The University runs a two-semester system.
The 1st semester starts at the beginning of October and finishes mid-February. There is a Christmas break in December. The examination session takes place at the beginning of February and lasts two weeks.
The 2nd semester starts at the end of February and finishes in June with a break for Easter. The examination session starts in June and lasts about three weeks.
There are also resit examination periods (in Polish: sesje poprawkowe) for those who did not pass their exams. A student who fails an exam during the first examination period after the winter semester has an opportunity to resit it in March (at the beginning of the second semester), but a student who did not pass an exam after the second semester may not retake it until September. Your teachers will inform you about the form of examinations at the beginning of the courses. Be prepared to pass oral or written examinations. You should know that sometimes some teachers enable volunteer students to take an exam earlier than it is planned within an examination period. In Polish, it is called zerówka and is held before the official examination period begins.
Academic year 2023/2024
Winter semester:
From 1st October 2023 to 18th February 2024:
Winter holidays: 19th – 25th February 2024
Summer semester:
From 26th February to 14th July 2024:
Summer holidays: 17th July – 30th September 2024*
* Students start their summer holiday break after completing their last exams.
Exam resits:
by 29th February 2024 – winter session
by 24th September 2024 – summer session
Additional free days (national holidays):
October 2, 2023 (Monday) - the matriculation ceremony for students enrolled in degree programmes (current university students attend classes in accordance with their class schedule.
October 23, 2023 (Monday) - the inauguration of the academic year. Students and academic teachers who participate in the event have an excused absence from classes taking place on that day. Students/academic teachers who do not take part in the ceremony attend and conduct classes in accordance with the established schedule.
January 29, 2024 (Monday) - an additional day of classes for first-year students who participated in the matriculation ceremony on October 2, 2023.
January 9, 2024 (Monday) - an additional day of classes for students and teachers who participate in classes on Saturdays in the winter semester of the 2023/2024 academic year, unless they have completed the required hours of teaching classes set out in the study programme.
May 1, 2024 (Friday) - an additional day of classes for students and teachers who participate in classes on Sundays in the summer semester of the 2023/2024 academic, unless they have completed the required hours of teaching classes set out in the study programme.
June 17, 2024 (Monday) - an additional day of classes for students and teachers who participate in classes on Thursdays in the summer semester of the academic year 2023/2024, unless they have completed the required hours of teaching classes set out in the study programme.
June 18, 2024 (Tuesday) - an additional day of classes for students and teachers who participate in classes on Fridays in the summer semester of the academic year 2023/2024, unless they have completed the required hours of teaching classes set out in the study programme.
The period from September 25 to 30, 2024 is intended to deal with organisational matters related to the end of the 2023/2024 academic year and the beginning of the 2024/2025 academic year.
