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 2025/2026
|
SCHOOLS |
START DATE OF FALL SEMESTER |
END DATE OF FALL SEMESTER |
WEBSITE OF THE SCHOOL |
| SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY | 39 September 2025 | 06 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.theo.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF SOCIAL THEOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN CULTURE | 29 September 2025 | 9 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.past.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF LAW | 1 October 2025 | 13 February 2026 (including exams) | https://www.auth.gr/en/law |
| SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES | 6 October 2025 |
16 January 2026 (exams:26/1-14/2/26) |
http://www.econ.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCES | 29 September 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams:26/1-14/2/26) | http://www.polsci.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION | 29 September 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams:26/1-14/2/26) | http://www.jour.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOLOGY | 29 September 2025 |
12 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26) |
http://www.lit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY | 29 September 2025 |
12 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26)
|
http://www.hist.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION | 29 September 2025 |
12 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26)
|
http://www.edlit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY | 1 October 2025 |
16 February 2026 (including exams)
|
http://www.psy.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 29 September 2025 | 09 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26) | http://www.enl.auth.gr/index_en.html |
| SCHOOL OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 29 September 2025 | 09 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26) | http://www.frl.auth.gr/index.php/en/school-en |
| SCHOOL OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 29 September 2025 | 09 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26) | http://www.del.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 29 September 2025 | 09 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26) | http://www.itl.auth.gr/1/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS | 29 September 2025 | 09 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.math.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICS | 6 October 2025 | 09 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.physics.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY | 6 October 2025 | 09 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.chem.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY | 6 October 2025 |
13 February 2026 (including exams)
|
http://www.bio.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY | 6 October 2025 | 13 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.geo.auth.gr/index_en.htm |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS | 6 October 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams: 19/1 - 13/2/2026) | http://www.csd.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 29 September 2025 |
09 February 2026 (including exams) |
http://architecture.web.auth.gr/en/home/ |
| SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING | 29 September 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams: 19/1 - 13/2/2026) | http://www.civil.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING | 29 September 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams: 19/1 - 13/2/2026) | https://ece.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 29 September 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams: 19/1 - 13/2/2026) | http://www.cheng.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 29 September 2025 | 13 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.meng.auth.gr/en.html |
| SCHOOL OF RURAL AND SURVEYING ENGINEERING | 29 September 2025 | 6 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.topo.auth.gr/main/index.php/en/home-2 |
| SCHOOL OF SPATIAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | 29 September 2025 | 6 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.plandevel.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND APPLIED ARTS | 29 September 2025 | 13 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.vis.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=643&Itemid=111&lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDIES | 29 September 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams:26/01 - 13/02/2026) | http://www.mus.auth.gr/cms/?q=en/node/78 |
| SCHOOL OF DRAMA | 6 October 2025 | 20 February 2026 (including exams) | http://theatre.thea.auth.gr/theaint.asp |
| SCHOOL OF FILM STUDIES | 29 September 2025 |
9 January 2026 (exams: 19/1 - 03/2/2026) |
http://www.film.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PRIMARY EDUCATION | 29 September 2025 | 3 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.eled.auth.gr/indexen.html |
| SCHOOL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | 6 October 2025 | 18 January 2026 (exams: 19/01 - 08/02/2026) | http://www.nured.auth.gr/dp7nured/?q=en |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | 6 October 2025 | 30 January 2026 (exams: 2/2-20/2/26) | http://www.med.auth.gr/en/index.asp |
| SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY |
29 September 2025 |
16 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-06/2/26) | http://www.dent.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF PHARMACY | 29 September 2025 |
13 February 2026 (including exams) |
http://www.pharm.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE | 29 September 2025 | 9 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-13/2/26) | http://www.vet.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE | 29 September 2025 |
09 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26)
|
http://www.agro.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT | 29 September 2025 | 09 January 2026 (exams: 19/1-6/2/26) | http://www.for.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION THESSALONIKI | 6 October 2025 | 13 February 2026 (including exams) | http://www.phed.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION SERRES | 29 September 2025 | 16 January 2026 (exams 19/01- 06/02/2026) | http://www.phed-sr.auth.gr/en/index.phtml |
