Academic calendar

2025-2026 academic year

 

1st semester (Winter): 

Orientation week: 08/September/2025 to 12/September/2025
Classes: 15/September/2025 to 30/January/2026

Christmas holidays:
22/December/2025 to 04/January/2026

Public holidays:
05/October/2025: Day of the Implantation of the Portuguese Republic
01/November/2025: All Saints’ Day
01/December/2025: Independence Restoration Day
08/December/2025: Immaculate Conception Day
25/December/2025: Christmas Day

 

2nd semester (Spring): 

Orientation week: 02/February/2026 to 06/February/2026
Classes: 09/February/2026 to 26/June/2026

Carnival holidays:
16/February/2026 to 17/February/2026

Easter holidays:
de 30/March/2026 to 06/April/2026

Break (Queima das Fitas):
04/May/2026 to 10/May/2026

Public holidays:
01/January/2026: New Year’s Day
03/April/2026: Good Friday
05/April/2026: Easter Day
25/April/2026: Freedom Day
01/May/2026: Labor Day
04/June/2026: Corpus Christi Day
10/June/2026: Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities
24/June/2026: St. John’s Day

 

 

2024-2025 academic year

1st semester (Winter): 

Orientation week: from 9 to 13/September/2024

Classes:

  • 1st Cycle Business Sciences, Civil Engineering, Communication Sciences, Computer Systems Engineering, Criminology, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, Nutrition Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Quality, Environment and Safety Management; Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism (all years): from 16/September/2024 to 01/February/2025
  • 1st Cycle in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (all years), Speech Therapy (all years), Nursing (1st and 2nd years), Physiotherapy (1st and 2nd years): from 16/September /2024 to 17/January/2025
  • 1st Cycle Nursing – 3rd year: from 16/September /2024 to 31/January/2025; 4th year: from 16/September /2024 to 5/February/2025
  • 1st Cycle Physiotherapy – 3rd year: from 16/September /2024 to 17/January/2025; 4th year: from 16/September /2024 to 10/January/2025

2nd Cycle: classes may start later; please keep an eye on this page (if you have chosen 1st Cycle subjects, please note their start and end dates).

Re-examination period:

  • 1st Cycle of Business Sciences, Civil Engineering, Communication Sciences, Computer Systems Engineering, Criminology, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, Nutrition Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Quality, Environment and Safety Management; Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism (all years): from 20/January to 01/February/2025
  • 1st Cycle of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (all years), Speech Therapy (all years), Nursing (1st and 2nd years), Physiotherapy (1st, 2nd and 3rd years): from 27/January to 7/February/2025

Public holidays:

5/October/2024: Day of the Implantation of the Portuguese Republic
1/November/2024: All Saints’ Day
1/December/2024: Independence Restoration Day
8/December/2024: Immaculate Conception Day

Christmas holidays:

from 23/December/2024 to 5/January/2025

2nd semester (Spring): 

Orientation week: from 3 to 7/February/2025

Classes:

  • 1st Cycle of Business Sciences, Civil Engineering, Communication Sciences, Computer Systems Engineering, Criminology, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, Nutrition Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Quality, Environment and Safety Management; Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism (all years): from 10/February to 28/June/2025
  • 1st Cycle in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (all years), Speech Therapy (all years), Nursing (1st and 2nd years), Physiotherapy (1st and 2nd years): from 10/February to 6/June/2025
  • 1st Cycle Nursing – 3rd year: from 3/February to 13/June/2025; 4th year: from 10/February  to 13/June/2025
  • 1st Cycle Physiotherapy – 3rd year: from 10/February to 13/June/2025; 4th year: from 13/January to 6/June/2025

2nd Cycle: classes may start later; please keep an eye on this page (if you have chosen 1st Cycle subjects, please note their start and end dates).

Re-examination period: 

  • 1st Cycle of Business Sciences, Civil Engineering, Communication Sciences, Computer Systems Engineering, Criminology, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, Nutrition Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Quality, Environment and Safety Management; Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism (all years): from 16 to 28/June/2025
  • 1st Cycle in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (all years), Speech Therapy (all years), Nursing (1st and 2nd years), Physiotherapy (all years): from 16 to 27/June/2025
  • 1st Cycle of Nursing – 3rd year: from 23 to 27/June/2025; 4th year: from 14 to 25/July/2025

Public holidays:

18/April/2025: Good Friday
25/April/2025: Freedom Day
1/May/2025: Labor Day
10/June/2025: Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities
19/June/2025: Corpus Christi Day
24/June/2025: St. John’s Day

Carnival holidays:

from 3 to 4/March/2025

Easter holidays:

from 14 to 21/April/2025

Break (Queima das Fitas):

  • Academic break for all years of the courses Business Sciences, Civil Engineering, Communication Sciences, Computer Systems Engineering, Criminology, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, Nutrition Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Quality, Environment and Safety Management; Architecture and Urbanism: from 5 to 11/May/2025
  • The other courses do not have a break.