Holidays for International Locations


Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar

There Carnegie Mellon Qatar Campus is closed on the following official holidays. See the CMUQ website for the specific dates on which these holidays will be observed.

Official Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar Holiday Schedule

Official Holiday
2008
2009
Fall Eid Al Fater (3 Days) * September 30 -
October 2, 2008		 September 21 - 23, 2009
Eid Al Adha (3 days)*

December 8 - 10, 2008

 November 29 -
December 1, 2009
National Day December 18, 2008 N/A (Friday, December 18)
Christmas Eve Day December 24, 2008 December 24, 2009
Christmas Day December 25, 2008 December 27, 2009
New Year's Eve December 31, 2008 December 31, 2009
New Year's Day January 1, 2009 January 3, 2010
Floating Holidays 1 Day 2 Days
(see Floating Holidays, below)

*The six Qatar Eid Holiday dates are subject to change as declared by the Emir of Qatar, HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.

Floating Holidays

In addition to fixed holidays, each staff member may take one additional "floating holiday". If an official holiday is observed on a weekend day (Friday or Saturday), an additional floating holiday will be granted.

Carnegie Mellon University - Australia

There are 10 observed holidays at Carnegie Mellon Adelaide, Australia; the Branch is closed on these days:

Carnegie Mellon - Adelaide, Australia
Holiday Schedule

2008

2009

New Year's Day

1 January 2008

1 January 2009

Australia Day

28 January 2008

26 January 2009

Adelaide Cup

10 March 2008

9 March 2009

Good Friday

21 March 2008

10 April 2009

Easter Monday

24 March 2008

13 April 2009

Anzac Day

25 April 2008

25 April 2009*

Queen's Birthday

9 June 2008

8 June 2009

Labour Day

6 October 2008

5 October 2009

Christmas Day

25 December 2008

25 December 2009

Proclamation Day

26 December 2008

28 December 2009

Floating Holidays

In addition to fixed holidays, each staff member may take two additional "floating holidays".

* NOTE: should a national holiday fall on a day which is not a normal scheduled work day, an additional floater day will be issued.