The Organisation of The Academic Year: in Europe 2018/19

The Organisation
of the Academic Year

in Europe
2018/19
Eurydice – Facts and Figures
Education and
Training
The Organisation of
the Academic Year
in Europe
2018/19
Eurydice – Facts and Figures
Education
and Training
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ALBANIA
Type of programme: All types
The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Type of information
(beginning of the academic year /
Dates or periods
teaching activity / holidays / examinations /
end of the academic year)
Beginning of the academic year 15 October 2018
Teaching activity 15 October 2018 – 30 September 2019
Christmas/New Year holidays 24 December 2018 – 4 January 2019
Teaching activity -
Examinations -
Break between the semesters -
Teaching activity -
Spring/Easter holiday -
Teaching activity –
16 May – 16 June 2019
Examinations
15 August – 15 September 2019
End of the academic year 30 September 2019
8 October 2018 - National Youth Day
19 October 2018 - Mother Theresa
sanctification day
28 November 2018 - Flag and Independence
Day
29 November 2018 - Liberation Day
24 December 2018 – 4 January 2019 -
Public holidays Christmas Holiday
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 13 March 2019 - Summer day
21 March 2019 - Novruz Day
21 April 2019 - Catholic Eastern
28 April 2019 - Orthodox Eastern
1 May 2019 - Labor Day
5 June 2019 - Fiter Bajram
21 August 2019 - Kurban Bajram
AUSTRIA
Type of programme: Public universities

Type of information
Dates or periods
The academic year consists of the winter
semester, the summer semester and the periods
during which no courses are held. Christmas
(2 weeks), semester holidays (February), Easter
Teaching activities and holiday periods
(2 weeks); summer holidays (July to
September); no more detailed information
available. All holiday periods are set by the
university’s senate.
No centrally set dates but most of examinations
Examinations are carried out in January, March, June and
October.
26 October 2018
1 November 2018
8 December 2018
25-26 December 2018
1 January 2019
Public holidays 6 January 2019
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 22 April 2019
1 May 2019
30 May 2019
10 June 2019
20 June 2019
15 August 2019
Length of periods: about 4 months winter
Number of periods of teaching activity: 2
semester, about 4 months summer semester.
AUSTRIA (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: Fachhochschulen (universities of applied sciences): bachelor-
programmes, master-programmes

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutions are autonomous. Starts generally
Beginning of the academic year
between 1 September and 10 October.
All periods of teaching activities and holidays
are fixed by the institutions. Usually teaching
activities last 15-20 weeks (usually 15 weeks
for full-time programmes, 18-20 weeks for
Teaching activity and holidays degree-programmes especially designed for
working professionals).
Usually there are: Christmas holidays (around
2 weeks), Easter holidays (1-2 weeks) and the
periods between the semesters.
Examinations Institutions are free to fix examination dates.
Institutions are autonomous. The academic
End of the academic year year usually ends at the date the new one
begins.
26 October 2018
1 November 2018
8 December 2018
25-26 December 2018
1 January 2019
1 May 2019
30 May 2019
10 June 2019
20 June 2019
15 August 2019
Length of semesters is fixed by institutions
autonomously and may vary from degree
programme to degree programme even within
the same institution.
Number of periods of teaching activity: 2 The University of Applied Studies Act does not
regulate the duration of 'semesters'.
Winter semester: from 4 to 6 months
Summer semester: from 4 to 6 months
AUSTRIA (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: Pädagogische Hochschulen (university colleges of teacher education):
bachelor-programmes, master-programmes

Type of information
Dates or periods
The academic year consists of the winter
semester, the summer semester and the
periods during which courses are not held (so-
called 'lecture-free' time)
Teaching activity and holidays The study commissions may enact
further/detailed regulations concerning the
beginning and the end of a semester as well as
concerning the „lecture-free time“. (see § 36
Hochschulgesetz 2005 idgF)
The study commissions may enact
further/detailed regulations concerning the
Examinations beginning and the end of a semester as well as
concerning the „lecture-free time“. (see § 36
Hochschulgesetz 2005 idgF)
Christmas: about 2 weeks, semester holidays:
3 to 5 weeks, Easter (Saturday before Palm
Sunday until Tuesday after Easter); summer
holidays (about 1 July – 30 September 2019).
Public holidays
(occasional/national/religious holidays) There is a certain amount of autonomy in
deciding upon the lecture-free time (for
example: semester holidays may be mainly in
February from 3 to 5 weeks; set by the
respective study commission).
Winter semester: 4 months
Number of periods of teaching activity: 2
Summer semester: 4 months
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BELGIUM – FLEMISH COMMUNITY

Type of information
Dates or periods
At the earliest 1 September and at the latest
Beginning of the academic year 1 October. Occurs generally between mid-
September and 1 October.
From the beginning of the academic year until the
end of the week before the Christmas holidays
- Academic year 2018/19:
until Saturday 22 December 2018
Teaching activities (1st semester)
There is an autumn holiday of one week for the
students of some institutions of higher education only
- Academic year 2018/19: from Monday
29 October until Sunday 4 November 2018
Two weeks around Christmas and New Year
Holidays - Academic year 2018/19:
from Monday 24 December 2018 until
Sunday 6 January 2019
3-4 weeks in January
- Examinations academic year 2018/19:
from Monday 7 January 2019 until
Saturday 2 February 2019
Examinations Followed by one week without class between the first
and the second semester
- Class-free week academic year 2018/19:
from Monday 4 February 2019 until
Sunday 10 February 2019
From the beginning of February until the end of the
3rd or 4th week of May
from Monday 11 February 2019 until
Saturday 25 May 2018
There is a spring holiday of one week for the students
nd
Teaching activities (2 semester)* of some institutions of higher education only
- Academic year 2018/19: from Monday 4 March
until Sunday 10 March 2019
There is an Easter holiday break of two weeks.
from Monday 8 April 2019 until
Monday 22 April 2019 (Easter Monday)
Last week of May until the end of the last week of
June or the 1st week of July
Examinations* - Academic year 2018/19:
from Monday 27 May 2018 until
Saturday 29 June 2019 or Saturday 6 July 2019
(depending on institution of higher education)
BELGIUM – FLEMISH COMMUNITY (CONTINUED)

Type of information
Dates or periods
From the beginning (1st or 2nd week) of July until
the start of the subsequent academic year
Holidays* - Start holidays academic year 2018/19:
Monday 1 July 2019 or Monday 8 July 2019
(depending on institution of higher education)
From mid-August until the end of the second or third
week of September
Examinations* - Academic year 2018/19:
from Monday 19 August 2019 until
Saturday 14 September 2019
The day before the start of the new academic year.
End of the academic year For most students the academic year ends de facto
after the last examination.
- 1 and 2 November 2018 (All Saints' Day and All
Souls' Day)
- 11 November 2018 (Armistice Day)
- 15 November 2018 (King’s Day) (holiday for
some institutions of higher education only) +
possibly 16 November 2019°
- 22 April 2019 (Easter Monday)
- 1 May 2019 (Labour Day)
Public holidays - 30 May 2019 (Ascension Day) + possibly 31 May°
(occasional/national/religious holidays) - 10 June 2019 (Whit Monday)
- 11 July 2019 (Flemish Holiday) + possibly 12 July°
- 21 July 2019 (National Holiday)
- 15 August 2019 (Assumption Day) + possibly
16 August°
° When a holiday takes place on a Thursday some
institutions of higher education are closed on the
following Friday as well. This depends on the
institution in question.
Length of intervals:
Number of intervals: 2
Teaching activities last 13 weeks
* Individual institutions of higher education can deviate from the concrete dates mentioned here.
BELGIUM – FRENCH COMMUNITY
Type of programme: All programmes (ISCED 5A, 5B and 6)

Type of information Dates or periods
The legal act of 7 November 2013 fixes annually
the beginning and end of each four-month term.
The academic year is a one-year period beginning
on 14 September 2018.
In practice, teaching activities begin around
Beginning of the academic year 14 September in most institutions. In order to
encourage student and staff mobility within the
French Community, the government may lay down
further conditions when determining this academic
calendar.
(Relative) institutional autonomy
The first term starts on 14 September 2018; the
second on 1 February 2019; the third on
1 July 2019.
The two first terms include at least 12 weeks of
Teaching activity and holidays teaching activity.
For purposes of curricular organisation, each of the
three four-month terms includes assessment and
holiday periods.
Institutional autonomy
Curricular activities leading to an academic
qualification in the first or second cycle are spread
over the first two four-month terms in the academic
year (with the exception of certain forms of
assessment or professional integration activity).
Each of these first two terms involves at least
Examinations 12 weeks of activity and may not exceed four
months. A period of assessment occurs at the end
of each term.
The third term includes assessment periods (as well
as professional integration or personal project
activity).
End of the academic year 13 September of the next year
Winter holidays:
24 December 2018 – 4 January 2019
Holidays
Spring holidays: 8-22 April 2019
Summer holidays: 7 weeks after the first session
BELGIUM – FRENCH COMMUNITY (CONTINUED)

