Study Calendar

University calendar for the academic year 2024-2025

Details of the academic year dates

Date & day

Specific period

Notes

The start and end dates of the first semester

Sunday 21/9/2025 - 31/12/2025

15 weeks

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Date of starting examination

 Semi-annual exams for colleges and institutes that follow the annual system.

 Final exams for the first semester for colleges and institutes that follow the semester system, the course system, and the Bologna Process.

Sunday 4/1/2026 

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Date of start and end of spring holidays

Sunday 18/1/2026 - 31/1/2026

2 weeks

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Start and end dates for the second semester

Sunday 1/2/2026 - 14/5/2026

15 weeks

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Start and end dates

Final exams for the first round for colleges and institutes that follow the annual system.

Final exams for the second semester for colleges and institutes that follow the semester system, the course system, and the Bologna Process

 Sunday 17/5/2026

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Start date for the second round exams

Tuesday 1/9/2026

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Flexibility is left to the universities if it overlaps with the exams of middle school students

Date of start and end of summer holidays

 

Wednesday 1/7/2026  -  31/8/2026

2 months

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Summer training dates for students of the colleges and institutes included in it, according to the periods approved in the instructions for summer training

Wednesday 1/7/2026  -  31/8/2026

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The start and end dates of the summer semester (optional) for universities and colleges that follow the course system

Wednesday 1/7/2026

8 weeks

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Notes: -

* The Council of Scientific Departments recommends submitting and delaying exam dates, wherever they may be, for a period of one week, with the approval of the College/Institute Council.

* Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, holidays, and other official occasions are taken into account if they fall on exam days.

Students must register for courses within a period of ten working days before the start of the semester for the course system.