Academic calendar
The Academic Calendar contains important dates for University College Utrecht, such as holidays, deadlines, open days and commencement ceremonies.
Fall Semester 2022: 29 August - 16 December 2022
Fall break: 24- 28 October 2022
Winter term: 9- 27 January 2023
August 1 | Course pre-enrolment final submission deadline Fall semester |
August 19 | Course admittance deadline Fall semester |
August 19-20 | Arrival days: Housing opens for all students
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August 19 onwards |
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August 19 | Deadline curriculum request form for off-campus courses during Fall semester 2022 |
August 29 | Classes begin |
August 31 | Last day to request course changes (before 6 pm) |
September 19 | Registration deadline for Fall thesis (you will receive a form link in September) |
October 11 | Study Abroad in 2023/24 'Kick-off', 1:30-2:30 PM, UCU Auditorium |
October 18 | Study Abroad Market, 2-3 PM, UCU Dining Hall |
October 18 | Financing your exchange session, 4:30-5:30 PM, online. |
October 24-28 | Fall break |
October 28 | Deadline mid-term feedback |
October 31–November 18 | Mid-term meetings |
October 31 | Course pre-enrolment for Spring semester will open in OSIRIS |
November 10 | Application deadline Language Testing Day |
November 5 | Course pre-registration deadline Winter term lab courses |
November 15 | Language Testing Day, 3:30-5 PM, UCU Auditorium |
November 18 & 19 | Open Days (18 November online, classes will continue) |
November 21 | Course pre-enrolment deadline Spring semester courses |
December 1 | Study Abroad in 2023-24 application deadline |
December 5-21 | Course feedback (digital course evaluations) |
December 16 |
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December 17 | Commencement ceremony Class of 2022½ (official graduation is 31 January 2023) |
December 21 | Catch-up exams (central catch-up; individual arrangements as determined by teachers no later than this date) |
December 23 | Hand-in deadline for Fall thesis (upload to Blackboard and by email to supervisor and second reader) |
January 1 | Student housing checkout deadline for those not in residence in Spring (students must leave before midnight) |
January 16 | Grading deadline Fall semester courses |
January 16 | Grading deadline for Fall thesis |
January 16 | Final course pre-enrolment deadline Spring semester |
January 9-27 | Winter term (lab courses) |
January 23 | Course admittance deadline Spring semester |
February 10 | Grading deadline for Winter term lab courses |
Spring semester 2023: 30 January- Wednesday 17 May 2023
Spring break: 20-24 March 2023
Summer term: 30 May–30 June 2023
January 23-27 2023 |
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January 30 | Classes begin |
February 10 | Deadline thesis registration for Spring/Summer thesis writers |
February 24 | Deadline pre-registration lab courses Summer term |
March 10 & 11 | Open Days (10 March online, classes will continue) |
March 20-24 | Spring break |
March 24 | Deadline mid-term feedback |
March 27–April 14 | Mid-term tutor meetings |
April 7 | No classes (Good Friday) |
April 10 | No classes (Easter Monday) |
April 17 | Deadline first allocation round course pre-enrolment Summer term (noon) Deadline first allocation round course pre-enrolment Fall semester (noon) |
April 27 | No classes (King's Day) |
May 1 - 24 | Course feedback (digital course evaluations) |
May 5 | No classes (Liberation Day) |
| May 15 | Final deadline course pre-enrolment Summer term |
May 17 |
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May 18 & 19 | Ascension (university closure days) |
May 24 | Catch-up exams (central catch-up, individual arrangements as determined by teachers no later than this date) |
May 26 | Hand-in deadline Spring-only thesis, see thesis procedure |
May 29 | No classes (Whit Monday/Pentecost) |
| June 1 | Commencement Ceremony Class of 2023 |
June 6 | Grading deadline Spring semester courses |
| June 8-11 | Lustrum; class-free afternoons on 8 June from 14:00 & 9 June from 12:00 |
June 13 | Grading deadline Spring-only thesis |
May 30-June 30 | Summer term |
June 30 | Last day of classes Summer term Deadline catch-up exam requests for Summer term (12 noon) |
July 1 | Hand-in deadline Spring & Summer thesis (NB for Science theses that include lab work an alternative deadline applies), see thesis procedure |
July 2 | Checkout deadline for students to move off campus (before midnight) |
July 14 | Grading deadline Summer term courses |
July 17 | Grading deadline Spring & Summer thesis |
August 14 | Final deadline course pre-enrolment Fall semester (noon) |
August 23 | Deadline course admittance Fall semester |
Arrival (new degree and exchange students): 17 - 18 August 2023
Introweek (new degree and exchange students): 21 - 26 August 2023
Fall Semester 2023: 28 August - 15 December 2023
Fall break: 16 - 20 October 2023
Winter term: 8 - 26 January 2024
Spring semester 2024: 29 January – 17 May 2024
Spring break: 25 March - 1 April 2024
Summer term: 27 May - 28 June 2024
Tuesday afternoon activities
Tuesday afternoon activities are published on a dedicated schedule.
Utrecht University Academic Calendar
The Academic Calender of Utrecht University Academic Calendar can be found here.