Public holidays: Christmas holidays  (normally 19 December 2016 –   3 January 2017), Easter holidays (normally 10-17 April 2017), 1 May 2017 (Labour Day), 17 May 2017 (National Day), 25 May 2017 (Ascension Day), 5 June 2017 (Whit Monday) 
Beginning of the academic year
Higher  Education  Institutions  (HEIs)  are 
autonomous. Generally mid-August Teaching activity and holidays of the academic year
HEIs  are  autonomous,  with  the  exception  of 
public holidays, see below. 
Examinations of the academic year
HEIs are autonomous.
End of the academic year
HEIs  are  autonomous.  The  academic  year 
generally ends at the end of June.