General Overview
| FROM | TO | |
|---|---|---|
| Start of the academic year | 1 Oct. 2024 | |
| Instruction during the winter semester | 30 Sep. 2024 | 10 Jan. 2025 |
| Dean’s day relating to the election of the Student Council (cancelled classes, laboratory work, etc.; assessment of studies is not possible) | 16 Oct. 2024 (from 4 pm) | |
| Dean’s day for sports (cancelled classes, laboratory work, etc.; all faculty libraries are closed; assessment of studies is not possible) | 22 Oct. 2024 | |
| Humanities Week (cancelled classes, laboratory work, etc.; assessment of studies is not possible) | 18 Nov. 2024 | 22 Nov. 2024 |
| Christmas holidays | 23 Dec. 2024 | 3 Jan. 2025 |
| Open day | 11 Jan. 2025 | |
| Examination period (January, February) | 13 Jan. 2025 | 16 Feb. 2025 |
| Instruction during the summer semester | 17 Feb. 2025 | 16 May 2025 |
| Dean’s day (cancelled classes, laboratory work, etc.; all faculty libraries are closed; assessment of studies is not possible) | 17 Apr. 2025 | |
| Rector’s day (cancelled classes, laboratory work, etc.; all faculty libraries are closed; assessment of studies is not possible) | 13 May 2025 | |
| Examination period (May, June) | 19 May 2025 | 30 Jun. 2025 |
| Summer holidays | 1 Jul. 2025 | 31 Aug. 2025 |
| Examination period (September) | 1 Sep. 2025 | 12 Sep. 2025 |
| End of the academic year | 30 Sep. 2025 | |
Enrolment in Courses in the CU Student Information System (SIS)
| FROM | TO | |
|---|---|---|
| Course enrolment in SIS (for the winter semester) [1] | 20 Sep. 2024 (7 am) | 11 Oct. 2024 (11:59 pm) |
| Course enrolment in SIS for students of other faculties (for the winter semester) | 23 Sep. 2024 (7 am) | 11 Oct. 2024 (11:59 pm) |
| Course enrolment in SIS (for the summer semester) [2] | 7 Feb. 2025 (7 am) | 28 Feb. 2025 (11:59 pm) |
| Course enrolment in SIS for students of other faculties (for the summer semester) | 12 Feb. 2025 (7 am) | 28 Feb. 2025 (11:59 pm) |
[2] In the case of students of PhD study programmes, these are only courses enrolled in beyond the scope of the individual curriculum.
BA and MA Studies
| FROM | TO | |
|---|---|---|
| Matriculation ceremony | 4 Oct. 2024 | |
| Submission of requests for recognition of fulfilling the assessment of courses so that the credits for these courses may be taken into account for enrolment in the next year of studies | 1 Oct. 2024 | 31 Jul. 2025 |
| Fulfilment of study obligations in SIS so that the credits for these study obligations may be taken into account for enrolment in the next year of studies | 17 Sep. 2025 | |
| Submission of requests for enrolment in the next year of studies [3] | 19 May 2025 | 17 Sep. 2025 (11:59 pm) |
| SIS closed for registering the results for assessing courses | 18 Sep. 2025 (12 midnight) | 12 Oct. 2025 |
| Bachelor’s graduation ceremonies | 8, 9, and 10 Oct. 2024 6, 10, 11, and 12 Dec. 2024 10 and 15 Apr. 2025 | |
| Master’s graduation ceremonies | 11 and 14 Oct. 2024 29 Nov. and 2 Dec. 2024 24 and 25 Apr. 2025 | |
| Enrolment of applicants in the first year of studies for the beginning the 2025/2026 academic year | July 2025 (to be specified) | September 2025 (to be specified) |
State Examinations for Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes
The specific terms of state examinations for bachelor’s and master’s study programmes are provided in SIS. The state examinations are regulated by the Code of Study and Examination of Charles University, as amended, and the Rules for the Organization of Studies at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, as amended.
