THE UNIVERSITY has released the collegiate calendar for Academic Year 2020 to 2021, setting the start of regular classes on Aug. 13, 2020.
The Mass of the Holy Spirit or Misa de Apertura, which marks the opening of the academic year in UST, will be at a later date, Aug. 24.
The traditional Paskuhan festivities were set on Dec. 18.
The second term will start on Jan. 21, 2021 after the registration scheduled on Jan. 11.
The Easter Break will be on March 25 to April 5.
The annual Student Awards Day where the valedictorian is announced was set on May 21, while the Baccalaureate Mass was scheduled on May 28. Solemn Investitures will begin on June 5.
The 2021 special term will begin on June 21 after the registration scheduled on June 17 to 18.
The official calendar was signed by UST Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P., Secretary General Fr. Jesus Miranda Jr., O.P and University Registrar Cesar Velasco Jr.
On May 26, the Rector announced that UST would shift to “Enriched Virtual Mode” next academic year, where online and offline remote learning strategies will be utilized by faculty members amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
