Academic Calendar & Holidays

August 2026
2 August (Sunday), Republic Day, 3 August (Monday) is a non-working day
18 and 19 August, applications of candidates to the Call for students in the first cycle, first round
20 August to 17 September, third examination session for first and second cycle studies
28 August (Friday), Assumption of the Virgin Mary, non-working day for Orthodox believers

September 2026
3 and 4 September, enrolment of accepted candidates to the Call for students in the first cycle, first round
8 September (Tuesday), Independence Day, non-working day
7 to 21 September, applications of candidates to the Call for students in the third cycle, first round
10 and 11 September, applications of candidates to the Call for students in the first cycle, second round
15 September, statistics review (for May, June, July, August)
15 to 25 September, online enrolment in the winter semester on iknow for first and second cycle
21 September, enrolment of accepted candidates to the Call for students in the first cycle, second round
23 September, applications of candidates to the Call for students in the first cycle, third round
23 to 25 September, certification of the summer and enrolment in the winter semester for first cycle studies
28 September, enrolment of accepted candidates to the Call for students in the first cycle, third round
29 September, applications of candidates from abroad to the Call for students in the first cycle
30 September, end of the 2025/2026 academic year

October 2026
1 October (Thursday), Opening ceremony for newly enrolled students of the first cycle, start of the winter
semester of the 2026/2027 academic year
1 October, enrolment of accepted candidates from abroad to the Call for students in the first cycle
1 to 16 October, applications of candidates to the Call for students in the second cycle studies
6 October (Tuesday), Day of the Faculty of Civil Engineering Skopje
7 and 8 October, certification of the summer and enrolment in the winter semester for second cycle studies
8 October, certification of the summer and enrolment in the winter semester for third cycle studies
9 October, enrolment of accepted candidates to the Call for students in the third cycle, first round
11 October (Sunday), Day of the People's Uprising, 12 October (Monday) is a non-working day
21 and 22 October, enrolment of accepted candidates to the Call for students in the second cycle studies
23 October (Friday), Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle, non-working day

January 2027
1 January (Friday), New Year's Day, non-working day
4 January (Monday), 5 January (Tuesday) and 8 January (Friday), non-working days
6 January (Wednesday), Christmas Eve (Orthodox), non-working day for Orthodox believers
7 January (Thursday), Christmas Day (Orthodox), non-working day
12 January, end of classes in the winter semester for first and second cycle studies (except for students
in the first semester of second cycle studies, for whom classes end on 30 January)
15 January, closing of the main register of graduates for first, second and third cycle studies
15 January, statistics review (for September, October, November, December)
19 January (Tuesday), Epiphany (Orthodox), non-working day for Orthodox believers
18 January to 13 February, First examination session for first and second cycle studies (except for students in
the first semester of second cycle studies, for whom the session will last from 2 February to 13 February 2027)

February 2027
10 to 20 February, online enrolment in the summer semester on iknow for first and second cycle studies
15 February, start of the summer semester of the 2026/2027 academic year
17 to 19 February, certification of the winter and enrolment in the summer semester for first cycle studies
22 and 23 February, certification of the winter and enrolment in the summer semester for second cycle studies

March 2027
5 March, certification of the winter and enrolment in the summer semester for third cycle studies
9 March (Tuesday), Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan Bayram), non-working day

April 2027
30 April (Friday), Good Friday (Orthodox), non-working day for Orthodox believers

May 2027
3 May (Monday), Easter Monday (Orthodox), non-working day
3 to 25 May, student survey for the summer semester 2026/2027
24 May (Monday), Saints Cyril and Methodius, non-working day
25 May to 5 June, exam registration on iknow for first and second cycle studies for the second session
26 May to 9 June, survey for professional and administrative staff 2026/2027
28 May, end of the summer semester 2026/2027

June 2027
1 June to 3 July, Second examination session for first and second cycle studies
4 June, Graduation ceremony for master's and bachelor graduates for the period from April 2026 to March 2027
10 to 20 June, Geodetic practice for first cycle students of the Geodesy study programme**
18 June, the Friday before Pentecost (Orthodox), non-working day for Orthodox believers

July 2027
10 to 30 July, exam registration on iknow for first and second cycle studies for the third session
15 July to 15 August, collective leave period**

August 2027
2 August (Monday), Republic Day, non-working day
23 August to 17 September, third examination session for first and second cycle studies

September 2027
1 to 30 September Call for first, second and third cycle studies**
8 September (Wednesday), Independence Day, non-working day
15 to 25 September, online enrolment in the winter semester on iknow for first and second cycle**
15 September statistics review (for May, June, July, August)
28 to 30 September, certification of the summer and enrolment in the winter semester for first cycle studies**
30 September, end of the 2026/2027 academic year
30 September, certification of the summer and enrolment in the winter semester for second cycle studies**

** note – the dates will be confirmed subsequently
*** note – the first sitting of the second examination session for Geodesy students attending the PRACTICE is
organised on a separate schedule