The Arava Institute is at the forefront of environmental studies and research in the Middle East.
Academic Calendar
The academic year at the Arava Institute is divided into two semesters of approximately 15 weeks each. The fall semester conventionally begins in September/ October – January and the spring semester from February – June.
The Arava Semester/Study Abroad Program is a full time residential program. The academic week is from Sunday to Thursday. Classes typically meet twice a week for a period of 90 minutes. Periodically there are workshops or seminars on a weekend, either Friday or Saturday.
CALENDAR FOR 2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR
FALL SEMESTER 2020 7 SEPTEMBER, 2020 – 6 JANUARY, 2021
SPRING SEMESTER 2021 8 FEBRUARY, 2021 – 9 JUNE, 2021
Spring semester 2020
February 10 Start of spring 2020 semester
February 10-14 Orientation
February 15 Classes begin
March 8-9 Peace- Building Leadership (PLS) trip
March 10 Purim (Jewish Holiday)
March 22-24 Spring Semester trip
April 8-18 Passover break (No class- semester break)
April 20 National Holocaust Memorial Day
April 24 Start of Ramadan
April 28 Yom Hazikaron: Remembrance Day
April 29 Yom HaAtzmaut: Independence Day
May 23-24 Eid Al Fitr (End of Muslim Ramadan holiday)
May 28-29 Shavuot (Jewish holiday)
June 10 End of spring 2020 semester
GREEN APPRENTICESHIP
*Partner program of the Center for Creative Ecology at Kibbutz Lotan*The Green Apprenticeship is an intensive 4 week course in Permaculture design with hands-on, practical work in organic agriculture, natural building with earth & straw, and sustainable technologies that you can build yourself. Permaculture is an ethical and holistic design tool for radically efficient engineering of human settlements and caring for the environment. Join the family of Arava Institute graduates who came to Lotan to live and have fun in the strawbale domes, grow healthy food, sculpt buildings and filled their toolbox with valuable techniques. www.kibbutzlotan.com/ga