Academic Calendar
2024-2025
First semester 2024
September
- Monday 16/09 - Friday 20/09: welcome week international students
- Monday 23/09: welcome activities bachelor students
Students On Stage Unifac: no lessons - Tuesday 24/09: start 1st semester classes
- Thursday 26/09: academic opening and StuDay: no lessons
October
- Friday 4/10: deadline exemptions 1st semester
end of standard registration period - Monday 7/10: start late registration period (with faculty permission)
- Friday 11/10: Deadline for application for special facilities 1st semester
- Monday 28/10 - Thursday 31/10: Open Days for prospecting students
- Monday 28/10: deadline changes to the study programme
November
- Friday 1/11 - Sunday 5/11: university closed (All Saints and All Souls Day)
- Tuesday 5/11: Bloedserieus (blood donation on campus)
- Saturday 9/11 - Monday 11/11: university closed (Armistice Day)
- Friday 15/11: deadline for confirmation in SisA of standard facilities 1st semester
- Saturday 30/11: end of late registration period part 1 (with permission)
December
- Sunday 1/12: final date for announcement of exam schedules first semester
- Thursday 18/12: Christmas at UAntwerpen City Campus (Unifac)
- Sunday 21/12 - Wednesday 1/01: university closed (Christmas holidays)
- Tuesday 31/12: application deadline for graduating in February
January
- Thursday 2/01 - Sunday 5/01: second part of the Christmas Holidays (university open)
- Monday 6/01: start of exam period
hand in theses for all courses - Wednesday 15/01: start of late registration period (with faculty permission)
February
- Saturday 1/02: ultimate day of the exam period
- Monday 3/02 - Sunday 9/02: semester break
Antwerp Winter University - Friday 14/02: ultimate day to receive the exam results in SisA
Second semester 2025
February
- Monday 10/02: start lessons 2nd semester
Deliberations all study programmes - Wednesday 12/02: application deadline exemptions 2nd semester
Ultimate day for announcing the exam results - Friday 21/02: UAntwerp gala ball
- Friday 28/02: deadline changes to the study programme 2nd semester
March
- Monday 3/03 - Friday 7/03: Calamartes (Unifac)
Open Classes for prospecting students - Wednesday 13/03: Bloedserieus (blood donation on campus)
- Friday 14/03: End of late registration period (with permission)
- Saturday 15/03: Deadline for confirmation in SisA of special facilities 2nd semester
Info Day for prospecting students
April
- Tuesday 1/04: last possible date for announcement of exam schedules second semester
- Thursday 3/04: honorary doctorates
- Saturday 5/04 - Friday 18/04: Easter holidays for students (university open)
- Saturday 19/04 - Monday 21/04: university closed (Easter)
- Tuesday 22/04 - Sunday 4/05: application period for student representatives
May
- Thursday 1/05 - Saturday 3/05: university closed (Labour Day)
- Thursday 8/05 - Sunday 18/05: student representatives elections
- Saturday 10/05: Info Day for prospecting students
- Monday 26/05: start exam period 2nd semester
handing in theses for all courses - Thursday 29/05 - Saturday 31/05: university closed (Ascension Day)
June
- Saturday 7/06 - Monday 9/06: university closed (Pentecost)
- Monday 23/06 - Friday 10/07: start Antwerp Summer University
- Saturday 28/06: final day of the exam period
July
- Tuesday 1/07: feedback for students applied linguistics, translation and interpreting
- Friday 4/07: deliberations and ultimate date for exam results
Summer 2025
July
- Friday 11/07 - Sunday 13/07: university closed (public holiday of the Flemish Community)
- Tuesday 15/07: registration deadline for resit exams with guarantee of participation + final date for confirmation of standard exam facilities
- Saturday 19/07 - Monday 21/07: university closed (National Holiday)
August
- Friday 1/08: ultimate date for detailed exam schedules
- Friday 15/08 - Sunday 17/08: university closed (Ascension Day)
- Sunday 17/08: registration deadline resit exams without guarantee of participation
- Monday 18/08: start exam period
handing in theses for all programmes
September
- Saturday 6/09: Ultimate date exam period
Info Day for prospecting students - Tuesday 9/09: feedback for students applied linguistics, translation and interpreting
- Friday 12/09: deliberations and ultimate date for exam results
- Monday 15/09 - Friday 19/09: welcome week international students
- Wednesday 17/09: graduation party master programs (TBC)