Public holidays: 25 December 2016 (Christmas Day), 26 December 2016 (Boxing Day), 1 January 2017 (New Years Day), 14 April 2017 (Good Friday), 17 April 2017 (Easter Monday), 25 May 2017 (Ascension Day), 5 June 2017 (Whit Monday), 1 August 2017 (National Day), Depending on the canton of location, each university has additional single holidays.
Beginning of the school year
Staggered between 8 and 29 August 2016
End of the school year
Staggered between 14 June and 21 July 2017
School year - Autumn / Christmas / New Year / Winter holidays
Autumn: Between 1 and 3 weeks staggered between 24 September
and 6 November 2016
Christmas / New Year: Between 1 and 2 weeks staggered between
22 December 2016 and 8 January 2017
Winter holidays: Between 1 and 2 weeks staggered between 28 January and 12 March 2017
School year - Spring / Easter holiday
Between 1 and 3 weeks staggered between 1 April and 28 May 2017
School year - summer holidays
Between 5 and 10 weeks staggered between 15 June and 27 August 2017