Legal public holidays for the 2018/19 academic year
are:
27 September 2018 (Festival of the French
Community)
1 November 2018 (All Saints' Day)
1 May 2019 (Labour Day)
30 May 2019 (Ascension Day)
Public holidays 10 June 2019 (Pentecost)
(occasional/national/religious holidays)
The authorities of higher education institutions may
determine additional holidays.
Teaching and assessment activities except
professional induction, excursions, visits and
internships do not take place on Sundays nor official
public holidays.
If public holidays fall on a Saturday or a Sunday, no
replacement is foreseen.
Length of intervals: no longer than 4 months (each of
the first two four-month terms involves at least
12 weeks of activity and is no longer than four
Number of intervals: 3 months).
As regards the number of intervals, it should be
noted that examinations may have been marked and
passed at the end of the first two terms.
BELGIUM – GERMAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITY
Type of programme: ISCED 6

First semester
3 September 2018
Beginning of the academic year The relevant legislation states that the government
fixes the date of the beginning of the academic year
between 1 September and 15 September.
Teaching activity 3 September – 26 October 2018
Autumn holiday 29 October – 2 November 2018
Teaching activity 5 November – 21 December 2018
Christmas holiday 24 December 2018 – 4 January 2019
Examinations 7-11 January 2019
Second semester
Teaching activity 14 January – 1 March 2019
Carnival holiday 4-8 March 2019
Teaching activity 11 March – 5 April 2019
Easter holiday 8-19 April 2019
Teaching activity 23 April – 31 May 2019
Lecture free period 3-7 June 2019
Examinations 10-21 June 2019
The relevant legislation states that the government
End of the academic year fixes the end of the academic year on the first Friday
in July at the latest.
15 November 2018
22 April 2019
Public holidays
1 May 2019
30 May 2019
10 June 2019
Length of intervals:
Number of intervals: 2 September to mid-January
Mid-January to the end of June
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Type of information
Dates or periods
Teaching activity 2 October 2018 – 11 January 2019
Winter holidays 3-8 January 2019
Examinations 8 January – 4 February 2019
Teaching activity 14 January – 6 July 2019
Examinations 2-22 April 2019
Examinations 4 June – 2 July 2019
Summer holidays 23 July – 26 August 2019
Examinations 3-28 September 2019
Republic holidays:
25 November 2018 (Statehood Day)
1-2 January 2019 (New Year)
1-2 May 2019 (International Labour Day)
Public holidays Religious holidays:
25 December 2018 (Catholic Christmas)
21 April 2019 (Catholic Easter)
19 April 2019 (Pesah)
28 April 2019 (Orthodox Easter)
4 June 2019 (Eid Al-Fitr)
Number of intervals: 2 (semesters)
Additional notes
Religious holidays are celebrated depending on the religious community. Holidays which are dated on
non-working days are not taken into account.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

Type of information
Dates or periods
Teaching activity 2 October 2018 – 18 January 2019
Winter holidays 1-10 January 2019
Teaching activity 22 February – 10 June 2019
Examinations 15-26 April 2019
Examinations 2-27 September 2019
Republic holidays:
21 November 2018 (Day of establishing of General
Framework Agreement for Peace)
1-2 January 2019 (New Year )
Public holidays 1-2 May 2019 (International Labour Day)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 9 May 2019 (Day of victory over fascism)
Religious holidays:
25 December 2018 (Catholic Christmas)
21 April 2019 (Catholic Easter)
28 April 2019 (Orthodox Easter)
Additional notes
Religious holidays are celebrated depending on the religious community. Holidays which are dated on
non-working days are not taken into account.
BULGARIA
Type of programme: All types and programmes

Type of information (beginning of
the academic year / teaching
Dates or periods
activity / holidays / examinations /
1 October is assumed as the official start of the new
academic year. However, due to the autonomy of
higher education institutions (HEIs), starting dates
vary from one institution to another.
The academic year consists of two semesters
(winter and summer). However, the length of
teaching activity (lectures and practical trainings)
differs from one HEI to another due to their
Teaching activity and holidays autonomy.
Examinations dates, holidays (other than the
officially announced public and religious holidays)
are determined at institutional level.
The examination dates are determined at
institutional level, however, they are usually
scheduled within the period starting from mid-
January to mid-February at the latest (end of the
Examinations winter semester), and within the period from mid-
June to mid-July.
Students who fail to take or pass an exam on the
date within the indicated period, are supposed to
take/re-take the exam usually in early September.
HEIs are autonomous. The academic year generally
End of the academic year
ends between end-June and mid-July.
Certain dates are regarded as official holidays
(religious, national, public):
22 September 2018
24 December 2018
3 March 2019
Public holidays 1 May 2019
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 6 May 2019
24-25 May 2019
Students have a break for about 2 weeks for
Christmas and Easter holidays. Each HEI celebrates
the day of its patron, on which teaching activity is
not carried out.
Length of intervals: 15-16 weeks on average of
teaching activity
CROATIA
Type of programme: ISCED 5-7

Type of information
Dates
Teaching activity 1 October – 21 December 2018
Winter holidays 24 December 2018 – 4 January 2019
Teaching activity 7-25 January 2019
Examinations resits 26 August – 30 September 2019
8 October 2018 (Independence Day)
1 November 2018 (All Saints Day)
22 April 2019 (Easter Monday)
Public holidays
1 May 2019 (International Labour Day)
(occasional /national/religious holidays)
20 June 2019 (Corpus Christi)
22 June 2019 (Antifascist Resistance Day)
25 June 2019 (Statehood Day)
Additional notes
Although different universities in Croatia (eight public universities in total) – and individual faculties and
schools in some universities – are fully autonomous in deciding on their own individual academic
calendar, the calendar provided above is the actual calendar for the largest Croatian university,
University of Zagreb, and is the most common template.
The academic year, along with the teaching activity in the first ('winter') semester, generally starts at
the end of the September or beginning of October. All faculties traditionally have a two-week Christmas
and New Year break in the last week of December and first week of January. After this break, the
teaching activity of the first semester is resumed and it goes on until late January. The winter exam
session generally takes place between the end of January and mid- or end of February. Teaching
activity in the second ('summer') semester begins in late February and lasts until late May or early
June. The summer exam session takes place from mid-June to mid-July, followed by a summer break
until late August, when the autumn exam session is scheduled. It ends mid or late September.
Article 80 of the Act on Scientific Activity and Higher Education (Zakon o znanstvenoj djelatnosti i
visokom obrazovanju, Official Gazette, 123/2003, 198/2003, 105/2004, 174/2004, 02/2007, 46/2007,
45/2009, 63/2011, 94/2013, 139/2013, 101/2014, 60/2015, 131/2017) stipulates that the academic
year starts at 1 October of the current year and ends at 30 September the following calendar year.
Teaching activity starts between 1 September and 1 October and it cannot start before 1 September
for the academic year in question. Teaching activity is organized in semesters or trimesters according
to the steering documents (statute) of higher education institutions.
CYPRUS
Type of programme: University level (Public Universities)
1. University of Cyprus (UCY)
2. Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)
3. Open University of Cyprus (OUC) *
Type of information Dates
Beginning of the academic year Public Universities in Cyprus are autonomous as regards to
their modus operandi. Their schedules are determined by the
universities themselves. The academic year usually starts
between 1 and 15 September. At the UCY and the CUT
classes start on 3 September 2018.
Teaching activity and vacation periods Public Universities determine all periods of teaching activity,
as well as holidays.
Holiday periods at Public Universities will take place as
follows:
22 December 2018 – 7 January 2019 (Christmas, at the end
of the autumn semester)
22 April – 5 May 2019 (Easter, before the end of the spring
semester)
Summer session (if it is offered) starts in early June and lasts
for 7 weeks.
Examinations Final examinations' periods and schedule are determined by
the Universities themselves, whereas midterm examination
dates may be set by faculty or faculty and students jointly.
Only final examination periods appear on the academic
calendar and these occur at the end of each semester.
The dates of the final examination periods in both UCY and
CUT in 2018/19 are listed below:
7-21 December 2018 for autumn semester
6-24 May 2019 for spring semester
In OUC final examinations will take place from 9-28 May 2019.
End of the academic year The academic year traditionally ends at the end of July for all
Universities.
Public holidays 1 October 2018 (National Holiday)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 28 October 2018 (National Holiday)
25-26 December 2018 (Christmas Holidays)
1 January 2019 (New Year’s Day)
6 January 2019 (Epiphany Day)
11 March 2019 (Beginning of Lent)
25 March 2019 (National Day)
1 April 2019 (National Day)
28-29 April 2019 (Easter Holidays)
17 June 2019 (Holy Spirit Monday)
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: Semesters
* Additional note
Please note that the Open University of Cyprus is an open type university and students study at their own pace and time via
long distance methods. Due to the non-traditional nature of the University, its academic calendar may slightly vary from the
academic calendars of other University Institutions in Cyprus.
CYPRUS (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: University level (Private Universities)

