page_title: Kuwait University
section_title: Kuwait University academic system
hierarchical_section_title: Kuwait University / Kuwait University academic system
caption_attribution_description: English: College of Social Sciences
context_page_description: Kuwait University is a public university in Kuwait.
context_section_description: Kuwait University follows the Credit Hour System (approved hours), with teaching arranged on semester basis, except in the Faculty of Law, which follows the yearly system of continuous teaching, and the Health Sciences Center's faculties.
  Academic programs operate on a semester calendar beginning mid-September and finishing at the end of May.  Each semester lasts about 15 to 17 weeks. The fall semester commences the second week of September and lasts until the end of December. The spring semester commences at the end of January and lasts until the end of May. Enrollment in the summer program is optional. It lasts eight weeks including the examination period, as approved by the University.
caption: College of Social Sciences
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