Academic calendar
The key dates and holidays this year at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
The AUAS academic year is divided into 5 educational terms. On this page you'll find the dates for each term, as well as the university-wide holidays. Your course may have its own breaks - you'll receive information on these from your programme department.
Academic year 2025/2026
| Semester 1 | ||
| First period | 01-09-2025 - 07-11-2025 | |
| Second period | 10-11-2025 - 30-01-2026 | |
| Semester 1Ā ends after the secondĀ period | ||
| No classes | Christmas break | 22-12-2025 - 03-01-2026 |
| Semester 2 | ||
| Third period | 02-02-2026 - 10-04-2026 | |
| Fourth period | 13-04-2026 - 03-07-2026 | |
| No classes | Good Friday | 03-04-2026 |
| Easter Monday | 06-04-2026 | |
| King's day | 27-04-2026 | |
| May holidays | 27-04-2026 - 01-05-2026 | |
| Ascension day | 14-05-2026 en 15-05-2026 | |
| Whit Monday | 25-05-2026 | |
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| Fifth period | 06-07-2026 - 28-08-2026 | |
*Please note that all of the periods shown here end on the last day mentioned: up to and including that date.Ā