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*
* !!!! The date for check out from the UCT Prague dormitories for students staying only winter semester is 31.1.2026 !!!!
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
