Academic calendar
Periodo Académico 2026-B runs Aug 31, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Periodo Académico 2026-BRelevant now
Campus language
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A
- AEIE
- Asociación de Estudiantes de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica, the student association for Electrical Engineering.
- AEIS
- Asociación de Estudiantes de Ingeniería en Sistemas, the student association for Systems Engineering.
- Arrastre
- The act of taking a failed subject from a previous semester alongside current courses.
C
- CEC
- Centro de Educación Continua, the department providing specialized courses and language training.
- Comedor de Bienestar
- The official student cafeteria managed by the Student Welfare office.
E
- El Bar
- General term for small cafeterias or snack bars located within specific faculty buildings (e.g., Bar de Sistemas).
- El Comedor
- The main student dining hall offering subsidized lunches for the student body.
F
- FEPON
- Federación de Estudiantes de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional, the primary student government body.
P
- Pasar por el lodo
- A metaphorical phrase referring to surviving the notoriously difficult first semesters of the engineering curriculum.
- Poli-Ciclo
- A common student term for the academic semester.
- Politécnico
- A student or graduate of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional.
S
- Suple
- Short for 'Examen Supletorio,' a high-stakes remedial exam taken if a student fails to pass a course during the regular term.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- bar_polit_cnico_facultad_de_sistemas
- Bar Politécnico - Facultad de Sistemas
- biblioteca_general_cafeteria
- Biblioteca General Cafeteria
- Bienestar Politécnico
- The Student Welfare office that handles scholarships, medical services, and the student dining hall.
- Carnetización
- The process of obtaining or renewing the official student ID card (Carnet).
- EARME
- Edificio de Aulas y Relación con el Medio Externo, a major modern building used for classrooms and events.
- Edificio de Sistemas
- The building housing the Faculty of Systems Engineering.
- GIRSU
- Gestión Integral de Residuos Sólidos Universitarios, the campus recycling and waste management center.
- Hemiciclo
- Hemiciclo Politécnico, the university's main auditorium and ceremonial hall.
- LDI
- Laboratorios de Docencia de Informática, the primary computer labs for student use.
- Matrícula
- The formal enrollment process, often involving specific dates and a sequence of priority based on academic standing.
- SAEW
- Sistema de Administración de Estudiantes Web, the online portal used for registration, checking grades, and academic records.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Periodo Académico 2026-B runs Aug 31, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 12 approved campus terms and 11 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.