Academic Calendar
Semester dates
| Spring Semester 2025 | Monday, 17.02.2025 - Friday, 30.05.2025 | Showadd |
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| Calendar weeks 8 - 22 | ||
| Autumn Semester 2025 | Monday, 15.09.2025 - Friday, 19.12.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38 – 51 | ||
| Spring Semester 2026 | Monday, 16.02.2026 - Friday, 29.05.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 8 - 22 | ||
| Autumn Semester 2026 | Monday, 14.09.2026 - Friday, 18.12.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38 - 51 | ||
Overview semester dates
2025
| Doctoral awards ceremony | Friday, 11.04.2025 | |
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| Week after Easter: no classes | Friday, 18.04.2025 - Sunday, 27.04.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes up to and including Sunday, April 27, 2025 | Buildings closed over Easter from Good Friday until Easter Monday! | ||
| "Sechseläuten" (Zurich spring festival) | Monday, 28.04.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes in the afternoon, buildings closed from 12:00 h! | ||
| Labour Day | Thursday, 01.05.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Ascension Day (classes on Friday, 30.05.2025) | Thursday, 29.05.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| End of Spring semester | Friday, 30.05.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Whitsuntide | Saturday, 07.06.2025 - Monday, 09.06.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | Friday, 11.07.2025 | |
| Swiss National Day | Friday, 01.08.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings closed | ||
| Examination session | Monday, 04.08.2025 - Friday, 29.08.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 32-35 | ||
| Information days for final-year secondary school students | Wednesday, 03.09.2025 - Thursday, 04.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Wednesday and Thursday, calendar week 36 | ||
| Start Autumn semester | Monday, 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Welcome for new students | Monday, 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes | ||
| "Knabenschiessen" (local Zurich holiday) | Monday, 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings open! | ||
| Classes begin | Tuesday, 16.09.2025 | |
| Application deadline session examinations and end of semester examinations | Sunday, 12.10.2025 | Showadd |
| End of fourth semester week | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | Friday, 24.10.2025 | |
| Dies Academicus ("ETH Day") | Saturday, 22.11.2025 | Showadd |
| Main building HG closed, Sport Center Polyterrasse MM open | ||
| Polyball (annual student prom) | Saturday, 29.11.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings HG and MM closed starting Saturday, 17:00 h and Sunday | ||
| End of Autumn semester | Friday, 19.12.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Christmas break | Wednesday, 24.12.2025 - Sunday, 04.01.2026 | Showadd |
| Christmas break - buildings closed from 12h (midday) up to and including Sunday, 4 January | ||
2026
| Entrance examinations | Monday, 12.01.2026 - Thursday, 22.01.2026 | Showadd |
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| Calendar weeks 3&4 | ||
| Examination session | Monday, 19.01.2026 - Friday, 13.02.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 4-7 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | Friday, 23.01.2026 | |
| Start Spring semester | Monday, 16.02.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Week after Easter: no classes | Friday, 03.04.2026 - Sunday, 12.04.2026 | Showadd |
| No classes up to and including Sunday, April 12, 2026 | Buildings closed over Easter from Good Friday until Easter Monday! | ||
| "Sechseläuten" (Zurich spring festival) | Monday, 20.04.2026 | Showadd |
| No classes in the afternoon, buildings closed from 12:00 h! | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | Friday, 24.04.2026 | |
| Labour Day | Friday, 01.05.2026 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Ascension Day (classes on Friday, 15.05.2026) | Thursday, 14.05.2026 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Whitsuntide | Saturday, 23.05.2026 - Monday, 25.05.2026 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| End of Spring semester | Friday, 29.05.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | Friday, 10.07.2026 | |
| Swiss National Day | Saturday, 01.08.2026 | Showadd |
| Buildings closed | ||
| Examination session | Monday, 03.08.2026 - Friday, 28.08.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 32-35 | ||
| Information days for final-year secondary school students | Wednesday, 02.09.2026 - Thursday, 03.09.2026 | Showadd |
| Wednesday and Thursday, calendar week 36 | ||
| Start Autumn semester | Monday, 14.09.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Welcome for new students | Monday, 14.09.2026 | Showadd |
| No classes | ||
| "Knabenschiessen" (local Zurich holiday) | Monday, 14.09.2026 | Showadd |
| Buildings open! | ||
| Classes begin | Tuesday, 15.09.2026 | |
| Doctoral awards ceremony | Friday, 23.10.2026 | |
| Dies Academicus ("ETH Day") | Saturday, 21.11.2026 | Showadd |
| Main building HG closed, Sport Center Polyterrasse MM open | ||
| Polyball (annual student prom) | Saturday, 28.11.2026 | Showadd |
| Buildings HG and MM closed starting Saturday, 17:00 h and Sunday | ||
| End of Autumn semester | Friday, 18.12.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Christmas break | Thursday, 24.12.2026 - Sunday, 03.01.2027 | Showadd |
| Christmas break - buildings closed from 12 h up to and including 3 January | ||
Conferences D-HEST
Department conference
| DeptK | 22.05.2025 | |
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| DeptK | 02.10.2025 | |
