Academic calendar
TIMETABLES, EXAMS, ACADEMIC CALENDAR
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Lesson Timetables
Lesson Timetables are available at the University of Siena’s online Administration webpage, through which you can also access course schedules, exam schedules and office hours.
ATTENTION: Check lesson timetables frequently in case of modifications
To access lesson timetables more easily, check the Guide attached.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Academic Year 2023/2024
The academic year is organized into two semesters. The official start of classes is set for 25 September 2024.
SEMESTER I: 25 September 2023– 19 January 2024
PERIOD I: 25 September – 10 November 2023
PERIOD II: 13 November 2023 – 19 January 2024
No classes:
- from 22 December 2023 to 5 January 2024 (Christmas holidays)
SEMESTER II: 26 February 2024 – 7 June 2024
- PERIOD III: 26 February – 12 April 2024
PERIOD IV: 22 April – 7 June 2024
No classes:
- from 28 March to 2 April 2024 (Easter holidays)
- from 15 to 19 April 2024 (special session, last call 2022-2023)
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EXAM CALENDAR
Academic Year 2023/2024
Winter Session: 22 January-23 February 2024 (3 calls)
Special Session: 15-19 April 2024 (for the previous academic year 2022-2023)
Summer Session: 10 June-31 July 2024 (3 calls)
Autumn Session: 2 - 20 September 2024 (2 calls)
Special Session: 11–15 November 2024 (1 call reserved for students outside the current course year and graduating students with fees suspended while awaiting graduation)
Special Session: 7-11 April 2025 (for the previous academic year 2023-2024)
During exam periods, there are typically no classes. The special session in November is an exception.
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End of the Academic Year 2022/2023
Special Session: April 2024 (last call for the academic year 2022-2023)
During exam periods, there are typically no classes. The special session in November is an exception.
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Rector’s note: operational guidelines for exams
GRADUATION EXAM CALENDAR
Academic Year 2023/2024
- 17-18 July 2024
- 25 – 26 September 2024
- 11-12 December 2024
- 16-17 April 2025 (last call for the academic year 2023/2024)
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End of the Academic Year 2022/2023
23-24 April 2024 (last call for the academic year 2022/2023)
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Editorial guidelines for reports and final exams
This is a handbook for writing reports and final papers.
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Extended booklet for writing support
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GRADUATION EXAMS
Graduation exams will be completed several days before the sessions themselves.
To book classrooms for dissertation defences that require IT support, students can contact the management staff of Palazzo San Niccolò (Francesco Caratelli), by writing to: francesco.caratelli@gmail.com or
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SUBMITTING YOUR STUDY PLAN
Academic Year 2023/2024
For the academic year 2023/2024, the periods for compilation of and changes to your study plan, identification of chosen activities, and requests for supplementary activities, are established as follows:
Bachelor’s Degree Programmes: 16 October 2023 - 30 November 2023 – online
Master’s Degree Programmes: 13 November 2023 – 26 January 2024 – online
All Programmes: Open window for adjustments: 4 - 29 March 2024 – paper
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The academic year starts on 1 October and ends on 30 September of the following year, and is subdivided into two semesters: the first starts in October, the second in March.
Generally, classes in the first semester are held from October to January and those in the second from March to June.
Exams are carried out in sessions. These sessions are typically fixed, to respect the principle of not overlapping classes and exams.
Each course includes three or four ordinary sessions, one of which is at the end of the teaching period when the course is held and another of which is during the period of teaching silence in September. Each session includes a variable number of calls. The call date is the day on which the exam is held. For each session, individual courses must include at least two calls at least two weeks apart.
Complete information about the periods for courses, final exams, and dissertation defences is published on the department webpages.
CLOSURES – 2024
- 26 – 30 April
- 12 – 17 August
- 27 and 28 December
- 2 – 3 – 4 January 2025
NATIONAL AND LOCAL HOLIDAYS – 2024
- 1 January New Year’s Day
- 6 January Epiphany
- 31 March Easter
- 1 April Easter Monday
- 25 April Liberation Day
- 1 May Labour Day
- 2 June Festa della Repubblica (Italian Republic Day)
- 15 August Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- 16 August Palio dell’Assunta
- 1 November All Saints’ Day
- 8 December Immaculate Conception
- 25 December Christmas
- 26 December Saint Stephen’s Day