Exact dates for the Spring Semester 2024/2025
| SCHOOLS | START DATE OF SPRING SEMESTER | END DATE OF SPRING SEMESTER | WEBSITE OF THE SCHOOL |
| SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY | 10 February 2025 | 23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6-20/6/25) | http://www.theo.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PASTORAL AND SOCIAL THEOLOGY |
10 February 2025 |
30 June 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.past.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF LAW |
5 March 2025
|
30 May 2025 (exams; 10/06-30/06/2025) |
https://www.auth.gr/en/law |
| SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES |
10 February 2025
|
30 May 2025 (exams: 10/6- 30/6/25)
|
http://www.econ.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCES |
17 February 2025
|
30 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.polsci.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION |
10 February 2025
|
20 June 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.jour.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOLOGY |
10 February 2025 |
23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25)
|
http://www.lit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY | 10 February 2025 | 23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.hist.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION | 10 February 2025 | 23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.edlit.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY |
10 February 2025 |
23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.psy.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 10 February 2025 | 23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.enl.auth.gr/index_en.html |
| SCHOOL OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 10 February 2025 | 23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.frl.auth.gr/index.php/en/school-en |
| SCHOOL OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 10 February 2025 | 23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.del.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE |
10 February 2025
|
23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.itl.auth.gr/1/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS |
10 February 2025
|
23 May 2025 (exams: 2/6/- 20/6/25) | http://www.math.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICS |
10 February 2025 |
20 June 2025 ( including exams) | http://www.physics.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY | 17 February 2025 | 27 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.chem.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY |
10 February 2025
|
30 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.bio.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY |
17 February 2025
|
27 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.geo.auth.gr/index_en.htm |
| SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS |
17 February 2025 |
4 July (including exams) |
http://www.csd.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE |
10 February 2025 |
20 June 2025 (including exams) |
http://architecture.web.auth.gr/en/home/ |
| SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING |
10 February 2025 |
27 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.civil.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING |
17 February 2025 |
27 June 2025 (including exams) |
http://ee.auth.gr/english/ |
| SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
10 February 2025 |
30 May 2025 (exams:2/6-27/6/25)
|
http://www.cheng.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING |
10 February 2025
|
30 May 2025 (exams: 09/6-27/6/25) | http://www.meng.auth.gr/en.html |
| SCHOOL OF RURAL AND SURVEYING ENGINEERING |
10 February 2025
|
23 May 2025 (exams:26/5-20/6/25) |
http://www.topo.auth.gr/main/index.php/en/home-2 |
| SCHOOL OF SPATIAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
25 February 2025 |
20 June 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.plandevel.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND APPLIED ARTS | 10 February 2025 |
20 June 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.vis.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=643&Itemid=111&lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDIES |
17 February 2025
|
29 May 2025 (exams: 10/6-27/6/25) |
http://www.mus.auth.gr/cms/?q=en/node/78 |
| SCHOOL OF DRAMA |
10 February 2025
|
23 May 2025 (exams: 02/06 -30/6/25) | http://theatre.thea.auth.gr/theaint.asp |
| SCHOOL OF FILM STUDIES |
10 February 2025
|
20 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.film.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF PRIMARY EDUCATION |
10 February 2025
|
20 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.eled.auth.gr/indexen.html |
| SCHOOL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION |
10 February 2025 |
20 June 2025 (including exams) |
https://www.nured.auth.gr/dp7nured/?q=el/TepaeAcademicCalendar |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |
3 March 2025 |
18 July 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.med.auth.gr/en/index.asp |
| SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY |
24 February 2025 |
4 July 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.dent.auth.gr/index.php?lang=en |
| SCHOOL OF PHARMACY |
24 February 2025 |
11 July 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.pharm.auth.gr/en |
| SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE |
17 February 2025 |
4 July 2025 (including exams) | http://www.vet.auth.gr/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE |
10 February 2025
|
20 June 2025 (including exams)
|
http://www.agro.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT |
10 February 2025
|
20 June 2025 (including exams) |
http://www.for.auth.gr/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION THESSALONIKI |
10 February 2025
|
30 May 2025 (exams: 5/6-27/6/25) | http://www.phed.auth.gr/index.php/en/ |
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION SERRES | 10 February 2025 | 13 June 2025 (including exams) | http://www.phed-sr.auth.gr/en/index.phtml |