Academic calendar
All the important dates for the current and upcoming academic years. Find out when classes start and when you have holidays.
2023-2024 academic year
The 2023-2024 academic year has 43 weeks of education and 32 weeks of classes.
Semester division
The academic year is divided into 2 semesters: one of 19 and one of 20 weeks.
- Semester 1: 28 August 2023 to 28 January 2024
- Semester 2: 29 January 2024 to 12 July 2024
Holiday schedule
| HAN Intro | 21-8-2023 to 25-8-2023 |
| Fall holiday | 14-10-2023 to 22-10-2023 |
| Christmas holiday | 23-12-2023 to 7-1-2024 |
| Spring holiday | 10-2-2024 to 18-2-2024 |
| Good Friday | 29-3-2024 |
| Easter Monday | 1-4-2024 |
| King's Day | 27-4-2024 |
| May holiday | 27-4-2024 to 5-5-2024 |
| Liberation Day | 5-5-2024 |
| Ascension Day and day following | 9-5-2024 and 10-5-2024 |
| Pentecost Monday | 20-5-2024 |
| Conclusion academic year | 8-7-2024 to 12-7-2024 |
| Summer holiday | 13-7-2024 to 18-8-2024 |
| Resits* and start up | 19-8-2024 to 30-8-2024 |
*Not all programs have resits after the summer holidays. Check the dates of exams and resits for your program on HAN Insite.
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