USI Academic Calendar

Academic calendar 2024-2025

AUTUMN SEMESTER 2024/25

• Courses
  Start: 16 September 2024
  End: 20 December 2024

• Holidays (no courses)*
  1 November 2024: All Saints
  8 December 2024: 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*

1 November 2024: All Saints

8 December 2024: Immaculate Conception

24 December 2024: Christmas Eve

25 December 2024: Christmas

26 December 2024: Saint Stephen's Day

31 December 2024: New Year's Eve

1 January 2025: New Year's Day

6 January 2025: Epiphany

SPRING SEMESTER 2025

• Courses
  Start: 17 February 2025
  End: 30 May 2025

• Holidays (no courses)*

19 March 2025: Saint Joseph's Day
18 April 2025: Good Friday
21-25 April 2025: Easter holidays
01 May 2025: Labour Day
29 May 2025: Ascension Day
9 June 2025: Whit Monday
19 June 2025: 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
  10 May 2025

• USI offices closed*

19 March 2025: Saint Joseph's Day
18 April 2025: Good Friday
21 April 2025: Easter Monday
01 May 2025: Labour Day
29 May 2025: Ascension Day
9 June 2025: Whit Monday
19 June 2025: Corpus Domini
29 June 2025: Saints Peter and Paul's Day
1 August 2025: Swiss National Day
15 August 2025: Assumption of Mary

Academic calendar 2023-2024

AUTUMN SEMESTER 2023/24

• Courses
  Start: 18 September 2023
  End: 22 December 2023
   
• Public holidays (no courses)*
  1 November 2023: All Saints
  8 December 2023: 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*
  1 November 2023: All Saints
  8 December 2023: Immaculate Conception
  24 December 2023: Christmas Eve
  25 December 2023: Christmas
  26 December 2023: Saint Stephen's Day
  31 December 2023: New Year's Eve
  1 January 2024: New Year's Day
  6 January 2024: Epiphany

SPRING SEMESTER 2024

• Courses
  Start: 19 February 2024
  End: 31 May 2024
   
• Public holidays (no courses)
  19 March 2024: Saint Joseph's Day
  29 March 2024: Good Friday
  01-05 April 2024: Easter holidays
  01 May 2024: Labour Day
  09 May 2024: Ascension Day
  20 May 2024: Whit Monday
  30 May 2024: 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
     
• 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
  4 May 2024
   
• USI offices closed*
  19 March 2024: Saint Joseph's Day
  29 March 2024: Good Friday
  01 April 2024: Easter Monday
  01 May 2024: Labour Day
  09 May 2024: Ascension Day
  20 May 2024: Whit Monday
  30 May 2024: Corpus Domini
  29 June 2024: Saints Peter and Paul's Day
  1 August 2024: Swiss National Day
  15 August 2024: Assumption of Mary

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