This is to educate you about the school calendar and the necessary information you need to know about the school admission date, graduation dates and other things been observed in the school, example holidays and breaks
I hope this information will guide you through
The Academic Year officially starts 1 August and ends 31 July. The Year is divided into two teaching semesters:
- Autumn Semester: 1 September – 31 December (beginning of August in the Faculty of Medicine)
- Spring Semester: 1 January – 31 May
- There is usually no summer time teaching available (June, July).
- There is a winter break during the Christmas holidays, usually starting on the weekend before Christmas and lasting until the first week of January.
Both semesters are usually divided into two teaching periods per semester with an exam week between each period.
- Periods I (30 Aug –23 Oct 2026) and II (24 Oct – 18 Dec 2026) are during the Autumn Semester and
- Periods III (9 January –12 Mar 2026) and IV (13 Mar –21 May 2026) during the Spring Semester.
- Some courses are in session for just one period and some for the whole semester.
Please note following:
- International exchange and master degree students should arrive for Orientation which is held at the beginning of each semester.
- All exchange students receive a Letter of Confimation at the end of their exchange period in Turku with their exact arrival and departure dates. Thus, the dates of the exchange period usually do not correspond to the official semester dates
