Public holidays: 25 December 2017 (Christmas Day), 26 December 2017 (Boxing Day), 1 January 2018 (New Years Day), 30 March 2018 (Good Friday), 2 April 2018 (Easter Monday), 10 May 2018 (Ascension Day), 21 May 2018 (Whit Monday), 1 August 2018 (National Day), Depending on the canton of location, each university has additional single holidays.
Beginning of the academic year
Type of programme: Universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education (ISCED 6 and 7):
1 August 2017
Type of programme: Colleges of professional education and training (ISCED 6):
Institutions are autonomous. Usually the academic year starts between August and October.
Teaching activity and holidays of the academic year
Type of programme: Universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education (ISCED 6 and 7):
The academic year consists of an autumn semester, a spring semester and periods during which no courses are held.
Teaching activity autumn semester: 18 September - 22 December 2017
Teaching activity spring semester: 19 February - 1 June 2018
Type of programme: Colleges of professional education and training (ISCED 6):
The institutions fix all periods of teaching activity and holidays. Usually teaching activities consist of two semesters starting between August and October and between January and April. The institutions autonomously fix the holidays.
Examinations of the academic year
Type of programme: Universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education (ISCED 6 and 7):
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.
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.
Type of programme: Colleges of professional education and training (ISCED 6):
Institutions are free to fix examination dates.
End of the academic year
Type of programme: Universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education (ISCED 6 and 7):
31 July 2018
Type of programme: Colleges of professional education and training (ISCED 6):
Institutions are autonomous. The academic year usually ends at the beginning of summer holidays.
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