Beginning of the academic year Private Universities in Cyprus are autonomous as regards to
their modus operandi and their schedules are determined by
the Universities themselves. The beginning of the academic
year usually occurs between 15 and 30 September. Classes
start in the end of September or early October.
Teaching activity and vacation periods Universities determine all periods of teaching activity and
holidays.
Holiday periods at Private Universities will take place as
follows:
22 December 2018 – 7 January 2019 (Christmas)
22 April – 5 May 2019 (Easter)
Summer session starts in early June and lasts for 7 weeks.
Some universities may offer summer session II which starts
mid-July and lasts for 6 weeks.
Examinations Final examinations’ periods and schedule are determined
by the Universities themselves whereas midterm
examination dates may be set by faculty or faculty and
students jointly. Final examination periods at Private
Universities occur at the end of each semester: after the
Christmas vacation for the first semester and the last
fortnight of May for the spring semester. For the summer
session, examination period occurs between 16 and 21 July
2019.
End of the academic year The academic year traditionally ends at the end of July for
all universities.
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: Semesters
Additional note
Please note that the dates in the academic calendar for each institution may vary slightly depending on the
institution.
CYPRUS (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: Non-university level (Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education)
Beginning of the academic year The beginning of the academic year usually is within the
month of September. The Institutions of Higher Education
are obliged by their internal regulations, as specified by the
Law, to publish an academic calendar.
Teaching activity Classes start in September or within the first two weeks of
October and continue until the end of December or mid-
January in the first academic semester.
Classes start within the last two weeks of January or within
the first fortnight of February and finish at the end of May or
beginning of June in the second academic semester.
Summer session (Intensive courses): Starts mid-June and
lasts for 7 to 9 weeks.
Vacation Periods At the end of the autumn semester the Institutions have
Christmas vacations (usually a 2-week holiday), and before
the end of the spring semester they have Easter vacations
(usually a 2-week holiday). Vacation periods may slightly
vary depending on the Institution.
Examinations Final examinations' periods and schedule are set by
institutions, whereas, midterm examinations may be set by
faculty and students jointly. Only final examination periods
appear on the academic calendar and these occur at the
end of each semester (15th week of teaching activity) and at
the end of the summer session (7th or 9th week of teaching
activity).
End of the academic year 31 August 2019
Number of intervals: 2 Length of interval: Semesters
Additional notes
Non-University Institutions are obliged by the relevant Law, to include their academic calendar (exact dates of
classes, examination periods, vacation periods, holidays) in their internal regulation and prospectuses, and they
are required to adhere to it. The majority of non-University Institutions in Cyprus use the semester mode of
study as it is illustrated in the table.
Total number of academic days: 14 weeks for public universities and private universities as well.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Type of programme: ISCED 6-8 (higher education institutions – vysoké školy)

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutions are autonomous. The academic year
Beginning of the academic year usually begins during September or early
October.
All periods of teaching activity and holidays are
Teaching activity and holidays
fixed by institutions in internal regulations.
Examination periods are fixed by institutions in
Examinations
internal regulations.
Institutions are autonomous. The academic year
ends on the day before the new one begins.
The following dates are regarded as public
holidays by all institutions:
28 September 2018
28 October 2018
17 November 2018
Public holidays 24-26 December 2018
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 1 January 2019
19 and 22 April 2019 (Easter)
1 May 2019
8 May 2019
5 July 2019
6 July 2019
Number of intervals: most often two Length of intervals: around a half a year
In view of the fact that the beginning and end of the academic year, teaching activity and holidays, and
examination periods vary depending on universities, we are not able to count the total number of
academic days and the total number of holidays for ISCED 6-8.
CZECH REPUBLIC (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: ISCED 655 (tertiary professional schools – vyšší odborné školy)

Type of information
Dates or periods
1 September 2018 (the exact date is set by the
Beginning of the academic year school head in accordance with the accredited
educational programme).
The exact dates are set by the school head in
accordance with the educational programme, the
period of teaching must be 40 weeks per
academic year (32 for teaching at school, 6 for
self study and examinations and 2 weeks of time
Teaching activity and holidays reserve).
The exact days of holidays are set by the school
head in accordance with the accredited
educational programme. At least 4 weeks are set
for holidays.
The exact days are set by the school head in
Examinations accordance with the accredited educational
programme.
28 September 2018
28 October 2018
17 November 2018
19 and 22 April 2019 (Easter)
1 May 2019
8 May 2019
5 July 2019
6 July 2019
Length of intervals: 5 months (153 days) and
7 months (212 days)
Additional notes
The beginning and end of the academic year, period for self-study and examinations, school holidays,
or other possible changes in the organization of the school year are set in accordance with the
accredited educational programme by the school head.
According to the Regulation on Higher Education for ISCED 655 (Regulation No. 10/2005, Section 3),
the period of teaching must be 40 weeks per academic year (32 for teaching at school, 6 for self-study
and examinations and 2 weeks of time reserve).
Moreover, it says that compulsory courses, professional training and even examinations may be taken
during school holidays and that school holidays must be kept for at least 4 weeks.
This implies that similarly to ISCED 6-8 we are not able to count the total number of academic days
and the total number of holidays.
DENMARK
Type of programme: Long-cycle higher education (universities) (ISCED 5, 6 and 7)

Type of information
Dates or periods
The universities are autonomous. The
academic year at long-cycle higher education
institutions (universities) is normally divided into
Beginning of the academic year two semesters and begins typically:
1) Early September (autumn semester)
2) Early February (spring semester)
The universities fix all periods of teaching
activities and holidays themselves. The typical
Teaching activity duration of teaching activities is:
1) Early September – mid-December
2) Early February – mid-May
The universities fix the dates of examinations
autonomously, but generally the examination
period is:
Fall Semester: typically December and three
Examinations weeks in January
Spring Semester: mid- and end of May and
three weeks in June
Re-examinations are mainly placed in August
before the start of a new academic year.
The academic year runs from 1 September and
ends 31 August, but normally with
holidays/periods with no teaching between
30 June and 31 August.
23 December 2018 – 1 January 2019 (both
days included)
15-22 April 2019
Public holidays 17 May 2019
30 May 2019
5 June 2019
10 June 2019
Number of intervals: 2* Length of intervals: approx. 4/5 months
Additional notes
Short cycle and medium-cycle higher education: There is no specific information on the academic
calendar available for short cycle and medium-cycle higher education programmes. Like the
universities, the institutions themselves decide how to structure the academic year. The academic
calendar, however, is quite similar to that of the universities, outlined above.
* Some university programmes run with four intervals instead of two.
ESTONIA

Type of information
Dates or periods
teaching activity / holidays / examinations / end
of the academic year)
Institutions are autonomous. Occurs generally
Beginning of the academic year between the last week in August and the first
week in September.
Teaching activity fixed by institutions. The autumn semester lasts
generally until 20 December.
Occurs generally between 20 December and
Holiday
1 January.
Occur generally between 2 January and
Examinations
20 January.
The spring semester begins generally a week
Teaching activity
after the examinations are over.
Between the last week in June and the first
week in July
24 February 2019 (Independence Day)
Public holidays
19 April 2019 (Good Friday)
1 May 2019 (May Day)
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: ca. 4.5 months

FINLAND
Type of programme: Universities of Applied Sciences and universities

Type of information
Dates or periods
Beginning of the academic year 1 August 2018

Fixed by each faculty,
First semester – Teaching activity between the beginning of August 2018 and
31 December 2018
Fixed by each faculty,
Second semester – Teaching activity
between 1 January and 31 July 2019
Examinations Fixed by the teachers
End of the academic year 31 July 2019
3 November 2018 (All Saints Day)
6 December 2018 (Independence Day)
24 December 2018 (Christmas Eve) (partly)
25 December 2018 (Christmas Day)
26 December 2018 (Boxing Day)
Public holidays 2017/18
6 January 2019 (Epiphany)
21 April 2019 (Easter Day)
1 May 2019 (May Day)
21 June 2019 (Midsummer Eve) (partly)
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 5 to 7 months
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Type of information
Dates or periods
Teaching activity 1 October – 28 December 2018
Christmas/New Year holidays 1-7 January 2019
Teaching activity 8-11 January 2019
Break between the semesters 14 January – 15 February 2019
Teaching activity 18 February – 25 April 2019
Spring/Easter holiday 26-29 April 2019
Teaching activity 25 April – 31 May 2019
3 June – 28 June 2019
Examinations
26 August – 27 September 2019
8 September 2018 (Independence Day)
11 October 2018 (Uprising Day)
23 October 2018 (Day of the Revolutionary
Struggle)
Public holidays 8 December 2018 (St. Clement Day)
26-29 April 2019 (Orthodox Easter)
24 May 2019 (St. Cyril and Methodius Day)
4 June 2019 Ramadan
FRANCE
Type of programme: University studies

