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.