Academic Calendar

The academic year at the University of Tampere is divided into two semesters consisting of two periods each. There is a Christmas vacation of three weeks after the second period. Summer vacation runs from the end of the fourth period until the start of the new academic year. The four-period system does not apply to Medicine, in which teaching is organised according to the two-semester system.

• Academic Year 2011-2012
• Academic Year 2012-2013

Academic Year 2011-2012

Autumn 2011

Enrolment Periods
Degree students
Exchange students: from 20 July until the end of the Orientation Course, which is organised 22-27 August 2011

Vacations and changes in teaching times
Christmas holiday: 17 December - 8 January
Teaching ends at 4 p.m. on Fri 4 November

Graduation ceremony
Fri 16 Dec 2011 at 5.30 p.m.
The ceremony is conducted in Finnish. As signing in for the ceremony differs from school to school, please contact your own school for further information.

Public Holidays
All Saints’ Day (Pyhäinpäivä) 5 November
Independence Day (Itsenäisyyspäivä) 6 December
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
(Jouluaatto ja joulupäivä) 24 and 25 December
Boxing Day (Tapaninpäivä) 26 December

Spring 2012

Enrolment Periods
Exchange students: during the Orientation Course, which is organised 2-5 and 7 January 2012

Vacations and changes in teaching times
Easter vacation: 5-11 April
Summer vacation: June - August
Teaching ends at 4 p.m. on Mon 30 April
Teaching ends at 4 p.m. on Wed 16 May

Graduation ceremony
Fri 15 Jun 2012 at 5.30 p.m.
The ceremony is conducted in Finnish. As signing in for the ceremony differs from school to school, please contact your own school for further information.

Public Holidays
New Year's Day 1 January
Epiphany =12th Night  (Loppiainen) 6 January
Good Friday (Pitkäperjantai): 6 April
Easter Sunday  (1. pääsiäispäivä) 8 April
Easter Monday  (2. pääsiäispäivä) 9 April
1st of May  (Vappu) 1 May
Ascension Day (Helatorstai) 17 May
Midsummer  (Juhannus) 23-24 June

Academic Year 2012-2013

Autumn 2012

Enrolment Periods

New degree and non-degree students:
23 July - 30 August
Please note that the non-degree category at the University of Tampere does not include exchange/visiting students.
Current degree students

Exchange students:
from 23 July until the end of the Orientation Course, which is organised 27 August - 1 September (27 August is an arrival day)

Further information and instructions

Vacations and changes in teaching times

Christmas holiday: 15 December - 6 January
Teaching ends at 4 p.m. on Fri 2 November and on Wed 5 December

Graduation ceremony

Fri 14 December at 5.30 p.m.
The ceremony is conducted in Finnish. As signing in for the ceremony differs from school to school, please contact your own school for further information.

Public Holidays

Christmas holiday: 15 December - 6 January
Public Holidays Autumn 2012
All Saints’ Day (Pyhäinpäivä) 3 November
Independence Day (Itsenäisyyspäivä) 6 December*
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day(Jouluaatto ja joulupäivä) 24 and 25 December
Boxing Day (Tapaninpäivä) 26 December

Spring 2013

Enrolment Periods

Exchange students: during the Orientation Course, which is organised 2-5 January (2 January is an arrival day)

Vacations and changes in teaching times

Teaching ends at 4 p.m. on Tue 30 April and on Wed 8 May
Easter vacation: 28 March - 3 April
Summer vacation: June - August

Public Holidays

New Year’s Day (Uudenvuodenpäivä) 1 January
Epiphany = 12th Night (Loppiainen) 6 January
Good Friday (Pitkäperjantai) 29 March
Easter Sunday (1. pääsiäispäivä) 31 March
Easter Monday (2. pääsiäispäivä) 1 April
1st of May (Vappu) 1 May
Ascension Day (Helatorstai) 9 May
Midsummer (Juhannus) 22-23 June