Institutional autonomy. Almost everywhere
Beginning of the academic year the period is between 15 September and
15 October.
All periods of teaching activity and holiday
are fixed by institutions, which however
comply with the following calendar: holidays
Teaching activity and holidays at the end-of-year festive season (one or
often two weeks), as well as in February
(generally one week) and April (one or two
weeks).
Examination periods are entirely at the
Examinations
discretion of university managing bodies.
No precise date. Institutional autonomy. In
practice, the academic year ends after the
final examination, in June or at the beginning
of July.
11 November 2018 (1918 Armistice Day)
25 December 2018 (Christmas)
Public holidays 1 January 2019 (New Year)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 22 April 2019 (Easter Monday)
8 May 2019 (end of WWII in Europe)
14 July 2019 (National holiday)
15 August 2019 (Assumption Day)
FRANCE (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: Non-university studies (courses to prepare for competitive selection for
the grandes écoles, higher 'technician' sections, grandes écoles and other higher 'schools')

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutional autonomy, although all institutions
Beginning of the academic year open at the beginning of September or later in
the same month.
All periods of teaching activity and holiday are
fixed by institutions, which however comply with
Teaching activity and holidays the following calendar: holidays between
Christmas and New Year's Day; often one week
in February; one or two weeks in April.
Examination periods are entirely at the
Examinations
discretion of the managing bodies of institutions.
No precise date. Institutional autonomy. In
End of the academic year practice, the academic year ends after the final
examination, in June or at the beginning of July.
11 November 2018 (1918 Armistice Day)
Public holidays 1 January 2019 (New Year)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 22 April 2019 (Easter Monday)
8 May 2019 (end of WWII in Europe)
14 July 2019 (National holiday)
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 4-5 months
GERMANY
Type of programme: ISCED 6 (partly), ISCED 7
The Organisation of the Academic Year Higher Education – 2018/19

teaching activity / holidays / examinations
/ end of the academic year)
Second to third week of October – fourth week of
Teaching activity winter semester
December 2018
Fourth week of December 2018 – first week of
Holiday
January 2019
Second week of January 2019 – second week of
Teaching activity winter semester
February 2019
End of winter semester 31 March 2019
Beginning of summer semester 1 April 2019
First to third week of April 2019 – second to third
Teaching activity summer semester
week of July 2019
3 October 2018 (German Unity Day)
Public holidays
10 June 2019 (Whit Monday)
+ holiday depending on the Land
Number of intervals: 3 Length of intervals: 10 days close to Christmas,

1 month after the winter semester, two months after
2 semesters, one of five months, one of four
the summer semester
months
GREECE

Type of information
Dates
Beginning of the academic year 3 September 2018
From the beginning of the winter semester in
Teaching activity (1st or winter semester) September – approximately within the second
fortnight of September – until 21 December 2018
2 weeks
Holiday 24 December 2018 – 7 January 2019 (Christmas
holidays)
8 January 2019 until the beginning of the winter
Teaching activity (1st or winter semester) semester exams, set approximately in mid-January
2019
Winter semester exams begin approximately in mid-
Examinations January 2019 and last for three weeks until the
beginning of February 2019
Spring semester begins after the end of the winter
Teaching activity (2nd or spring semester) semester exams – approximately in mid-February
2019
2 weeks
Holidays
22 April - 3 May 2019 (Easter holidays)
The period after Easter holidays until the beginning
Teaching activity (2nd or spring semester) of spring semester exams – approximately
beginning of June 2019
Spring semester exams take place in June 2019
Examinations
and last for three weeks
From the end of the June examinations until those
Holidays
of September 2019
2 September until the beginning of the new winter
Re-examinations semester, set approximately within the second
fortnight of September 2019
28 October 2018
(National holiday, however Sunday this year)
17 November 2018
(National holiday, however Saturday this year)
Public holidays 30 January 2019 (Religious holiday)
(occasional /national/religious holidays)
11 March 2019 (Religious holiday)
25 March 2019 (National holiday
1 May (Labour Day)
17 June 2019 (Religious holiday)
GREECE (CONTINUED)
Type of information
Dates
Number of intervals: 3 Length of intervals: two weeks Christmas holidays;

two weeks Easter holidays; summer holidays from
the end of June examinations until those of
September
1st (winter) semester

Beginning: September of each calendar year End: Until the final day of the winter semester
(approximately within the second fortnight of exams (approximately beginning of February 2019)
September 2018)
2nd (spring) semester
End: Until the final day of the spring semester
Beginning: After the end of winter semester
exams (it varies for each institution)
exams (approximately mid-February 2019)
Additional notes
The academic year begins on 1 September each year and ends on 31 August of the following year.
The exact dates for the beginning and end of each semester are defined by the HEI's Senate or Board.
Every semester includes at least 13 weeks of teaching. The end of each semester marks the beginning
of the exam period. During the period of examinations, no teaching activity is taking place, so that
students can take part in the examinations. Students may be reassessed in the modules of both
semesters before the beginning of the winter semester.
The total academic days and the total number of holidays cannot be estimated because of the
fact that the exact dates for the beginning and end of each semester are defined by each HEI's
Senate or Board.
HUNGARY
Type of programme: All types of programmes

Type of information
Dates or periods
Usually between 1 and 10 September
From the beginning of September until the end of
Autumn term January
The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
From early or mid-September until mid-December
Teaching activity
From mid-December until the end of January
Exam period
In addition to national/public/church holidays, holiday
(Holiday)
periods vary greatly (see Additional note 3).
From the beginning of February until the end of June
Spring term
From the beginning of February until mid-May
Teaching activity
From mid-May until the end of June
Exam period
In spring term, there is usually one week around
(Holiday) Easter.
Institutional autonomy (see Additional note 3).
Ends around late June
The exact date is fixed by the institutions.
23 October 2018 (The Day of the Hungarian
Revolution of 1956)
1 November 2018 (All-Saints’ Day)
25-26 December 2018 (Christmas)
Public holidays 1 January 2019 (New Year’s Day)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 15 March 2019 (The Day of the Hungarian
Revolution of 1848)
19 April and 22 April 2019 (Easter)
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 5 months
HUNGARY (CONTINUED)
Additional notes
1
( ) Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Hungary are usually open all year around for students, who
can use libraries, computer rooms and other facilities of the HEI, except on Sundays, on state and
church holidays. (Several HEIs are also closed between Christmas and New Year.)
2
( ) The Act on Higher Education only stipulates that the academic year lasts 10 months and one term
lasts 5 months. The organisation of the academic year is within the competence of HEIs. It is
usually determined by the Senate and based on the proposal of the head of the HEI. The
organisation of the academic year does not vary from one type of programme to the next within the
same institution.
3
( ) Holidays and non-teaching days: the study and examination regulations of HEIs specify the
number of days that the head of the HEI may rule to be a non-teaching day for students of the
entire HEI above the official public and church holidays. This number is usually not more than
five days. The same regulation also contains the number of days that the head of the faculty may
also rule as non-teaching days for the students of a particular faculty. This is usually not more than
five days.
4
( ) Number of intervals: the academic year in Hungary consists of two terms, an autumn term (őszi
félév) and a spring term (tavaszi félév).
ICELAND
Type of programme: ISCED 6A

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutions are autonomous. The beginning of the

academic year is generally latter half of August.
Institutions are autonomous. Teaching activity
generally starts between 15 August and
Teaching activity 5 September and ends on 30 November. Some
institutions have summer sessions that last from
May to August.
Institutions are autonomous.
Examinations Examinations generally take place between
2 and 20 December.
Institutions are autonomous. Normally between
Holidays 19 December 2018 – 4 January 2019
17 March – 23 April 2019
Institutions are autonomous. Teaching activity
Teaching activity generally starts around 7 January and ends
between 5 and 16 April 2019.
Institutions are autonomous. Examinations
Examinations generally take place between 24 April and
10 May.
Institutions are autonomous. No precise date. The
End of the academic year academic year ends de facto after the last
examination.
Holidays which are not included in the Summer
(~3 months) / Christmas (~2 weeks) / Easter
Holidays (~1 week) are:
Public holidays 1 December 2018
25 April 2019
1 May 2019
30 May 2019
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 13 weeks
IRELAND

Type of information
Dates or periods
Universities and Institutes of Technology are
autonomous bodies and start dates may vary but in
general for 2018/19 the academic year starts on
Monday 3rd September.
Week of 10th to 14th September to mid-December.
The semester is generally a period of 15 weeks,
Teaching activity which normally includes 12 weeks teaching. All
periods of teaching activity and holidays are
individually fixed by each University or Institute.
Holiday Bank Holiday Monday 29 October 2018
Generally in December, starting from the week of
Examinations 10th. Each University or Institute manages this
separately.
Holiday Dates from 21st December 2018 (Christmas break)
15-22 January to end April 2019. The semester is
generally a period of 15 weeks, which normally
Teaching activity includes 12 weeks teaching. All periods of teaching
activity and holidays are individually fixed by each
University or Institute.
St Patrick’s Day 17 March 2019 (Bank holiday
Monday 18th)
Holidays Good Friday 19 April 2019
Easter Monday 22 April 2019
May Bank Holiday 6 May 2019
Usually 2 weeks (11-12 working days) in May.
Examinations
Each University or Institute manages this separately.
Universities and Institutes of Technology are
autonomous bodies. For Universities, the academic
End of the academic year year generally ends at the date the new one begins.
For Institutes of Technology, the academic year
generally ends in June.
Length of intervals: term = 2-3 months,
Number of intervals: 2-3
semester = 4-5 months.
Additional notes
The HEIs are autonomous bodies and are free to set their own academic year teaching activity,
examination dates and holidays. It is therefore not possible to be specific on actual dates for these.
ITALY
The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19 ( 1)

