Beginning and end of the academic year

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Found: 30

Country	Beginning of the academic year	End of the academic year
Austria 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Usually 1 October (e.g. University of Vienna: 1 October 2026).	University of Vienna: the academic year ends on 30 September 2027 (lecture-free period 1 July – 30 September 2027).
Belgium 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Usually mid-September (Flemish universities, e.g. KU Leuven, usually in the third week of September).	Set by each institution. French Community higher education: summer break from 1 July to mid-August 2027 (indicative).
Bulgaria 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Usually 1 October (e.g. Sofia University: 1 October 2026).	Set by each university. Sofia University: supplementary session ends 5 September 2027.
Croatia 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Example: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science: classes start 28 September 2026.	Set by each institution.
Cyprus 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. University of Cyprus: registration 1–3 September 2026, classes start 7 September 2026.	University of Cyprus: the last exams of the summer semester end on 30 July 2027.
Czech Republic 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Usually 1 October (e.g. Charles University: 1 October 2026).	Charles University: the academic year ends on 30 September 2027 (summer holidays 1 July – 31 August 2027).
Denmark 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. University of Copenhagen: autumn semester starts 1 September 2026.	University of Copenhagen: the spring semester ends on 30 June 2027.
Estonia 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. University of Tartu: the academic year opens on 31 August 2026.	University of Tartu: the academic year ends on 29 August 2027 (summer break 28 June – 29 August 2027).
Finland 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. University of Helsinki: the academic year starts on 1 August 2026.	University of Helsinki: the academic year ends on 31 July 2027.
France 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Usually early to mid-September (first-year Licence often mid-September).	Set by each institution.
Germany 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. The winter semester 2026/27 officially runs 1 October 2026 – 31 March 2027; lectures usually start in mid-October (e.g. Freie Universität Berlin: lectures from 12 October 2026).	The summer semester 2027 ends on 30 September 2027 (semester frame at Freie Universität Berlin).
Greece 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Universities are autonomous. The winter semester starts in the last week of September, no later than 1 October (rule of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); dates are set by each school or department.	The academic year runs 1 September – 31 August.
Hungary 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. ELTE (Budapest): registration 31 August – 6 September 2026; autumn semester study period starts 7 September 2026.	ELTE: the academic year ends on 3 July 2027; the summer vacation follows.
Iceland 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. At the University of Iceland the autumn semester starts in late August or early September.	University of Iceland: the spring semester, with its exams, ends by mid-May 2027.
Ireland 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. University College Dublin (UCD): orientation 31 August – 4 September 2026; autumn trimester starts 31 August 2026.	UCD: the summer trimester ends on 29 August 2027.
Italy 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Universities are autonomous; there is no central date. Example, Sapienza University of Rome (Medicine and Dentistry "open semester"): welcome day 1 September 2026.	Set by each university.
Latvia 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. University of Latvia: the academic year starts on the first Monday of September (7 September 2026).	Set by each institution; at the University of Latvia the academic year is 40 weeks long, counted from 7 September 2026.
Lithuania 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Vilnius University: the academic year opens on 1 September 2026 (Mykolas Romeris University: autumn semester from 1 September 2026).	Mykolas Romeris University: the academic year ends on 30 June 2027 (summer holidays 1 July – 31 August 2027).
Luxembourg 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Set by the University of Luxembourg.	Set by the University of Luxembourg.
Netherlands 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. University of Amsterdam: opening of the academic year on Monday 31 August 2026.	University of Amsterdam: teaching ends 25 June 2027; the summer and resit period runs 26 June – 29 August 2027.
Norway 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Example: University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine – autumn semester begins 10 August 2026 (arrival; teaching starts about a week later). Other faculties differ.	Set by each institution. At the University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, the spring semester ends on 18 June 2027.
Poland 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Usually 1 October (e.g. University of Warsaw: Thursday 1 October 2026, no classes that day).	Set by each institution. University of Warsaw: summer break 28 June – 30 September 2027; decisions on passing the year 13–30 September 2027; the academic year ends 30 September 2027.
Portugal 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Example: University of Lisbon – the academic year starts between 7 and 12 September 2026, depending on the school.	Between 14 and 21 July 2027, depending on the school (University of Lisbon).
Romania 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Example: University of Bucharest – the academic year starts on 1 October 2026.	University of Bucharest: summer break 5 July – 31 August 2027.
Slovakia 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Each university sets its own academic-year schedule.	Set by each institution.
Slovenia 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Each university and faculty sets its own dates.	Set by each institution.
Spain 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous; there is no national calendar. Example: Complutense University of Madrid – classes start between 3 and 7 September 2026, depending on the faculty (Chemistry 3 September, Computer Science 7 September).	Not one date: one UCM master's programme gives the academic year as 1 September 2026 – 9 July 2027; final grading deadlines are 9 July (Computer Science) and 14 July 2027 (Chemistry).
Sweden 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Each university sets its own term dates.	Set by each institution.
Switzerland 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Autumn semester starts in mid-September (University of Geneva and ETH Zurich: week 38, 14 September 2026).	Set by each institution. ETH Zurich: the summer exam session ends on 5 September 2027.
United Kingdom (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) 2026/27 - beginning and end of the academic year	Institutions are autonomous. Example: University of Oxford – full term (Michaelmas) begins 11 October 2026; the official dates of term start on 1 October 2026.	Set by each university. University of Oxford: Trinity term ends 19 June 2027 (full term); official dates of term end 6 July 2027.

Source: Eurydice (2014/15–2017/18). 2026/27: national education ministries, official school calendars and university calendars – listed in each entry.