Important dates / Academic year
Public Swiss Higher Education Institutions harmonize their calendars. From 2007/2008 on, all lecture courses at the tertiary level will commence on the same date.
The academic year will continue to be organized in two semesters. What is new is that the first semester’s lecture courses will now commence in the middle of September (week 38). For the universities of applied sciences, the semester will end in January (their exams take place at the end of the semester). Lecture courses in the second semester will start in the middle of February (week 8); in the universities of applied sciences they will finish in the middle of June.
The academic year comprises a fall semester and a spring semester.