Type of information
Dates or periods
First semester – Teaching activity 1 October – 22 December 2018
Examinations (first session) January – February 2019
Second semester – Teaching activity 1 March – 31 May 2019
Examinations (second session) June – July 2019
Examinations (third sessions) September 2019
2
Admission tests and entrance examinations ( ) September 2019
1 November 2018
8 December 2018
22 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
Public holidays
Easter (1 week)
25 April 2019
1 May 2019
2 June 2019
Length of intervals: semesters
Number of intervals: 2 (October – December 2018 and
March – May 2019)
1
() The definition of the beginning and end of the academic year, the organization of learning activities in
semesters and the calendar of examinations are left to the autonomous decision of the HEIs. The
information included in the table on these three issues should be considered indicative of the national trend.
2
() Entrance test are foreseen by the legislation. Medicine, veterinary, architecture, health professions are
foreseen in September. According to the principle of autonomy of HEIs, each university can promote
additional entrance test to assess the preparation of students at the beginning of their studies.
LATVIA

Type of information
Dates or periods
Each year the Cabinet of Ministers determines
the initial time for the registration and admission
of entrants in the first year after the acquisition
of upper secondary education. For the year
Registration/enrolment period
2018, it is 15 March. Higher education
institutions autonomously determine the
registration and admission periods for Master
level and Doctoral level programmes.
Occurs generally in the first week of September,
Beginning of the academic year but may differ among institutions which are
autonomous.
Institutions fix periods of teaching activity and
holidays. Teaching activity usually is organised
from September to December and from
February to May.
Full-time studies correspond to 40 weeks per
year and not less than 40 academic hours per
week.
Teaching activity and holidays Higher education institutions in cooperation with
their stakeholders from employment
organisations autonomously determine the
practical training placements (internships)
periods for their students.
As regards the holidays, there is usually one
week around Christmas/New Year and another
one at Easter.
Institutions fix periods of examinations. Usually
examinations proceed after the teaching activity
Examinations
period and take place in January/February and
June/July.
The academic year generally ends after the last
examination of spring or summer semester.
LATVIA (CONTINUED)
18 November 2018 (Proclamation of the Republic

of Latvia)
25-26 December 2018 (Christmas)
Public holidays 19-22 April 2019 (Easter)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 1 May 2019 (Convocation of the Constituent
Assembly of the Republic of Latvia; Labour Day)
4 May 2019 (Restoration of Independence of the
Republic of Latvia)
Length of intervals: in accordance with the Law
on Institutions of Higher Education, academic
year consists of 40 national credit points. One
credit point corresponds to one week of studies.
Number of intervals: 2 semesters
Thus the academic year lasts 40 weeks. The
length of intervals is not specified, but normally
they are divided in two equal parts – 2 semesters
(of 20 weeks each).
Additional notes
When the specific holidays of 18 November (Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia) and 4 May
(Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia) fall on Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is
transferred to the next working day.
Useful information for prospective incoming students is available at The International Student Guide to
Education and Study in Latvia.
LIECHTENSTEIN
Type of programme: ISCED 6/7/8 Academic (public sector – Universität Liechtenstein)

Type of information
Dates or periods
The organisation of the academic year is within autonomy of the higher education institutions.
Winter semester 1 September 2018 – 31 January 2019
Teaching activity for new students / Introductory 3-9 September 2018
weeks
Teaching activity for continuing students 10 September – 21 December 2018
Christmas holidays 22 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
Examination weeks 7-25 January 2019
Summer semester 1 February – 31 August 2019
Easter holidays 19-28 April 2019
Examination weeks 17-28 June 2019
Public holidays 8 September 2018
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 1 November 2018
8 December 2018
2 February 2019
5 March 2019
19 March 2019
22 April 2019
1 May 2019
30 May 2019
10 June 2019
20 June 2019
15 August 2019
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 26 weeks
LITHUANIA

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutions are autonomous. As a rule the beginning
of the academic year is 1 September.
Each semester usually covers 20 weeks. The last
four weeks within are allocated to an examination
Teaching activity session. In some institutions, the semester can last
longer (up to 22 weeks) or shorter (17 weeks). In
most institutions, the spring semester starts at the
beginning of February.
The last four weeks of each semester are allocated
Examinations*
to examination sessions.
All institutions have Christmas holidays usually from
25 December to the beginning of January.
The winter break begins at the end of the autumn
semester, right after the winter examination session
(usually end of January/beginning of February) and
Holidays
lasts 1 or 2 weeks.
Most institutions have Easter holidays lasting a few
days in the spring semester.
Summer holidays usually start after the end of the
spring semester and last maximum 2 months, normally
between 1 July and 31 August.
During summer holidays (July-August), some
Professional practice period students have a training course which lasts 2-
3 weeks.
As a rule, the academic year ends on 31 August.
Certain dates are regarded as public holidays by all
institutions:
1 November 2018
1 January 2019
16 February 2019
Public holidays
11 March 2019
21-22 April 2019
1 May 2019
24 June 2019
6 July 2019
15 August 2019
Length of intervals: around five months
(autumn and spring semesters)
Additional notes
* In some cases, students sit examinations or pass the test upon completion of the course unit and thus
have no special examination period.
LUXEMBOURG
Type of programme: All types, all programmes

Type of information
Dates or periods
17 September 2018 –
Winter semester
9 February 2019
24 December 2018 –
Christmas holidays
6 January 2019
Revision 7-13 January 2019
Winter break between semesters 11-17 February 2019
Summer semester 18 February – 15 September 2019
Easter holidays 15-22 April 2019
Revision 3-9 June 2019
Summer break between semesters 8 July – 15 September 2019
Public holidays
9 May 2019 (Whit Monday)
23 June 2019 (National Holiday)
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 6 months
Total number of academic days: 118 days (weekends, examination and revision periods not included)
Total number of holidays: 34 days (the summer break not included)

MALTA
Type of programme: Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST)

Type of information
Dates or periods
Beginning of Academic Year – Semester I 3 September 2018
Induction week for all students 24-28 September 2018
Beginning of semester 1 1 October 2018
Campus Day 9-11 October 2018
Graduation ceremonies – University College December 2018
No lectures 14 December 2018
Christmas Recess 24 December 2018 – 2 January 2019
Continuation of semester 1 3 January 2019
Graduation ceremonies – Technical College January 2019
End of semester 1 1 February 2019
Beginning of Semester II 4 February 2019
Graduation ceremonies – Foundation College February 2019
No lectures 18 March 2019
Easter recess 17-24 April 2019
Continuation of semester 2 25 April 2019
End of Semester II 5 July 2019
Summer Recess 8 July – 30 August 2019
21 September 2018
13 December 2018
25 December 2018
1 January 2019
Public holidays falling on week days 19 March 2019
(occasional / national / religious holidays)
19 April 2019
1 May 2019
7 June 2019
15 August 2019
There is a total of 179 academic days starting from 1 October 2018 till 5 July 2019. These include
examination days. Total number of holidays is 18 during this period. No lectures are held during two
academic days.
MALTA (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: University of Malta

Type of information
Dates or periods
Beginning of Semester 1 for all students
1 October 2018
Opening Ceremony
On-line enrolment for 2018/19 1-22 October 2018
Registration for study-units by students admitted in
3-9 October 2018
October 2018
Add/drop period – adding or cancelling study-units
16, 17, 18 October 2018
previously registered for
Deadline for change of course or areas of study 16 October 2018
Christmas Recess 21 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
Continuation of semester 1 7-23 January 2019
(Revision Period 21-23 January 2019)
Examinations (Semester I) 24 January – 9 February 2019
Beginning of semester 2 11 February 2019 (till 24 June 2019)
Add/drop period- adding or cancelling study-units
18, 19, 20 February 2019
previously registered for
Easter Recess 15-28 April 2019
Continuation of semester 2 29 April – 31 May 2019
(Revision Week 27-31 May 2019)
Examinations Semester II 1-28 June 2019
End of Second Semester 30 June 2018
Summer Semester (for postgraduate courses
10 June – 30 September 2019
spread over 3 semesters)
Summer Recess (within the summer semester) 1-15 August 2019
Supplementary Examinations 2-14 September 2019
21 September 2018
13 December 2018
25 December 2018
1 January 2019
Public holidays falling on a week day 19 March 2019
(occasional / national / religious holidays)
19 April 2019
1 May 2019
7 June 2019
15 August 2018
For semesters 1 and 2, there is a total of 139 academic days starting from 1 October 2018 up till
31 May 2019 and excluding examination periods. Total number of holidays during this period is 24.
For postgraduate coursed spreading over 3 semesters, the total number of possible academic days is
209 days and total number of holidays is 40.
MONTENEGRO

