The academic year starts on September 1 every year and ends on August 31 of the following year. The educational work of every academic year is organized in two semesters, the fall semester and the spring semester, each of which comprises 13 weeks of courses.

• Fall semester courses start in the first week of October and end in late January.
• Spring semester courses start in mid February and end at the end of May.

HOLIDAYS
Courses are not held in July and August, the two months of summer holidays. Holidays also include:

• Christmas Holidays: December 24 to January 7.
• Carnival Holidays: Lent Monday and the day after (22 & 23 March 2026).
• Easter Holidays: from the Monday of Easter Week to the Sunday after Easter Sunday (6-19 April 2026).

OTHER HOLIDAYS

• October 26: Saint Dimitrios Day – Feast of the city’s Patron Saint. Liberation of Thessaloniki from the Ottoman occupation (National Holiday).
• October 28: National celebration.
• November 17: Students’ uprising in the National Technical University of Athens against the junta in 1973.
• January 30: The Three Patron Saints of Education Day.
• March 25: National Anniversary of the revolution of 1821 against the Turkish rule.
• May 1: Labour Day.
• Holy Spirit Day: Monday 1 June 2026.