Portugal 2016/17 - teaching activity and holidays

Teaching activity and holidays of the academic year

Institutions are autonomous and fix all periods of teaching activity and holidays.

Typically, 1st semester goes from the second or third week of September to the second or third week of December; 2nd semester starts in the second week of February and ends in the end of May.

The 2nd semester has a two to four days interruption for Carnival (end of February) and a one week interruption for Easter (mid- April)