2020/2021 Academic Calendar
|| 2020/2021 || 2021/2022 || 2022/2023 ||
| Solemn Opening of the Academic Year: 14th October 2020 | Commemoration of the University's Day: 1st March 2021 |
| NOTE: Adjustments and changes in this calendar may occur. As a result it is important to check regularly the information in your Faculty (or Organisational Unit) and this webpage. |
| In accordance with the Rector's Order no. 149/2020, of 25th June, amended by the Rector's Order no. 27/2021 of 1st February, the classes and assessment's periods concerning the academic year 2020/2021 are as follows: |
| 1st Semester | Beginning | End |
| Classes | 21.09.2020 | 18.12.2020 |
| Classes of 1st curricular year | 06.10.2020 | 18.12.2020 |
| Christmas Holidays | 21.12.2020 | 01.01.2021 |
| Exams (normal and supplementary examination periods) | 04.01.2021 | 12.02.2021 |
| Public defences of Master's Degree Dissertations/Projects/Internship Reports | 04.01.2021 | 26.02.2021[1] |
| Exams (special examination period only for cycles of studies with an odd number of semesters) | 01.03.2021 | 26.03.2021[2] |
| 2nd Semester | Beginning | End |
| Classes | 15.02.2021 | 20.05.2021[3] |
| Easter Holidays | 29.03.2021 | 05.04.2021 |
| Suspension of classes (student festivity Queima das Fitas) | 21.05.2021 | 28.05.2021 |
| Exams (normal, supplementary and special periods)[4] | 09.06.2021 | 10.09.2021 |
| Public defences of Master's Degree Dissertations/Projects/Internship Reports | 09.06.2021 | 10.09.2021[5] |
| Summer Holidays | 01.08.2021 | 31.08.2021 |
| Public defences of Master's Degree Dissertations/Projects/Internship Reports (special examination period) | 01.09.2021 | 30.09.2021 |
| Extraordinary Examination Periods[6] | October | March |
| PhD and Tenure Exams[7] | 01.09.2020 | 31.07.2021 |
[1] In accordance with article 259 of Law no. 75-B/2020 of 31st December, and the Rector's Order no. 26/2021, of 1st February, the dates to submit dissertations or other Master’s Degree final works may be extended until 31st July 2021.
[2] In accordance with article 259 of Law no. 75-B/2020 of 31st December, and the Rector's Order no. 26/2021, of 1st February, the dates to submit dissertations or other Master’s Degree final works may be extended until 31st July 2021.
[3] The period between 21st May and 4th June may be used for academic activities
[4] The exceptional period for improvement exams concerning curricular units of the second semester of the academic year 2019/2020, previously scheduled for the Special Examination Period of March 2021, will be also included in this period.
[5] In accordance with article 259 of Law no. 75-B/2020 of 31st December, and the Rector's Order no. 26/2021, of 1st February, the dates to submit dissertations or other Master’s Degree final works may be extended until 31st July 2021.
[6] The Extraordinary Examination Periods are aimed at the assessment of students who benefit from the Statuses provided for in the applicable regulations.
[7] The Rector may authorise exams held outside this period, by means of an adequate justification