Type of information
Dates or periods
27 August 2018
Beginning of the academic year (27 August – 23 September 2018 examination
term will be organized)
Teaching activity 24 September 2018 – 6 January 2019
25-26 December 2018
Christmas/New Year holidays 1-2 January 2019
7-8 January 2019
Break between the semesters 9 January – 10 February 2019
Teaching activity 11 February – 26 May 2019
Examinations 27 May – 30 June 2019
1-2 January 2019 (New Year’s Day)
Public holidays 1-2 May 2019 (International Labour Day)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 21-22 May 2019 (Independence Day)
13-15 July 2019 (Statehood Day)
Additional notes
Total number of teaching days is 143 (this number relates to teaching days only). Total number of working days
which includes teaching days + examination days +final weeks of study year + enrolment and preparation days is
226.
In accordance with Law on National and Other Holidays (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, 27/2007
and Official Gazette of Montenegro, no. 36/2013), national holidays in Montenegro include: 21 May –
Independence Day and 13 July – Statehood Day.
Holidays in Montenegro are also: 1 January – New Year and 1 May – Labour Day.
National and other holidays are celebrated for two days, on the day of the holiday and the day that follows.
Holidays are non-working days.
If a holiday falls on Sunday, the following two days are non-working days.
If the second day of the holiday falls on Sunday, the following first day is a non-working day.
Religious holidays are non-working days.
In accordance with the Law on Higher Education (Official Gazette of Montenegro, no 44/14, 47/15, 40/16 and
42/17 and 71/17), the examination terms take place in January, June and September. Examination terms have
two set of examination dates. A student who does not pass an exam at the first examination date is entitled to
take it at the second examination date of the same examination term.
Dates for the organisation of exams are determined by the academic calendar for an academic year passed by an
institution in compliance with its statute.
Source: Eurydice.
THE NETHERLANDS
Type of programme: ISCED 6 and 7

fixed by institutions.*
Institutions are entirely free to fix examination
Examinations
dates.
25 and 26 December 2018 (Christmas Days)
31 December 2018 (New Year’s Eve)
1 January 2019 (New Year's Day)
Public holidays 22 April 2019 (Easter Monday)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 27 April 2019 (King’s Birthday)
5 May 2019 (Liberation Day)
Number of intervals: Length of intervals:
Free for institutions to decide. Free for institutions to decide.
Additional notes
Higher Education and Research Act (WHW), article 1.1/definitions, k.: academic year: the period which
starts on 1 September and ends on 31 August of the following year.
The academic year can be divided into a semester or a trimester. Institutions are free to decide how
many weeks are used to teach and how many weeks are used for the exams.
During the period of examinations, teaching activity usually stops, so that students can work and learn
for the exams.
Some courses also start during the course of the academic year, on 1 February.
* The only thing that has been determined is the number of ECTS in higher education.
Training Duration ECTS
Associate degree HBO (higher 2 years 120 ECTS
professional education)
Bachelor HBO (higher 4 years 240 ECTS
professional education)
Bachelor WO (university) 3 years 180 ECTS
Master HBO/WO At least 1 year At least 60 ECTS
School days and holidays 2018/19
There are no legal regulations for the number of teaching hours (/school days) in higher education.
Universities and institutions for higher professional education can decide for themselves how they organize
teaching. There are some agreements made on the course load. The course load for an academic year is
60 ECTS (this is equivalent to 1 680 hours of study).
There are no legal regulations for the number of holidays in higher education. There are also no mandatory
dates for the summer holidays and no recommended dates for other holidays. This means that
schools/institutions themselves determine the holidays.
NORWAY

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are
autonomous. Generally mid-August.
HEIs are autonomous, with the exception of
public holidays, see below.
Examinations HEIs are autonomous.
HEIs are autonomous. The academic year
generally ends by mid-June.
Christmas holidays
(normally 22 December – 2 January)
Easter holidays (15-22 April 2019)
Public holidays 1 May 2019 (Labour Day)
17 May 2019 (National Day)
10 June 2019 (White Monday)
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 4-5 months
POLAND

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutions are autonomous. Usually the
Beginning of the academic year beginning of October (e.g. University of Warsaw:
1 October 2018).
Institutions are autonomous. Usually between
the beginning of October and the third week of
Teaching activity
December
(e.g. UoW: 2 October – 21 December 2018).
Christmas holidays (e.g. UoW: 22 December 2018 –
6 January 2019).
Teaching activity Usually January
(e.g. UoW: 7-25 January 2019).
Institutions are autonomous. Usually two weeks
Examinations at the end of January/beginning of February
(e.g. UoW: 26 January – 8 February 2019).
Institutions are autonomous. Usually one week
Break between the semesters in February
(e.g. UoW: 9-15 February 2019)
Institutions are autonomous. Usually between
Teaching activity the third week of February and Easter
(e.g. UoW: 16 February – 30 April 2019)
Easter holiday Easter Monday and a few extra days are free
(e.g. UoW: 18-23 April 2019).
Usually between Easter and summer
Teaching activity
examinations
(e.g. UoW: 4 May – 8 June 2019).
Institutions are autonomous. Usually the last two
Examinations weeks of June
(e.g. UoW: 10-30 June 2019).
Institutions are autonomous. Usually the end of
End of the academic year September
(e.g. UoW: 30 September 2019).
1 November 2018
Public holidays
1-3 May 2019
20 June 2019
Additional notes
HEIs often organise Students’ Days (typically 1-2 days) called Juwenalia with concerts, performances
and other artistic and cultural events. These are additional days off for students set by the rector of the
institution (e.g. UoW: 10-11 May 2019).
PORTUGAL
Type of programme: University and polytechnic

Beginning of the academic year Higher education institutions (universities and
polytechnic institutes) are autonomous.
Generally the year begins between
15 September and 15 October.
Periods of teaching activity and holiday periods Institutions are autonomous and fix all periods of
teaching activity and holidays.
Typically, 1st semester goes from the second or
third week of September to the second or third
week of December; 2nd semester starts in the
second week of February and ends in the end of
May.
The 2nd semester has a two to four days
interruption for Carnival (end of February) and a
one week interruption for Easter (mid-April)
Examination periods The teaching department, teachers and students
are entirely free to fix examination dates jointly.
Normally there are two examinations periods:
• 1st: between the end of December and the
first week of February;
• 2nd: between the beginning of June and the
end of July.
End of the academic year Institutions are autonomous. The academic year
generally ends on 31 July.
Public/religious holidays 5 October 2018
1 November 2018
25 April 2019
1 May 2019
10 June 2019
20 June 2019
Number of intervals: 1 or 2 (more frequently the Length of intervals: around 1-2 weeks
year is divided in two semesters or three-month (maximum 3 weeks)
terms)
ROMANIA
Type of programme: All

Type of information
Dates or periods
According to the Law of the National Education
(Law 1/2011 with subsequent completions), the
university year usually begins on the first
working day of October; it includes two
semesters and ends on 30 September in the
next calendar year.
The academic year consists of two semesters.
Higher education institutions (HEI) are
autonomous. They fix all periods of teaching
activity, exams and holidays.
Teaching activity and holidays The length of the teaching activity (lectures and
practice trainings) differs from one HEI to
another.
Examinations dates and holidays (other than the
officially announced public and religious
holidays) are determined at institutional level.
The examination dates are determined at
institutional level. Teachers and students are
Examinations
free to fix the dates for examinations within the
examination sessions established by institutions.
Generally, at the end of September.
30 November 2018
17 June 2019
Length of intervals: 14 weeks (teaching) +
3 weeks (examinations) each
Additional notes
1. As a rule, a semester lasts 14 weeks of teaching activities usually followed by minimum 3 weeks
of exams.
2. HEI's are free to decide on the inside structure of the academic year, which is approved by the
University Senate.
3. Teaching activity stops during the periods of examinations.
4. When assigning the transferable study credits, a period of at least 17 weeks is taken into
consideration.
ROMANIA (CONTINUED)
Example of the structure of academic year [Babes-Bolyai University Cluj – Napoca]:
First Semester:
Teaching activity: 01.10.2018 – 21.12.2018 (12 weeks)
Winter holydays: 24.12.2018 – 06.01.2019 (2 weeks)
Exams: 21.01.2019 – 10.02.2019 (3 weeks)
Holydays: 11.02.2019 – 17.02.2019 (1 week)
Second Semester:
Easter holydays: 29.04.2019 – 5.05.2019 (1 week)
Exams: 10.06.2019 – 30.06.2019 (3 weeks)
Holydays: 01.07.2019 – 07.07.2019 (1 week)
Re-examination sessions (for those students who failed in previous sessions):

