Academic calendar and academic regulations 2023-2024

Approved by the Governing Council on April 13, 2023. See the calendar of each school for each of the deadlines regulated in the general calendar




2023-2024 Academic calendar 


Publics holidays
Not teaching períods (1)
Teaching days for thesis examination committees and bachelor’s degree reassessment committees
(1) If the University decides to close its facilities to save energy, the competent bodies will stipulate whether bachelor's, master's and final thesis examination committees can meet during this period.

2023

SEPTEMBER
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18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
OCTOBER
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
NOVEMBER
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
DECEMBER
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11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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2024

JANUARY
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 20
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
FEBRUARY
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 23 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
MARCH
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
APRIL
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
MAY
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
JUNE
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JULY
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AUGUST
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Public holidays 2023-2024

In addition to these public holidays, schools may close on local holidays.

Start and end of Academic year

Non-teaching periods

During these periods no classes or examinations will be held, although bachelor's, master's and final thesis examination committees may meet.
  • Christmas: from 27 December, 2023 to 5 january, 2024
  • Easter: from March 25-28 2024
  • Summer: from August 1-31, 2024

No regular teaching will be given between 1 and 31 July.

Commons periods for bachelor's and master's degree courses


Periods for bachelor's and master's degree thesis defence

  • Semestral enrolment
    • Additional to Q2 (having made regular enrollment in Q1): up to 31 May, 2024 (the date of May 31 may be brought forward to April 30 or extended to July 15 if, for organizational reasons, the center considers appropriate).
    • Additional to Q1(having made ordinary enrollment in Q2 of the previous year): up to 31 October, 2024
  • Yearly enrolment
    • Ordinary registration in Q1 + additional to Q2: up to 31 May, 2024 (the date of May 31 may be brought forward to April 30 or extended until July 15 if, for organizational reasons, the center deems it appropriate)
    • Additional to Q1 (having made ordinary enrollment in Q2 of the previous year): up to 31 October, 2024


Periods for applying for recognition/validation

  • Courses with semestral enrolment
    • Autumn semester: in June, July and up to 1 September, 2023
    • Spring semester: in December 2021 and 31 January, 2024
  • Courses with yearly enrolment
    • During the months of June, July and until September 1, 2023


Periods for applying to continue on a degree course (students declared unfit according to the permanence regulations)

  • Students who have not met the minimum academic progress requirements in their first year or the initial stage
    • Autumn semester 2023-2024: until February 15, 2024
    • Quarter Spring 2022-2023: until July 15, 2024
    • Curricula with annual enrolment: until July 15, 2024


Apply to drop out of school

  • Degrees with curricular evaluation
    • Fall semester: before the start of the curricular assessment (schools must set a deadline in their calendar)
    • Spring term: before the start of the curricular assessment (schools must set a deadline in their calendar)
  • Degrees without curricular evaluation
    • Fall semester: before the end of the evaluation period (centers must set a deadline in their calendar)
    • Spring term: before the end of the evaluation period (centers must set a deadline in their calendar)


Deadlines for dropping subjects and waiver of tuition

  • Autumn semester: until October 31, 2023
  • Spring Quarter: Until March 31, 2024 (in the case of scholarship students, the deadline is February 24, 2024)

    In the event of illness or serious accident of the student or a first-degree relative that makes it impossible to attend the studies for a period of more than one month, these deadlines are extended until December 15, 2023 and the May 15, 2024 respectively.


Deadlines for enrolment changes 

The centers will establish the period of applications for each academic period from the moment of enrolment and until, at most:

For curricula with semester tuition

  • Autumn semester and yearly enrolment: up to 15 September de 2023 (exclusively for master's degree studies until September 22, 2023)
  • Spring semester: up to 24 February, 2024

For curricula with annual enrolment

  • Until September 15, 2023 (exclusively for master's degree studies until September 22, 2023)