Academic calendar and main deadlines 2025-2026

Class schedule and classroom occupancy

COMMON DATES AND DEADLINES A.Y. 2025/2026

• Start of the academic year: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
• Start of teaching activities: Monday 29 September 2025

For reasons of organization and effectiveness of teaching, the competent teaching structures can:

• bring forward the start of teaching activities to Monday 22 September 2025 by giving notice through its website by Tuesday 26 August 2025
• postpone the start and end of educational activities by giving notice on their website by Tuesday 16 September 2025

Teaching activities of degree programmes with limited access at national level can start after Monday 29 September 2025, if required by the admission procedures.

Suspension of teaching activities: 

• All Saints' Day: Saturday, November 1, 2025
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Monday, December 8, 2025
• Natale Holidays: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 to Tuesday, January 6, 2026
• Easter holidays: Friday, April 3, 2026 to Tuesday, April 7, 2026
• Liberation Day: Saturday, April 25, 2026
• Labor Day: Friday, May 1, 2026
• Justinian Feast: Monday 1 June 2026
• Italian Republic Day: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
• Summer holidays: Saturday, August 8 to Tuesday, August 18, 2026
• Feast of the Patron Saint in the provincial capitals where educational activities take place:
  Padova: 13 June
  Rovigo: 26 November
  Treviso: 27 April
  Vicenza: 8 September

ENROLMENT AND ENROLMENT IN YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST
(information not valid for incoming students in mobility)

The dates of enrolment in the first year of the courses of study (enrolments) are determined through the relevant admission notices.  

Enrolment in years subsequent to the first takes place by Tuesday 30 September 2025 with the payment of the first instalment of fees.  

Students who graduate by Saturday, December 13, 2025 are exempt from paying the first installment.  

LESSONS AND EXAM SESSIONS

Quarterly activity

First term

Lessons: from Monday 29 September 2025 to Saturday 29 November 2025
Assessment of progress: from Monday 1 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025

Second term:

Lessons: from Wednesday 7 January 2026 to Saturday 14 March 2026
Assessment of progress: from Monday 16 March 2026 to Thursday 2 April 2026

Third term:

Lessons: from Wednesday 8 April 2026 to Friday 12 June 2026
Assessment of progress: from Monday 15 June 2026 to Saturday 18 July 2026

Recovery: from Wednesday 19 August 2026 to Saturday 19 September 2026

Session for graduating students by 12 December 2026
Assessment of progress: from Thursday 1 October 2026 to Saturday 21 November 2026

Semester-based activities

First semester:

Lessons: from Monday 29 September 2025 to Saturday 17 January 2026
Assessment of progress: from Monday 19 January 2026 to Saturday 21 February 2026

Second semester:

Lessons: from Monday 23 February 2026 to Friday 12 June 2026
Assessment of progress: from Monday 15 June 2026 to Saturday 18 July 2026

Recovery:

Assessment of profit from Wednesday 19 August 2026 to Saturday 19 September 2026

Session for graduating students by 12 December 2026:
Assessment of profit from Thursday 1 October 2026 to Saturday 21 November 2026.

It is possible to consult the lesson timetable and the occupancy of the University's classrooms.
Further information on deadlines is available in the academic calendar below downloadable.