Academic calendar
You will need to take two academic calendars into account: the GST calendar for an overview of the teaching periods, semesters and course registration periods of all GST course, and the faculty of Science calendar for the FI-MSEC courses and the subject-related science courses. For course registration you will always need to follow the GST calendar.
Introduction activities
The Graduate School of Teaching and the Faculty of Science organise different introduction activities, depending on your chosen track ánd the semester in which you start. More information on the Intro GST site. Since you also take courses at the Faculty of Science, you will be invited for an introduction there as well.
| Startweek (start in September) | 25 August 2025 to 28 August 2025 |
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| Startweek (start in Feburary) | 26 January 2026 to 29 January 2026 |
| Startdag (start in September) | 26 August 2025 |
| Startdag (start in Feburary) | 27 January 2026 |
Semesters and periods
| Semester 1, period 1 | 01 September 2025 to 09 November 2025 |
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| Semester 1, period 2 | 10 November 2025 to 01 February 2026 |
| Semester 2, period 3 | 02 February 2026 to 19 April 2026 |
| Semester 2, period 4 | 20 April 2026 to 18 July 2026 |
Holidays
| Fall break | 18 October 2025 to 26 October 2025 |
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| Christmas break | 20 December 2025 to 04 January 2026 |
| Spring break | 14 February 2026 to 22 February 2026 |
| Good Friday | 03 April 2026 |
| Easter Monday | 06 April 2026 |
| May break | 25 April 2026 to 03 May 2026 |
| Liberation Day | 05 May 2026 |
| Ascension Day | 14 and 15 May 2026 |
| Friday after Ascension Day | 25 May 2026 |
| Whit Monday | 25 May 2026 |