Public holidays: 25 and 26 December 2015 (Christmas Days), 31 December 2015 (New Year’s Eve), 1 January 2016 (New Year's Day), 28 March 2016 (Easter Monday), 27 April 2016 (King’s Birthday), 5 May 2016 (Liberation Day), 5 May 2016 (Ascension Day), 16 May 2016 (Whit Monday), in 2016 is this the same day as Liberation Day
Beginning of the academic year
1 September 2015Teaching activity and holidays of the academic year
All periods of teaching activity and holidays are fixed by institutions.
Examinations of the academic year
Institutions are entirely free to fix examination dates.
End of the academic year
31 August 2016