Academic Calendar
One Year Immersed in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The Sofaer Global MBA runs just under 1 year (October to August) and combines foundational courses with a wide-variety of electives designed for company innovators, start-up builders, and venture founders.
You may reference our 2017-18 Course Catalogue.
Note: In Israel, the academic week runs Sunday through Friday. Classes and other official program activity will not run after 14:00 on Friday through until Saturday night.
2017-2018 Program Dates
| Program Unit | Dates |
| Orientation Week (mandatory) | October 15 - 20, 2017 |
| Calculus Preparatory Course | October 16 - 27, 2017 |
| Module 1 | October 22 - November 30, 2017 |
| Review/Exam Period | December 3 - 8, 2017 |
| Statistics Preparatory Course | December 10 - 12, 2017 |
| Module 2 | December 13, 2017 - January 30, 2018 |
| Lessons Learned in Israeli Innovation: A joint course with the Wharton School of Management | December 31, 2017 - January 4, 2018 (Tentative) |
| Review/Exam Period | January 31 - February 9, 2018 |
| Semester Break | February 11 - 24, 2018 |
| Mid-Year Class Trip (mandatory) | February 25 - 27, 2018 |
| Purim Holiday (no class) | March 1 - 2, 2018 |
| Module 3 | March 4 - April 27, 2018 |
| Spring Break/Passover Holiday | March 30 - April 7, 2018 |
| Israel Memorial Day (no class) | April 18, 2018 |
| Israel Independence Day (no class) | April 19, 2018 |
| Review/Exam Period | April 29 - May 4, 2018 |
| Module 4 | May 6 - June 15, 2018 |
| Student Day (no class after 12:00) | TBD |
| Shavuot Holiday (no class) | May 20, 2018 |
| Review/Exam Period | June 17 - 22, 2018 |
| Semester Break | June 24 - 30, 2018 |
| Module 5 | July 1 - August 10, 2018 |
| Tisha B’Av (no class) | July 22, 2018 |
| End of Year Ceremony |
TBD |
* Dates subject to change
