – 6 (Eid Al Fitr) |
| Sun July 7,2019 | Thurs August 1, 2019 | July 23 (Revolution Day) |
| Sun August 4,2019 | Thurs August 29,2019 | August 11 – 13 (Eid Al Adha) |
| Sun September 8,2019 | Thurs October 3,2019 | |
| Mon October 7,2019 | Thurs October 31,2019 | Oct 6 (Armed Forces Day) |
| Sun November 3,2019 | Thurs November 28,2019 | Nov 10 (Prophet Muhammad Birthday) |
| Sun December 1,2019 | Thurs December 26,2019 |
Summer Programs
Students who enroll in Summer Sessions 1 and 2 will have 20 hours of Arabic lessons per week plus go on outings (during and outside of class time) with teachers, giving them an opportunity to practice Arabic in real situations with native speakers. The total cost of the summer program is $995.
| Fall Semester (2018) | |
| Sun Sept 2, 2018 | First Day of Classes |
| Tues Sept 11, 2018 | Islamic New Year (Public Holiday) |
| Wed Nov 21, 2018 | Prophet Muhammad Birthday Holiday (Public Holiday) |
| Wednesday Dec 19, 2018 | Last Day of Classes |
| Thurs Dec 20, 2018 | Final Exam |
| Spring Semester (2019) | |
| Sun Jan 6, 2019 | First day of classes |
| Monday Jan 7, 2019 | Coptic Christmas Day |
| Thursday Apr 25, 2019 | Sinai Liberation Day |
| Monday Apr 29, 2019 | Sham El Nessim |
| Wed May 1, 2019 | Labour Day |
| Wed May 29, 2019 | Last Day of Classes |
| Thu May 30, 2019 | Final Exam |
| Summer Session 1 | |
| Sun July 7, 2019 | First day of classes |
| Mon July 8, 2019 | Outing to : Egyptian Museum |
| Thurs July 11 2019 | Outing to : Islamic Cairo & Khan al-Khalili Market |
| Sat July 13, 2019 | Outing to : Pyramids |
| Tue July 16, 2019 | Outing to : Al Azhar Park |
| Sun July 21, 2019 | Outing to : Coptic Cairo |
| Wed July 24, 2019 | Outing to :The Mosque of ibn Tulun |
| Mon July 23, 2019 | Revolution day (Public holiday) |
| Tue July 25, 2019 | Outing to: Felucca |
| Thurs August 1, 2019 | Last day of Classes |
| Summer Session 2 | |
| Sun August 4, 2019 | First day of classes |
| Mon August 5, 2019 | Outing to: Citadel |
| Wed August 7, 2019 | Outing to: Islamic Cairo & Khan al-Khalili Market |
| Thurs August 8, 2019 | Outing to: House of Gayer-Anderson |
| August 11 – 15, 2019 | Eid Adha-Public holiday |
| Mon August 19, 2019 | Outing to: Egyptian Museum |
| Wed August 21 , 2019 | Outing to: Coptic Cairo |
| Mon August 26, 2019 | Outing to:Al Azhar Park |
| Wed August 28, 2019 | Outing to : The Museum of Islamic Arts |
| Thurs August 29, 2019 | Last day of Classes |
| Fall Semester (2019) | |
| Sun Sept 1, 2019 | Islamic New Year (Public Holiday) |
| Monday Sept 2, 2019 | First day of classes |
| Tues Sept 11, 2018 | Islamic New Year (Public Holiday) |
| Sunday Oct 6, 2019 | Armed Forces Day (Public Holiday) |
| Sunday Nov 10, 2019 | Birth of the prophet Mohamed (Public Holiday) |
| Wednesday Dec 25, 2019 | Last Day of Classes |
| Thurs Dec 26, 2019 | Final Exam |