AUC's academic calendar
AUC's academic year runs parallel with that of the VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam.
Academic Year 2019-2020
The AUC Introduction Week 2019 will take place from 26 August to 30 August 2019.
The autumn 2019 semester is 20 weeks long, divided into a 16-week period (2 September 2019 to 20 December 2019) and a 4-week period (6 January 2020 to 31 January 2020).
The spring 2019 semester is also 20 weeks long, divided into a 16-week period (3 February 2020 to 29 May 2020) and a 4-week period (2 June 2020 to 26 June 2020).
For more information on holidays and building closures for the 2019-2020 Academic Year (including the dates of the class-free weeks in the autumn and spring semesters), please see the PDF below.
Future academic years
AUC's academic year will continue to run parallel with that of the VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam for the coming years. However, the class-free weeks will be determined on a per year basis. You can find the start and end dates of the academic semesters for the years to come below.