Academic year and semester dates
Academic Year 2026/2027 Dates
Taken from Appendix to Ordinance No. 49/2026 of the Rector of PUEB dated 19 May 2026 with some additional information/changes.
SCHEDULE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027
for the full-time students of the first and second cycle taught in English
| WINTER SEMESTER: | 01.10.2026 – 14.02.2027 |
| Classes | 01.10.2026 – 31.01.2027* |
| Christmas break | 23.12.2026 – 03.01.2027 |
| Winter exam session | 01.02.2027 – 14.02.2027 |
| Winter break | 15.02.2027 – 21.02.2027 |
| Winter re-take (resit) exam session | 15.02.2027 – 28.02.2027 |
| SUMMER SEMESTER: | 22.02.2027 – 30.09.2027 |
| Classes | 22.02.2027 – 20.06.2027* |
| Easter break: | 25.03.2027 – 30.03.2027 |
| Summer exam session | 21.06.2027 – 04.07.2027 |
| Summer re-take exam session | 05.07.2027 – 18.07.2027 |
| Summer break | 05.07.2027 – 30.09.2027 |
| Additional days off (no classes) | 30.10.2026
02.11.2026 30.04.2027 04.05.2027 20.05.2027 – PUEB Day 28.05.2027 |
| ‘’Orientation Day” for the first-year students | 30.09.2026 |
| National holidays
(PUEB is closed, supermarkets are closed, public transport runs on a different schedule etc.) |
All Saints’ Day – 01.11.2026
National Independence Day – 11.11.2026 Easter – 28-29.03.2027 International Labour Day – 01.05.2027 3 May Constitution Day – 03.05.2027 Corpus Christi – 27.05.2027 |
| Winter time change (3:00 a.m. -> 2:00 a.m.) | 24/25.10.2026 |
| Summer time change (2:00 a.m. -> 3:00 a.m.) | 27/28.03.2026 |
* 12.11.2026 (Thu) – following Wednesday’s class schedule
05.01.2027 (Tue) – following Wednesday’s class schedule
24.03.2027 (Wed) – following Friday’s class schedule
26.05.2027 (Wed) – following Thursday’s class schedule
Academic Year 2025/2026 Dates
| WINTER SEMESTER: | 01.10.2025 – 22.02.2026 |
| Classes*: | 01.10.2025 – 08.02.2026 |
| Christmas break: | 22.12.2025 – 09.01.2026 |
| Winter semester exam session: | 09.02.2026 – 22.02.2026 |
| Winter break: | 23.02.2026 – 01.03.2026 |
| Winter semester re-take (resit) exam session: | 23.02.2026 – 08.03.2026 |
| *12.11.2025 (Wed) – following Monday’s class schedule
13.11.2025 (Thu) – following Tuesday’s class schedule |
12.11.2025; 13.11.2025 |
| Additional days off: | 31.10.2025, 10.11.2025 |
| SUMMER SEMESTER: | 02.03.2026 – 30.09.2026 |
| Classes**: | 02.03.2026 – 28.06.2026 |
| Easter break: | 02.04.2026 – 08.04.2026 |
| Summer semester exam session: | 29.06.2026 – 12.07.2026 |
| Summer semester re-take exam session: | 13.07.2026 – 26.07.2026 |
| Summer holidays | 13.07.2026 – 30.09.2026 |
| **02.06.2026 (Tue) – following Thursday’s class schedule
03.06.2026 (Wed) – following Friday’s class schedule |
02.06.2026, 03.06.2026 |
| Additional days off: | 31.10.2025; 10.11.2025;
04.05.2026; 28.05.2026; 05.06.2026 |
| National holidays (days off):
All Saints’ Day National Independence Day Easter International Labour Day 3 May Constitution Day Corpus Christi |
01.11.2025 11.11.2025 05 – 06.04.2026 01.05.2026 03.05.2026 04.06.2026 |
| Remember: Winter time change – 26 October (we set clocks back by one hour) Summer time change – 29 March (we set clocks forward by one hour) |
26.10.2025; 29.03.2026 |