Academic Calendar 2025/2026
| Details | Day | Date | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Sunday | 21/9/2025-31/12/2025 | 15 Weeks | |
| Midterm examinations for the colleges and institutes that follow the annual system & final exams for the first semester of colleges and institutes that follow the semester system ,courses and Bologna process | Sunday | 4/1/2026 | ||
| Spring Vacation | Sunday | 18/1/2026-31/1/2026 | 2 Weeks | |
| Second Semester | Sunday | 1/2/2026-14/5/2026 | 15 Weeks | |
| Final exams of the first phase for the colleges and institutes that follow the annual system & final exams of the second phase for the colleges and institutes that follow the semester system ,courses and Bologna process | Sunday | 17/5/2026 | — | |
| Second Phase Exams | Tuesday | 1/9/2026 | / | The universities have the right to decide the start of final examinations in case they overlap with the exams of the secondary school’ students with considering that the results are to be announced before the start of the new academic year |
| Summer Vacation | Wednesday | 1/7/2026-31/8/2026 | 2 months | — |
| Summer training for the students of colleges and institutes involved according to the periods approved | Sunday | 1/7/2026-31/8/2026 | ||
| Start and end dates for the summer semester (optional) for universities and colleges that follow the course system | Wednesday | 1/7/2026 | 8 Weeks | — |
– – Academic department councils may recommend advancing or delaying exam dates, wherever they occur, for a period of one week, subject to the approval of the college/institute council.
– Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha holidays and other official occasions are taken into account if they coincide on exam days.
– Student registration for courses must be within (10) ten working days prior to the start of the semester according to the course system.