UT Closing dates

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The University of Twente is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, and on:

·	New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 30 April and 5 May;

·	The collective days on which the university is closed (so-called bridge days), which are determined in consultation with the Consultation Body Personnel Matters University of Twente (OPUT). Usually these are the Friday after Ascension Day and the days between Christmas Day and the turn of the year.

Bridge days in year 2011 (5 bridge days):

*	Friday 3 June

*	Tuesday 27 December

*	Wednesday 28 December

*	Thursday 29 December

*	Friday 30 December

Bridge days in year 2012 (5 bridge days):

*	Friday 18 May

*	Monday 24 December

*	Thursday 27 December

*	Friday 28 December

*	Monday 31 December

Bridge days in year 2013 (4 bridge days):

*	Friday 10 May

*	Friday 27 December

*	Monday 30 December

*	Tuesday 31 December

Bridge days in year 2014 (4 bridge days):

*	Friday 30 May

*	Monday 29 December

*	Tuesday 30 December

*	Wednesday 31 December

Bridge days in year 2015 (6 bridge days):

*	Friday 2 January

*	Friday 15 May

*	Monday 28 December

*	Tuesday 29 December

*	Wednesday 30 December

*	Thursday 31 December

The collective days on which the university is closed are deducted from the holiday leave. In consultation with the faculty or service department part-time employees may make up for the collective days on which the university is closed in another way, for example by working longer on several other days.

If you are ill during the collective days on which the university is closed, the hours of leave involved will lapse.

Employees who have to work on days on which the University of Twente is closed, in return for this receive leave at a different time.