18.02.2019 – 24.02.2019 and 8.07.2019 – 14.07.2019
Practice period (where applicable):
15.07.2019 – 28.07.2019 (2 weeks)
Holydays: 29.07.2019 – 30.09.2019 (9 weeks)
SERBIA
Type of programme: ISCED 6 and 7
Type of information
Dates
Beginning of the academic year Beginning of October (1 October 2018)

From the beginning of October
1st semester / teaching activity
(probably 1 October 2018 to 15 January 2019)
Usually from the end of February until the end of May
2nd semester / teaching activity
(probably 18 February to 31 May 2019)
HEIs determine the dates and the number of
examination periods during the academic year, usually
4 to 6 examination periods, taking place between
semesters and prior to the end of the academic year,
after summer holidays.
Examinations The most common exam periods are:
• January-February (15 Jan to 18 Feb)
• April (first half of April)
• June (the whole month)
• September (the whole month) – beginning of
October
Summer holiday is usually between the end of July
Holiday and the end of August (probably between 22 July and
26 August 2018)
End of the academic year Usually 30 September
• 11-12 November 2018 – national holiday
• 1-2 January 2019 – New Year holiday
• 7 January 2019 – religious holiday (Christmas for
Orthodox Christians)
Public holidays
(occasional /national/religious holidays) • 15-16 February 2018 – National holiday
• 26-29 April 2019 – religious holiday (Easter for
Orthodox Christians)
• 1-2 May 2019 – national holidays International
Workers' Day
2 semesters
Length of intervals: 15 weeks per interval
Additional notes
The academic calendars are determined each year at institutional level, meaning that HEIs may have
different calendars during the same academic year. For this reason, the information about dates/periods can
only be approximate and is given by comparing calendars of different HEIs from previous years and by
extracting the most common dates. Moreover, majority of the HEIs do not have their 2018/19 calendars
available on their webpages at the moment of filling in the current update, so calendars from previous years
and common practices were used to generate expected and approximate calendar for the next academic
year.
According to the Law on HE, article 79, the academic calendar is comprised of 30 working weeks.
There is 6 non-working public holidays in Serbia.
SLOVAKIA

Type of information
Dates or periods
1 November 2018
19-22 April 2019 (Easter)
1 May 2019
8 May 2019
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 4 to 5 months
Additional notes
Following the Higher Education Act (Act No. 131/2002 on Higher Education and on Changes and
Supplements to Some Acts):
The academic year begins on 1 September of the current year and ends on 31 August of the next year.
Study in one academic year may be divided into two semesters or three trimesters. The specific
division of study (teaching activity and holidays) is determined for every higher education institution in
its Statute.
The Bachelor study, Master study, Engineer study and Doctoral study start at the beginning of the first
semester or the first trimester of the academic year. PhD study may also start at the beginning of the
second semester or the second trimester, or the third trimester of the academic year.
Higher education institutions decide on the organisation of the study in line with the Study Order.
Academic senate of the university should approve the Study Order.
SLOVENIA
Type of programme: ISCED level 6 and 7 (universities; higher professional education
institutions)

Type of information
Dates or periods
Teaching activity – winter semester 15 weeks on average
Winter examinations during winter holidays
4 weeks in January and February
period
Teaching activity – summer semester 15 weeks on average
Spring examinations 4 to 6 weeks in June and July
Summer holidays 1 month on average (15 July to 15 August)
Around 4 weeks from mid-August to end of
Autumn examinations
September
31 October 2018 (Reformation Day)
1 November 2018 (Day in Remembrance of the
Dead)
26 December 2018 (Independence and Unity Day)
1 and 2 January 2019 (New Year’s Days)
8 February 2019 (Prešeren Day – Slovenian
Public holidays Cultural Holiday)
27 April 2019 (Day of Uprising Against Occupation)
1 and 2 May 2019 (May Day Holiday)
+ University day(s)
+ Students' day(s)
Number of intervals: 2 semesters Interval: around 15 weeks
Additional note
The organisation of an academic year is in the autonomy of higher education institutions. The data
above apply to the most common arrangements.
SLOVENIA (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: ISCED level 5 (short-cycle higher vocational colleges)

Type of information
Dates or periods
34 weeks; institutions specify periods of teaching
Teaching activity
activities.
Institutions specify examinations at will in
Examinations compliance with the Rules issued by the
Minister (*).
31 October 2018 (Reformation Day)
1 November 2018 (Day in Remembrance of the
Dead)
26 December 2018 (Independence and Unity Day)
1 and 2 January 2019 (New Year’s Days)
Public holidays
8 February 2019 (Prešeren Day – Slovenian
Cultural Holiday)
27 April 2019 (Day of Uprising Against Occupation)
1 and 2 May 2019 (May Day Holiday)
Intervals:
Number of intervals Teaching activity: around 12 weeks,
Teaching activity: 2 semesters 1 semester (around 10 weeks) aimed at practical
Examination activity: 3 periods work, only
Examination activity: in the autonomy of colleges
Additional notes
The beginning and the end of an academic year are specified by law. An academic year encompasses
no less than 34 weeks of organised study work and 37 to 42 weeks of study load for students. Higher
vocational colleges have considerable flexibility in planning and structuring their year.
* As specified by the Assessment of knowledge in higher vocational colleges Rules (2009), higher
vocational colleges organise no less than 3 periods of examination per academic year, i.e. within
30 days after each semester (winter, spring) and in August and September as well.
SPAIN
Type of programme: University tertiary education (Bachelor, Master’s and PhD)
The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19 (1)

Type of information
Dates or periods
Between the first and the fourth week of September
2018.
Bachelor’s: Between 3 and 24 September 2018.
Beginning of the teaching activity Master’s or a PhD: It generally occurs between the
last week of September and the third week of October.
• Those universities which finish their teaching
activity just before Christmas holidays start no later
than 13 September.
• Those starting after the 13 September finish their
Teaching activity
teaching activity no later than 18 January.
• Those which do not interrupt the teaching activity
during the exams start 10 September and finish
after Christmas, up to 25 January.
• The duration of the examinations ranges between
2 weeks (in Extremadura and La Rioja) and
5 weeks (in Galicia).
• The earliest starting date is 4 December
(Comunidad Foral de Navarra) and the latest
ending date is 9 February (Andalucía and Aragón).
• Master’s Degree examinations can spread until
Examinations 26 February.
Particular features:
• The Universities Autónoma of Madrid, Salamanca
and Castilla-La Mancha do not stop classes for
exams.
• There is a 3rd extra call in November (2-13) in
Extremadura for those students close to ending
their studies.
Total number: Christmas holidays Between 11 days and 2 weeks, starting 24 December.
Between the end of the Christmas holidays
(Comunidad Foral de Navarra) or the end of the 1st
examination period and the start of May/June
examinations: the average is mid-May.
Teaching activity
Particular features:
The earliest ending date is 26 April in University of
Navarra and the latest one is 21 June in University of
Barcelona.
Between 1 week (starting 15 April) in Andalucía,
Canarias and Galicia and 2 weeks, (ending 28 April
Total number: Easter holidays
2019) in Región de Murcia and Comunidad Foral de
Navarra.
SPAIN (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: University tertiary education (Bachelor, Master’s and PhD)

Type of information
Dates or periods
About 1 month between mid-May and the end of
June, depending on whether the university conducts
their extraordinary examinations in July or in
September.
Examinations There is no teaching activity during this period.
Master’s Degree examinations can spread until
19 July.
Particular feature: The University of Navarra,
between 29 April and 18 May.
1. Those universities scheduling extraordinary
exams in June spend about 1 month, between
the 1st week of June and the last week of July.
Extraordinary examinations
2. Those examining in September, no more than
15 days at the beginning of September 2018.
3. Some universities schedule both periods.
Between the end of June/July examinations and the
Total number: Summer holidays
end of August or late September.
Between 26 June (University of Navarra) and one
End of the academic year day before the beginning of the 2019/20 academic
year.
Between 8 and 14 public holidays (5 of them
Total number: Public holidays
common throughout the whole country and some
specific of the different Autonomous Communities).
Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: Approximately 4 months long.
Additional notes
(1) The data presented above represent a sampling of the most populated universities from each
Autonomous Community, except for Andalucía and Comunidad de Madrid, where three
universities were chosen (Almería, Córdoba and Sevilla) and (Autónoma of Madrid, Complutense
and Rey Juan Carlos).
Universities have full autonomy to set up their own academic calendar. Therefore, the number of
weeks of the teaching activity and holidays vary from one university to another, even those in the
same Autonomous Community.
Total number
Total number of academic days in university: each university has competence over the design and
organisation of the academic year, which must be included in their statutes.
SPAIN (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: Non-university tertiary education: Advanced specific vocational training
and specialised education (Advanced artistic studies and Advanced sport education)
Type of information
Dates or periods
Between mid-September and the beginning of
Beginning of the teaching activity 2
October ( ).
From the beginning of the teaching activity to the
Teaching activity
end of May or last week of June.
Christmas: 2 weeks between 24 December 2018
and 7 January 2019.
Easter: About 10 days in the period between
12 April and 29 April 2019.
Summer: 13 to 16 weeks between June and
beginning/mid-September or the beginning of
October.
Public holidays: between 8 and 14 days (5 of
them common throughout the whole country and
some specific of the different Autonomous
Holidays Communities).
Particular feature:
Autonomous Community of Cantabria: the
organisation and distribution of the school
holidays is somehow different from that of the rest
of regional administrations.
Holiday periods:
- 1 week from 29 October
- 2 weeks from 24 December
- 28 February to 4 March
- from 18 to 28 April
• School year organised into 3 periods of
examinations: before Christmas holidays,
before Easter holidays and before summer
holidays. Schools are free to fix examination
dates within those periods.
Examinations • School year is organised into 2 intervals:
examinations take place after each interval.
• Advanced vocational training studies arrange
their examination periods after each training
cycle, so some of the final exams start in
March and some, in June.
• Depending on the type of program and on the
Autonomous Community, exams can take
place between May and the first fortnight of
Extraordinary examinations
July.
• During the first week of September, December
or February.
3
Number of intervals: 3 ( ) Length of intervals: approximately 3 months long.
SPAIN (CONTINUED)
Additional notes
1
( ) A great variety of dates can be observed in advanced specific vocational training, where there are
different training cycles, each of them with different examination dates.
2
( ) Depending on the type of program and on the Autonomous Community, the starting date of the
teaching activity may range from 4 September to 2 October. The number of school days depends
on the specific regulations of each program, which establish the total length and the total amount
of hours corresponding to each program.
3
( ) In the Autonomous Communities of Illes Balears, Extremadura, Navarra, Canarias, País Vasco
and Región de Murcia, either both or just the 2nd year of Advanced artistic studies or the
Advanced drama studies may be organised into 2 intervals from September to February and from
mid-February to the end.
Total number
Total number of school days in non-university tertiary education: generally, the duration of the school
year comprises a minimum of 175 days.
SWEDEN

