USI Academic Calendar

Academic calendar 2022-2023

AUTUMN SEMESTER 2022/23

• Courses
  Start: 19 September 2022
  End: 23 December 2022
   
• Holidays (no courses)*
  1 November 2022: All Saints
  8 December 2022: 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 2022: All Saints
  8 December 2022: Immaculate Conception
  26 December 2022: Boxing Day
  6 January 2023: Epiphany

SPRING SEMESTER 2023

• Courses
  Start: 20 February 2023
  End: 2 June 2023
   
• Holidays (no courses)*
  7 April 2023: Good Friday
  10 – 14 April 2023: Easter holidays
  1 May 2023: Labour Day
  18 May 2023: Ascension Day
  29 May 2023: 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 Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Informatics
  • Faculty of Theology of Lugano
     
• ​​Dies academicus
  6 May 2023
   
• USI offices closed*
  7 April 2023: Good Friday
  10 April 2023: Easter Monday
  1 May 2023: Labour Day
  18 May 2023: Ascension Day
  29 May 2023: Whit Monday
  8 June 2023: Corpus Domini
  29 June 2023: Saints Peter and Paul
  1 August 2023: Swiss National Day
  15 August 2023: 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 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.