| DeptK | 04.12.2025 |
Master's degree graduation ceremony
| Master's degree graduation ceremony FSN | 11.04.2025 | |
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| Master's degree graduation ceremony HST | 30.05.2025 |
Grading conference
| NoK MED | 09.09.2025 | |
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| NoK FSN, HST | 11.09.2025 |
Professors' conference
| ProfK | 15.05.2025 | |
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| ProfK | 25.09.2025 | |
| ProfK | 27.11.2025 |
Teaching commission
| UK FSN | 12.05.2025 | |
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| UK FSN | 22.09.2025 | |
| UK FSN | 24.11.2025 |
Meeting dates
Planning meeting Headsof Department & Excutive Board
| Planning meeting Heads of Department & Executive Board | 15.05.2025 | Showadd |
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| Kontakt: Natascha Greiter, Generalsekretariat 044 632 20 20 oder natascha.greiter@sl.ethz.ch | ||
| Planning meeting Heads of Department & Executive Board | 02.10.2025 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Natascha Greiter, Generalsekretariat 044 632 20 20 oder natascha.greiter@sl.ethz.ch | ||
General Conference of the Teaching Cadre │ Professors’ Conference
| General Conference of the Teaching Cadre | 20.05.2025 | Showadd |
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| https://ethz.ch/de/die-eth-zuerich/organisation/gremien-gruppen-kommissionen/kdl/sitzungsdaten.html | ||
University Assembly
| University Assembly | 27.03.2025 | Showadd |
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| http://www.hv.ethz.ch/ | ||
| University Assembly | 08.05.2025 | Showadd |
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| University Assembly | 05.06.2025 | Showadd |
| http://www.hv.ethz.ch/ | ||
| University Assembly | 17.07.2025 | Showadd |
| http://www.hv.ethz.ch/ | ||
| University Assembly | 25.09.2025 | Showadd |
| http://www.hv.ethz.ch/ | ||
| University Assembly | 30.10.2025 | Showadd |
| http://www.hv.ethz.ch/ | ||
| University Assembly | 27.11.2025 | Showadd |
| http://www.hv.ethz.ch/ | ||
Lecturers’ Conference (KdL)
| Lecturers’ Conference (KdL) | 09.05.2025 | Showadd |
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| https://www.ethz.ch/services/de/organisation/gremien-gruppen-kommissionen/kdl/sitzungsdaten.html | ||
| Lecturers’ Conference (KdL) | 03.10.2025 | Showadd |
| https://www.ethz.ch/services/de/organisation/gremien-gruppen-kommissionen/kdl/sitzungsdaten.html | ||
| Lecturers’ Conference (KdL) | 28.11.2025 | Showadd |
| https://www.ethz.ch/services/de/organisation/gremien-gruppen-kommissionen/kdl/sitzungsdaten.html | ||
SL-DV-Konferenzen
| Conference of Executive Board & the Heads of Department | 10.04.2025 | Showadd |
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| Kontakt: Natascha Greiter, Generalsekretariat 044 632 20 20 oder natascha.greiter@sl.ethz.ch | ||
| Conference of Executive Board & the Heads of Department | 12.06.2025 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Natascha Greiter, Generalsekretariat 044 632 20 20 oder natascha.greiter@sl.ethz.ch | ||
| Conference of Executive Board & the Heads of Department | 04.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Natascha Greiter, Generalsekretariat 044 632 20 20 oder natascha.greiter@sl.ethz.ch | ||
| Conference of Executive Board & the Heads of Department | 13.11.2025 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Natascha Greiter, Generalsekretariat 044 632 20 20 oder natascha.greiter@sl.ethz.ch | ||
| Conference of Executive Board & the Heads of Department | 11.12.2025 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Natascha Greiter, Generalsekretariat 044 632 20 20 oder natascha.greiter@sl.ethz.ch | ||
Conference of the Directors of Study
| Conference of the Directors of Study | 22.05.2025 | Showadd |
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| Kontakt: Marianne Mandrin, Assistenz Rektor/in 044 632 20 74 oder marianne.mandrin@sl.ethz.ch Regel: 3. und 3.-letzter Donnerstag im Semester, ausser es ist Auffahrt -> am Dienstag vorher | ||
| Conference of the Directors of Study | 09.10.2025 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Marianne Mandrin, Assistenz Rektor/in 044 632 20 74 oder marianne.mandrin@sl.ethz.ch Regel: 3. und 3.-letzter Donnerstag im Semester, ausser es ist Auffahrt -> am Dienstag vorher | ||
| Conference of the Directors of Study | 04.12.2025 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Marianne Mandrin, Assistenz Rektor/in 044 632 20 74 oder marianne.mandrin@sl.ethz.ch Regel: 3. und 3.-letzter Donnerstag im Semester, ausser es ist Auffahrt -> am Dienstag vorher | ||
| Conference of the Directors of Study | 05.03.2026 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Marianne Mandrin, Assistenz Rektor/in 044 632 20 74 oder marianne.mandrin@sl.ethz.ch Regel: 3. und 3.-letzter Donnerstag im Semester, ausser es ist Auffahrt -> am Dienstag vorher | ||
| Conference of the Directors of Study | 12.05.2026 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Marianne Mandrin, Assistenz Rektor/in 044 632 20 74 oder marianne.mandrin@sl.ethz.ch Regel: 3. und 3.-letzter Donnerstag im Semester, ausser es ist Auffahrt -> am Dienstag vorher | ||
| Conference of the Directors of Study | 01.10.2026 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Marianne Mandrin, Assistenz Rektor/in 044 632 20 74 oder marianne.mandrin@sl.ethz.ch Regel: 3. und 3.-letzter Donnerstag im Semester, ausser es ist Auffahrt -> am Dienstag vorher | ||
| Conference of the Directors of Study | 03.12.2026 | Showadd |
| Kontakt: Marianne Mandrin, Assistenz Rektor/in 044 632 20 74 oder marianne.mandrin@sl.ethz.ch Regel: 3. und 3.-letzter Donnerstag im Semester, ausser es ist Auffahrt -> am Dienstag vorher | ||