Academic Calendar 2025/2026

DetailsDayDatePeriodNotes
First SemesterSunday21/9/2025-31/12/202515 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 processSunday4/1/2026  
Spring VacationSunday18/1/2026-31/1/20262 Weeks 
Second SemesterSunday1/2/2026-14/5/202615 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 processSunday17/5/2026 
Second Phase ExamsTuesday1/9/2026/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 VacationWednesday1/7/2026-31/8/20262 months
Summer training for the students of colleges and institutes involved according to the periods approvedSunday1/7/2026-31/8/2026
Start and end dates for the summer semester (optional) for universities and colleges that follow the course systemWednesday1/7/20268 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.