Type of information
Dates or periods
Beginning of the academic year autonomous. Generally between end of August
– beginning of September
Teaching activities and holidays Fixed by each faculty
Examinations Fixed by the teachers
Generally ends at the end of May or beginning
of June. During June-September, most HEIs
offer single subject courses of 7.5-10 ECTS
credits
Approximately 3 weeks around Christmas
Several days around Easter including Good
Public holidays Friday (19 April 2019) and Easter Monday
(occasional/national/religious holidays) (22 April 2019), Labour Day (1 May 2019)
around Ascension Day (30 May 2019) and
National Day (6 June 2019)
Length of intervals: 4-5 months
(around 20 weeks)
Additional notes
As stated above, HEIs are autonomous and the total number of academic days or holidays are not
centrally regulated.
SWITZERLAND
Type of programme: Universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher
education (ISCED 6 and 7)

Beginning of the academic year 1 August 2018
The academic year consists of an autumn
Teaching activities and holiday periods semester, a spring semester and periods during
which no courses are held.
Teaching activity autumn semester 17 September – 21 December 2018
Teaching activity spring semester 18 February – 31 May 2019
Universities and universities of teacher education
fix the periods of examinations autonomously.
Usually they take place within 1 to 3 weeks before
the end of a semester.
Examinations At the universities of applied sciences, the
examinations usually take place at the end of the
teaching period. For that reason, their teaching
activity period usually lasts about two weeks longer
than indicated above.
25 December 2018 (Christmas Day)
26 December 2018 (Boxing Day)
1 January 2019 (New Year's Day)
Public holidays 22 April 2019 (Easter Monday)
(occasional/national/religious holidays) 30 May 2019 (Ascension Day)
10 May 2019 (Whit Monday)
1 August 2019 (National Day)
Depending on the canton of location, each
university has additional single holidays.
Length of intervals: 2 x 14 weeks (universities,

Number of intervals: 2 universities of teacher education), 2 x 16 weeks
(universities of applied sciences)
SWITZERLAND (CONTINUED)
Type of programme: Colleges of professional education and training (ISCED 6)

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutions are autonomous. Usually the
Beginning of the academic year academic year starts between August and
October.
The institutions fix all periods of teaching
activity and holidays. Usually teaching activities
consist of two semesters starting between
Teaching activity and holidays August and October and between January and
April.
The institutions autonomously fix the holidays.
Examinations Institutions are free to fix examination dates.
Institutions are autonomous. The academic
End of the academic year year usually ends at the beginning of summer
holidays.
Public holidays depend on the canton of
Public holidays location of the institutions. Usually their holiday
(occasional/national/religious holidays) periods are similar to those of secondary
education.
Institutions fix the length of intervals

autonomously.
TURKEY
Type of programme: All (ISCED 5, 6 and 7)

Type of information
Dates or periods
Universities are autonomous. The autumn
semester begins generally in September or
October and the spring semester in
February.
Universities are free to determine their own
periods of teaching activity. As a rule, each
academic year is composed of two
semesters which include at least 14 weeks.
Teaching activity
Universities may offer summer schools for
those who fail classes during regular
semesters and who would like to take
classes from next academic semester.
The dates of the semester breaks are
freely fixed by the universities. The duration
of the semester breaks is at least 2 weeks.
National and religious holidays are as
follows:
Holidays 29 October 2018
(semester/national/religious holidays) (No holiday – Republic Day)
23 April 2019 (1 day – Children's Day)
1 May 2019 (1 day – Labour Day)
19 May 2019
(No holiday – Youth and Sport Day)
Each university fixes its own examination
dates. The number of mid-term exams is
decided either by the university senate, or
by the board of each faculty. In addition to
the mid-term exams, there is a final exam
for each particular course at the end of
Examinations
each semester. The final exams generally
start either right after or one week after the
end of the semester. It takes 2-3 on
average. Those who take classes annually
take one or two midterms and a final exam
a year.
Universities are autonomous. Generally
autumn semester ends in December and
End of the academic year the spring semester in May or June.
Summer semesters last from the end of
June until mid-August.
Number of intervals: 2 semesters (autumn and spring) Length of intervals: 14 weeks per semester
(at least)
The total number of school/academic days varies from one university to another. However, the total number
of public/religious holidays is only 2 days.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND)
Type of programme: Undergraduate (ISCED 6 first cycle).

Type of information
Dates or periods
Beginning of the standard academic year 1 August 2018
Beginning of teaching activity autonomous, but the first term or semester
typically starts in late September/early October.
HEIs are autonomous, but the final term/semester
End of teaching activity
typically ends in early-mid June.
End of the standard academic year 31 July 2019
6 May 2019 – early May bank holiday
Public holidays 27 May 2019 – Spring bank holiday
(occasional/national/religious holidays) HEIs are normally closed on public holidays
which fall in term-time.
As well as the long summer vacation, there are
Vacations typically vacations of three to five weeks at
Christmas and Easter.
Length of intervals (periods):
Number of intervals (periods): 3 (terms) or
3 terms of 8 to 11 weeks or 2 semesters of
2 (semesters)
around 15 weeks
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Type of programme: All ISCED 5

Type of information
Dates or periods
Institutions are autonomous. Some institutions
will follow the traditional academic calendar and
will generally start some time in September or
October. However others have adopted different
patterns where students can start at different
times during the year e.g. January.
Teaching activity, holidays and examination All periods of teaching activity, holidays and
periods exams are fixed by institutions.
Institutions are autonomous and dates will vary
depending on when the student has started the
year. The traditional academic calendar ends
May/June.
Public holidays fixed by institutions. However certain dates,
(occasional/national/religious holidays) such as 25-26 December, 1-2 January will be
regarded as public holidays by all institutions.
Number of intervals: n/a Length of intervals: n/a
Institutions are fully autonomous in this respect. Institutions are fully autonomous in this respect.
Additional notes
Under The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, higher education institutions have
autonomy. They decide how to divide the academic year, when and how many holidays to have, when
and how exam periods should be organised. Traditionally, higher education institutions have started in
September/October and finished in May/June. Holidays during the year would be at Christmas and
Easter (for approx. a month each) and exams would be at the end of the final term. However, many
HEIs have moved to a semester system where the year is split into separate teaching blocks with
shorter holidays during the year and exam periods twice yearly. Under this system students can start
the year at different times e.g. in September or in January. There is no fixed number of academic days
or academic holidays.
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Type of programme: All types

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2017/18

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Number of intervals: 2 (semesters)

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Number of intervals: 2 (semesters)

Type of programme: All types and programmes

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: ca. 4.5 months

Type of programme: Universities of Applied Sciences and universities

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Beginning of the academic year 1 August 2018

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year Higher Education – 2018/19

Number of intervals: 3 Length of intervals: 10 days close to Christmas,

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Number of intervals: 3 Length of intervals: two weeks Christmas holidays;

1st (winter) semester

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Institutions are autonomous. The beginning of the

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19 ( 1)

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

18 November 2018 (Proclamation of the Republic

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

Number of intervals: 2 Length of intervals: 6 months

Total number of holidays: 34 days (the summer break not included)

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19

The Organisation of the Academic Year in Higher Education – 2018/19