The academic year starts on September 1st every year and ends on August 31st of the following year. For further information, please consult the table below.
The educational work of every academic year is organized in two semesters, the fall semester and the spring semester, each of which comprises of 13 weeks of teaching and two or three weeks of exams.
- Fall semester courses start in the last week of September and end in late January, followed by the exam period of the fall semester.
- Spring semester courses start in mid-February and end at the end of May, followed by the exam period of the spring semester.
The exact dates for each semester are determined by the University Senate.
Every semester has two exam periods:
- Fall semester courses are examined during the exam period of January-February and re-sit exams are held in September;
- Spring semester courses are examined during the exam period of June and re-sit exams are held in September.
Note: Please keep in mind that the exam periods usually last for three (3) weeks.
For more detailed information please follow the link:
https://www.auth.gr/en/academic-calendar-en/
Exact dates for the Fall Semester 2023/2024*
|
SCHOOLS |
START DATE OF FALL SEMESTER |
END DATE OF FALL SEMESTER |
WEBSITE OF THE SCHOOL |
| SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY | 2 October 2023 | 16 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.theo.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF SOCIAL THEOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN CULTURE | 2 October 2023 | 16 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.past.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF LAW | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24) | https://www.auth.gr/en/law |
| SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES | 2 October 2023 |
12 January 2024 (exams:22/1-9/2/24) |
http://www.econ.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCES | 2 October 2023 | 19 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-09/2/24) | http://www.polsci.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams:22/01 - 12/02/2024) | http://www.jour.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOLOGY | 2 October 2023 |
12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24)
|
http://www.lit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY | 2 October 2023 |
12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24)
|
http://www.hist.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION | 2 October 2023 |
12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24)
|
http://www.edlit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY | 2 October 2023 |
12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24)
|
http://www.psy.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24) | http://www.enl.auth.gr/index_en.html |
| SCHOOL OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24) | http://www.frl.auth.gr/index.php/en/school-en |
| SCHOOL OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24) | http://www.del.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24) | http://www.itl.auth.gr/1/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS | 2 October 2023 | 15 January 2024 (exams:22/1-12/2/24) | http://www.math.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICS | 2 October 2023 | 16 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.physics.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY | 2 October 2023 | 16 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.chem.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY | 2 October 2023 |
16 February 2024 (including exams)
|
http://www.bio.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY | 9 October 2023 | 9 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.geo.auth.gr/index_en.htm |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS | 9 October 2023 | 19 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-16/2/24) | http://www.csd.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 2 October 2023 |
12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24) |
http://architecture.web.auth.gr/en/home/ |
| SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams:15/01-09/02/2024) | http://www.civil.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 29/1-23/2/24) | http://ee.auth.gr/english/ |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 15/1 - 9/2/2024) | http://www.cheng.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 2 October 2023 | 9 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.meng.auth.gr/en.html |
| SCHOOL OF RURAL AND SURVEYING ENGINEERING | 2 October 2023 | 14 January 2024 (exams 15/01 - 12/02/2024) | http://www.topo.auth.gr/main/index.php/en/home-2 |
| SCHOOL OF SPATIAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | 2 October 2023 | 9 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.plandevel.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND APPLIED ARTS | 2 October 2023 | 16 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.vis.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=643&Itemid=111&lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDIES | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams:22/1-9/2/24) | http://www.mus.auth.gr/cms/?q=en/node/78 |
| SCHOOL OF DRAMA | 9 October 2023 | 19 February 2024 (including exams) | http://theatre.thea.auth.gr/theaint.asp |
| SCHOOL OF FILM STUDIES | 2 October 2023 | 19 January 2024 (exams:29/1-14/2/24) | http://www.film.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PRIMARY EDUCATION | 2 October 2023 | 23 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.eled.auth.gr/indexen.html |
| SCHOOL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 19/01 - 07/02/2024) | http://www.nured.auth.gr/dp7nured/?q=en |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | 2 October 2023 | 26 January 2024 (exams: 29/1-16/2/24) | http://www.med.auth.gr/en/index.asp |
| SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY |
2 October 2023 |
26 January 2024 (exams: 29/1-16/2/24) | http://www.dent.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF PHARMACY | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-9/2/24) | http://www.pharm.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 22/1-16/2/24) | http://www.vet.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE | 2 October 2023 |
12 January 2024 (exams:15/01 - 09/02/2024)
|
http://www.agro.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT | 2 October 2023 | 12 January 2024 (exams: 15/1-9/2/24) | http://www.for.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION THESSALONIKI | 2 October 2023 | 9 February 2024 (including exams) | http://www.phed.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION SERRES | 2 October 2023 | 19 January 2024 (exams 22/01- 09/02/2024) | http://www.phed-sr.auth.gr/en/index.phtml |
*The dates may change according to the worldwide situation in Fall.
