Public holidays: 23 October 2017 (The Day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956), 1 November 2017 (All-Saints’ Day), 25-26 December 2017 (Christmas), 1 January 2018 (New Year’s Day), 2 April 2018 (Easter), 15 March 2018 (The Day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848), 1 May 2018 (Labour Day),21 May 2018 (Whit Monday)
Beginning of the academic year
Usually between 1 and 10 September
Institutional autonomy
Teaching activity and holidays of the academic year
Teaching activity: From early or mid-September until mid-December The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
Exam period: From mid-December until the end of January The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
(Holiday): In addition to national/public/church holidays, holiday
periods vary greatly (see Additional note 3).
Spring term: From the beginning of February until the end of June The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
Teaching activity: From the beginning of February until mid-May The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
Exam period: From mid-May until the end of June The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
(Holiday): In spring term, there is usually one week around
Easter. Institutional autonomy.
Examinations of the academic year
From mid-December until the end of January
The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
From mid-May until the end of June
The exact dates are fixed by institutions.
End of the academic year
Ends around late June
The exact date is fixed by the institutions.