Belgium 2017/18 - teaching activity and holidays

Teaching activity and holidays of the academic year

Belgium - Flemish Community

(1^stsemester)

From the beginning of the academic year until the end of the week before the Christmas holidays

Academic year 2017/18: until Sunday 24 December 2017 There is an autumn holiday of one week for the students of some institutions of higher education only.

Academic year 2017/18: from Monday 30 October until Sunday 5 November 2017

Two weeks around Christmas and New Year.
 Academic year 2017/18: from Monday 25 December 2017 until Sunday 7 January 2018

(2^ndsemester)

From the beginning of February until the end of the
3rd or 4th week of May.
 
Academic year 2017/18: 
from Monday 12 February 2018 until 
Sunday 27 May 2018

There is an Easter holiday break of two weeks.
Academic year 2017/18: 
from Monday 2 April 2018 until 
Sunday 15 April 2018 (Easter Monday)

Belgium - French Community

The  first  term  starts  on  14 September  2017;  the second  on  1 February 2018;  the  third  on 1 July 2018.  The  two  first  terms  include  at  least  12 weeks  of teaching activity.

For purposes of curricular organisation, each of the three  four-month  terms  includes  assessment  and holiday periods.

Institutional autonomy

Belgium - German-speaking Community

(1^stsemester)

Teaching activity: 4 September – 28 October 2017

Autumn holiday: 31 October – 3 November 2017

Teaching activity: 6 November – 22 December 2017

Christmas holiday: 25 December 2017 – 5 January 2018

(2^ndsemester)

Teaching activity: 15 January – 9 February 2018

Carnival holiday: 12-16 February 2018

Teaching activity: 19 February – 30 March 2018

Easter holiday: 2-13 April 2018

Teaching activity: 16 April – 25 May 2018