Academic Year 2025/2026
- Start date: 8 September 2025
- End date: 6 September 2026
Winter Semester
Orientation Week: 8 – 15 September 2025
Enrollment Day: 8 September 2025 (for exchange students)
Lectures, seminars, laboratory work (14 weeks): 15 September – 19 December 2025
Assessment period: 5 January – 13 February 2026*
Students are usually able to finish their exams before 31.1.
Summer Semester
Orientation Week: 9 February – 16 February 2026
Enrollment Day: 9 February 2026
Lectures, seminars, laboratory work (14 weeks): 16 February – 22 May 2026
Assessment period (5 weeks): 25 May – 30 June 2026
- Organisation of the Academic year 2025/2026 download here.
Events Calendar
For UCT Prague activities and events taking places throughout the academic year, see our Events Calendar
Public Holidays 2025/2026
There are no lessons on public holidays. Also, official offices and shops are usually closed on public holidays.
Note that lessons may be shifted if a public holiday occurs on a working day. Check your Study Information System for updates!
- Jan 1 – Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State
- Friday before Easter (Apr 3)
- Easter Monday (Apr 6)
- May 1 – Labour Day
- May 8 – Liberation Day
- July 5 – Saints Cyril and Methodius Day
- July 6 – Jan Hus Day
- Sep 28 – Saint Wenceslas Day
- Oct 28 – Independent Czechoslovak State Day
- Nov 17 – Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
- Dec 24 – Christmas Eve
- Dec 25 – First Christmas Holiday
- Dec 26 – Second Christmas Holiday
