Spain - University tertiary education

Beginning of the academic year: Between the first and the third week of September 2013.

Teaching activities and holiday periods: Beginning of the teaching activity

Between the first week of September and the beginning of October
(The beginning of the teaching activity in third-cycle education (to gain a PhD) generally occurs between the second week of October and the first week of November.)

Teaching activity
Between the beginning of the teaching activity and Christmas holidays
Between the end of Christmas holidays and the start of the examinations
Between the end of January/February examinations and Easter Holidays

Holidays
About 17 days between 23 December 2013 and 7 January 2014
About 10 days between the third and fourth week of April 2014
Between the end of June/July examinations and the end of August

Examinations: 2 or 3 weeks between beginning of January and mid-February (no teaching activity)
About 1 month between May and mid-July depending on whether the university has its extraordinary examinations in July or in September (no teaching activity)

End of the academic year: One day before the beginning of the 2014/15 academic year