| State examination term (from – to) | Deadline for assessment of fulfilling student obligations prior to state examination | Deadline for submitting state examination application | ||
| 2 Dec. 2024 [4] | 13 Dec. 2024 | Individually agreed with the Student Affairs Office | Individually agreed with the Student Affairs Office | |
| 20 Jan. 2025 | 7 Feb. 2025 | 8 Jan. 2025 | 4 Dec. 2024 | |
| 26 May 2025 | 6 Jun. 2025 | 14 May 2025 | 23 Apr. 2025 | |
| 9 Jun. 2025 | 20 Jun. 2025 | 28 May 2025 | 7 May 2025 | |
| 1 Sep. 2025 | 12 Sep. 2025 | 12 Sep. 2025 | 8 Jul. 2025 | |
| Assigning of bachelor’s and master’s theses | Continuously during the academic year; students cannot defend their theses earlier than six months after entering it in SIS. Based on a student’s request, the dean of the faculty can shorten this period in exceptional cases (see the Rules for the Organization of Studies at the Faculty of Arts, as amended). | |||
| Submission of bachelor’s and master’s theses | Standard submission is no later than one month before the beginning of the period when state examinations are held according to this calendar and in which the thesis is to be defended based on the submitted application. The head of the relevant faculty unit may set a different term, but the set term must fall within the period from three months to three weeks before the date of the defence (see the Rules for the Organization of Studies at the Faculty of Arts, as amended). | |||
[4] This term is only for students of 5-year master’s study programmes.
State Rigorosum Examinations
The specific terms for state rigorosum examinations are set based on the proposals of the individual units of the faculty. State rigorosum examinations are regulated by the Rigorosum Examination Code of Charles University, as amended, and the Rules for State Rigorosum Examinations at the Faculty of Arts, as amended.
| Term for the state rigorosum examination [5] (from – to) | Term for submitting the application for the state rigorosum examination | |
| 1 Apr. 2025 | 30 Apr. 2025 | 31 Jan. 2025 |
| 1 Nov. 2025 | 30 Nov. 2025 | 31 Aug. 2025 |
| State rigorosum examination – terms for graduation ceremonies | 10 Dec. 2024 20 May 2025 | |
[5] The terms are only for areas of study/programmes that have valid accreditation during this period (see https://www.ff.cuni.cz/studium/dalsi-vzdelavani/rigorozni-rizeni/).
Student Evaluation of Educational Activities
The evaluation of educational activities is regulated by the Rules for Evaluating Educational Activities by Students and Graduates of Charles University, as amended, and the Rules for Evaluating Educational Activities by Student and Graduates of the Faculty of Arts, as amended.
| FROM | TO | |
|---|---|---|
| Student evaluation of courses in the winter semester | 11 Jan. 2025 | 16 Feb. 2025 |
| Period for instructors to react to the results of the winter semester evaluation | 17 Jan. 2025 | 16 Mar. 2025 |
| Publication of the results after the winter semester | 17 Mar. 2025 | |
| Student evaluation of courses in the summer semester | 10 May 2025 | 12 Sep. 2025 |
| Period for instructors to react to the results of the summer semester evaluation | 13 Sep. 2025 | 12 Oct. 2025 |
| Publication of the results of the summer semester evaluation on the faculty’s web pages | 13 Oct. 2025 |
Scheduling
| FROM | TO | |
|---|---|---|
| Update of the courses for the winter semester of the 2024/2025 academic year (carried out by the faculty’s units in the Tajemník program) | 17 Jun. 2024 | |
| Collective generation of the schedules for the winter semester of the 2024/2025 academic year (carried out by the Information Systems Office of the Dean’s Office – ISO) | 18 Jun. 2024 (10 am) | |
| Priority scheduling of courses for the pedagogical-psychological module of teacher study programmes, “philosophy” courses in the common core and “extended common core” courses (carried out by the ISO and authorized persons of the units) | 18 Jun. 2024 | 19 Jun. 2024 |
| Priority scheduling of large-capacity courses (carried out by the faculty’s units in their own premises and the ISO according to the submitted scheduling requests) | 20 Jun. 2024 | 24 Jun. 2024 |
| Scheduling of the remaining instruction by the faculty’s units | 25 Jun. 2024 | 16 Jul. 2024 |
| Submitting requests for scheduling of the remaining instruction by the faculty’s units in SIS | 16 Jul. 2024 | |
| Scheduling the remaining instruction (carried out by the ISO) | 17 Jul. 2024 | 16 Aug. 2024 |
| Publication of the schedules (carried out by the faculty’s units) | 23 Aug. 2024 | |
