USI Academic Calendar

Academic calendar 2025-2026

AUTUMN SEMESTER 2025/26

• Courses
  Start: 15 September 2025
  End: 19 December 2025
   
• Public holidays (no courses)*
  08 December 2025: Immaculate Conception
   
• Exams sessions
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Academy of Achitecture
  • Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
  • Faculty of Theology of Lugano
     
• Diploma awarding ceremonies
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics

The Academy of Architecture and the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences do not award diplomas during the autumn semester.​

• USI offices closed*
  01 November 2025: All Saints
  08 December 2025: Immaculate Conception
  24 December 2025: Christmas Eve
  25 December 2025: Christmas
  26 December 2025: Saint Stephen's Day
  31 December 2025: New Year's Eve
  01 January 2026: New Year's Day
  06 January 2026: Epiphany

SPRING SEMESTER 2026

• Courses
  Start: 16 February 2026
  End: 29 May 2026
   
• Public holidays (no courses)
  19 March 2026: Saint Joseph's Day
  03 April 2026: Good Friday
  06-10 April 2026: Easter holidays
  01 May 2026: Labour Day
  14 May 2026: Ascension Day
  25 May 2026: Whit Monday
   
• Exams sessions
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Academy of Architecture
  • Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
  • Faculty of Theology of Lugano
     
• Diploma awarding ceremonies
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Academy of Architecture
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
     
• ​​Dies academicus
  tbd 2026
   
• USI offices closed*
  19 March 2026: Saint Joseph's Day
  03 April 2026: Good Friday
  06 April 2026: Easter Monday
  01 May 2026: Labour Day
  14 May 2026: Ascension Day
  25 May 2026: Whit Monday
  04 June 2026: Corpus Domini
  29 June 2026: Saints Peter and Paul's Day
  01 August 2026: Swiss National Day
  15 August 2026: Assumption of Mary

* Please note: the Academy of Architecture follows a different public holidays and office closure calendar. Please refer to the Academy calendar.

Academic calendar 2026-2027

AUTUMN SEMESTER 2026/27

• Courses
  Start: 14 September 2026
  End: 18 December 2026

• Holidays (no courses)*
  01 November 2026: All Saints
  08 December 2026: Immaculate Conception

• Exams sessions
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Academy of Achitecture
  • Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
  • Faculty of Theology of Lugano

• Diploma awarding ceremonies
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Academy of Architecture
  • Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
  • Faculty of Theology of Lugano

Please note: not all Faculties hold graduation ceremonies during the autumn semester.

• USI offices closed*

01 November 2026: All Saints

08 December 2026: Immaculate Conception

24 December 2026: Christmas Eve

25 December 2026: Christmas

26 December 2026: Saint Stephen's Day

31 December 2026: New Year's Eve

01 January 2027: New Year's Day

06 January 2027: Epiphany

SPRING SEMESTER 2027

• Courses
  Start: 22 February 2027
  End: 04 June 2027

• Holidays (no courses)*

19 March 2027: Saint Joseph's Day
26 March 2027: Good Friday
26 March - 4 April 2027: Easter holidays
01 May 2027: Labour Day
06 May 2027: Ascension Day
17 May 2027: Whit Monday
27 May 2027: Corpus Domini

• Exams sessions
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Academy of Architecture
  • Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
  • Faculty of Theology of Lugano

• Diploma awarding ceremonies
  Please refer to the calendars of each Faculty:
  • Academy of Architecture
  • Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
  • Faculty of Theology of Lugano

• Dies academicus
  tbc

• USI offices closed*

19 March 2027: Saint Joseph's Day
26 March 2027: Good Friday
29 March 2027: Easter Monday
01 May 2027: Labour Day
06 May 2027: Ascension Day
17 May 2027: Whit Monday
27 May 2027: Corpus Domini
29 June 2027: Saints Peter and Paul's Day
01 August 2027: Swiss National Day
15 August 2027: Assumption of Mary