Academic year 2021-2022
Academic year overview
The academic year is divided into two twenty-week semesters. Each semester is divided into two “study periods,” which means that an individual course will generally run half of the semester, or ten weeks. Exams are held at the end of each study period.
The autumn semester begins in late August/early September and ends in the middle of January. The spring semester begins in the middle of January and ends in the beginning of June.
Autumn semester
Autumn semester dates: 30 August, 2021–17 January, 2022
Roll-call: 16 August
Reception (year 1 students): 27 August
Introductory weeks: 16–28 August
Re-exams August: 16–28 August
Study period 1: 30 August–15 October
Own work: 18–20 October
Exam period 1: 21–22 October, 25–29 October
Study period 2: 1 November–17 December
Own work/re-exams: 20–22 December
Own work: 23 December–7 January
National holiday: 25 December, 1 January, 6 January
Exam period 2: 10–15 January, 17 January
Spring semester
Spring semester dates: 18 January, 2022–7 June, 2022
Study period 3: 18 January–7 March
Own work: 8–10 March
Exam period 3: 11–12 March, 14–18 March
Study period 4: 21 March–20 May
Study period 4: 21 March–14 April
National Holiday: 15-18 April
Own work/re-exams: 19–22 April
Study period 4, continued: 25 April–20 May
National holiday: 26 May
Own work: 23–25 May, 27 May
Exam period 4: 30 May–4 June, 7 June
National holiday: 6 June
Last day of semester: 7 June
Own work/re-exams: 8–10 June