| Update of the foreign-language courses which international students/trainees will also be able to enrol in for the summer semester of the 2024/2025 academic year (carried out by the faculty’s units in the Tajemník program) | 15 Sep. 2024 | |
| Update of the courses for the summer semester of the 2024/2025 academic year | 26 Nov. 2024 | |
| (carried out by the faculty’s units in the Tajemník program) | ||
| Collective generation of schedules for the summer semester of the 2024/2025 academic year (carried out by the ISO) | 27 Nov. 2024 (10 am) | |
| Priority scheduling of courses for the pedagogical-psychological module of teacher study programmes, “philosophy” courses in the common core and “extended common core” courses (carried out by the ISO and authorized persons of the relevant units) | 27 Nov. 2024 | 28 Nov. 2024 |
| Priority scheduling of high-capacity courses (carried out by the faculty’s units in their own premises and the ISO according to the submitted scheduling requests) | 29 Nov. 2024 | 3 Dec. 2024 |
| Scheduling the remaining instruction by the faculty’s units | 4 Dec. 2024 | 5 Jan. 2025 |
| Submitting requests for scheduling the remaining instruction by the faculty’s units in SIS | 5 Jan. 2025 | |
| Scheduling the remaining instruction (caried out by the ISO) | 6 Jan. 2025 | 30 Jan. 2025 |
| Publication of the schedules (carried out by the faculty’s units) | 31 Jan. 2025 | |
| Update of the foreign-language courses which international students/trainees will also be able to enrol in for the winter semester of the 2024/2025 academic year (carried out by the faculty’s units in the Tajemník program) | 15 Apr. 2025 |
PhD Studies
| FROM | TO | |
|---|---|---|
| Term for submitting the student assessments by the supervisors for the 2023/2024 academic year | 8 Oct. 2024 | |
| Term for submitting the student assessments by the subject-area boards for the 2023/2024 academic year | 22 Oct. 2024 | |
| Term for submitting the individual curricula of newly accepted students to their supervisors | 31 Oct. 2024 | |
| Term for submitting the individual curricula of newly accepted students to the subject-area boards | 30 Nov. 2024 | |
| Term for approving the individual curricula of newly accepted students by the subject-area boards | 31 Dec. 2024 | |
| The latest deadline for submitting dissertations | Six months before the end of the maximum period of study | |
| Terms for taking the state PhD examination (upon agreement, the term can be set individually) | 3 Feb. 2025 | 28 Feb. 2025 |
| 2 Jun. 2025 | 30 Jun. 2025 | |
| 1 Sep. 2025 | 30 Sep. 2025 | |
| PhD graduation ceremonies | 20 Nov. 2024 10 Jun. 2025 | |
| Creating and completing the extraordinary assessment of students | 1 Mar. 2025 | 31 Mar. 2025 |
| Term for submitting the extraordinary assessment of student to supervisors | 8 Apr. 2025 | |
| Term for submitting the extraordinary assessment of student by the subject-area boards | 22 Apr. 2025 | |
| Enrolment of applicants for studies starting in the 2025/2026 academic year | July 2025 (to be specified) | September 2025 (to be specified) |
| Fulfilling the obligations of the individual curricula for assessing students for the 2024/2025 academic year | 30 Sep. 2025 | |
| Creating and completing the annual assessment of students for the 2024/2025 academic year | 1 Sep. 2025 | 30 Sep. 2025 |
Winter Term
Winter Term Lectures: 2 October 2023 – 12 January 2024
Course Sign-up Period: 22 September 2023 at 7 am – 13 October 2023 at 11:59 pm (valid for Faculty of Arts courses only!)
Exam Period: 15 January 2024 – 18 February 2024
Holidays & Dean’s Days (i.e., no lectures)
- 18 October 2023 (from 4 pm) – Dean’s Day: Student Council Elections
- 28 October 2023 – Independent Czechoslovak State Day (foundation of Czechoslovakia in 1918)
- 7 November 2023 – Dean’s Sports Day
- 17 November 2023 – Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
- Commemorating the student demonstration against the Nazi occupation in 1939 and the start of the Velvet Revolution in 1989
- 23 December 2023 – 1 January 2024 – Christmas Holiday
Summer Term
Summer Term Lectures: 19 February 2024 – 17 May 2024
Course Sign-up Period: 9 February 2024 at 7 am – 1 March 2024 at 11:59 pm (valid for Faculty of Arts courses only!)
Exam Period: 20 May 2024 – 30 June 2024, 2 September 2024 – 13 September 2024
Holidays & Dean’s Days (i.e., no lectures)
- 28 March 2024: Dean’s Day
- 29 March 2024: Public holiday – Good Friday
- 1 April 2024: Public holiday – Easter Monday
- 1 May 2024: Public holiday – International Workers’ Day
- 8 May 2024: Public holiday – Victory Day
- 14 May 2024: Rector’s Day
- 1 July – 31 August 2024: summer break
