Switzerland - ISCED 5A, ISCED 6

Beginning of the academic year: 1 August 2013

Teaching activities and holiday periods: The academic year consists of an autumn semester, a spring semester and periods during which no courses are held.

Teaching activity autumn semester
16 September - 20 December 2013
Teaching activity spring semester
17 February - 30 May 2014

Examinations: Universities and universities of teacher education fix the periods of examinations autonomously. Usually, they take place within 1 to 3 weeks before or after the end of a semester.
At the Universities of applied sciences, the examinations usually take place - as an integrated part - at the end of the teaching period. For that reason, their teaching activity period usually lasts about two weeks longer than indicated above.

End of the academic year: 31 July 2014