Exact dates for the Spring Semester 2022/2023*
| SCHOOLS | START DATE OF SPRING SEMESTER | END DATE OF SPRING SEMESTER | WEBSITE OF THE SCHOOL |
| SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY | 13 February 2023 | 30 June 2023 (including exams) | http://www.theo.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PASTORAL AND SOCIAL THEOLOGY |
13 February 2023 |
30 June 2023 (including exams) |
http://www.past.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF LAW |
1 March 2023
|
29 June 2023 (including exams) |
https://www.auth.gr/en/law |
| SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES |
13 February 2023 |
31 May 2023 (exams: 8/6- 30/6/23)
|
http://www.econ.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCES |
13 February 2023 |
30 June 2023 (including exams) | http://www.polsci.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION |
13 February 2023 |
30 June 2023 (including exams) |
http://www.jour.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOLOGY |
13 February 2023 |
26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6/- 23/6/23)
|
http://www.lit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY | 13 February 2023 | 26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6- 23/6/23) | http://www.hist.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION | 13 February 2023 | 26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6/- 23/6/23) | http://www.edlit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY |
13 February 2023 |
26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6/- 23/6/23) | http://www.psy.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 13 February 2023 | 26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6/- 23/6/23) | http://www.enl.auth.gr/index_en.html |
| SCHOOL OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 13 February 2023 | 26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6/- 23/6/23) | http://www.frl.auth.gr/index.php/en/school-en |
| SCHOOL OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 13 February 2023 | 26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6/- 23/6/23) | http://www.del.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 13 February 2023 | 26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6/- 23/6/23) | http://www.itl.auth.gr/1/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS | 13 February 2023 | 2 June 2023 (exams: 5/6- 30/6/23) | http://www.math.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICS |
13 February 2023 |
26 Μay 2023 (exams: 5/6-21/6/23) | http://www.physics.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY | 13 February 2023 | 23 June 2023 (including exams) | http://www.chem.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY | 10 February 2023 | 7 July 2023 (including exams) | http://www.bio.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY | 20 February 2023 | 7 July 2023 (including exams) | http://www.geo.auth.gr/index_en.htm |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS |
13 February 2023 |
30 June 2023 (including exams) |
http://www.csd.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE |
20 February 2023 |
30 June 2023 (including exams) |
http://architecture.web.auth.gr/en/home/ |
| SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING |
13 February 2023 |
30 June 2023 (including exams) | http://www.civil.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING |
20 February 2023 |
30 June 2023 (including exams) |
http://ee.auth.gr/english/ |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
13 February 2023 |
26 May 2023 (exams:1-28/6/23)
|
http://www.cheng.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 13 February 2023 | 2 July 2023 (exams: 12/6-30/6/23) | http://www.meng.auth.gr/en.html |
| SCHOOL OF RURAL AND SURVEYING ENGINEERING |
13 February 2023 |
26 May 2023 (exams:29/5-23/6/23) |
http://www.topo.auth.gr/main/index.php/en/home-2 |
| SCHOOL OF SPATIAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
13 February 2023 |
23 June 2023 (including exams) |
http://www.plandevel.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND APPLIED ARTS | 1 March 2023 |
7 July 2023 (including exams) |
http://www.vis.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=643&Itemid=111&lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDIES |
13 February 2023
|
26 May 2023 (exams: 6/6-23/6/23) |
http://www.mus.auth.gr/cms/?q=en/node/78 |
| SCHOOL OF DRAMA |
14 February 2023
|
26 May 2023 (exams: 5-23/6/23) | http://theatre.thea.auth.gr/theaint.asp |
| SCHOOL OF FILM STUDIES |
20 February 2023
|
2 June 2023 (exams: 12/6-28/6/23) | http://www.film.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PRIMARY EDUCATION | 6 February 2023 | 2 June 2023 (exams: 5/6-23/6/23) | http://www.eled.auth.gr/indexen.html |
| SCHOOL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION |
13 February 2023 |
23 June 2023 (including exams) |
https://www.nured.auth.gr/dp7nured/?q=el/TepaeAcademicCalendar |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |
27 February 2023 |
23 June 2023 (exams: 26/6-14/7/23) |
http://www.med.auth.gr/en/index.asp |
| SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY |
27 February 2023 |
14 July 2023 (including exams) |
http://www.dent.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF PHARMACY |
1 March 2023 |
20 July 2023 (including exams) |
http://www.pharm.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE |
20 February 2023 |
2 June 2023 (exams: 12/6-7/7/23) | http://www.vet.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE |
13 February 2023 |
23 June 2022 (including exams)
|
http://www.agro.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT |
13 February 2023 |
26 May 2023 (exams: 1/6-28/6/23) |
http://www.for.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION THESSALONIKI | 13 February 2023 | 2 June 2023 (exams: 6/6-23/6/23) | http://www.phed.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION SERRES | 6 February 2023 | 9 June 2023 (including exams) | http://www.phed-sr.auth.gr/en/index.phtml |