Academic calendar
All the important dates for the current and upcoming academic years. Find out when classes start and when you have holidays.
Current academic year
2025-2026 academic year
The 2025-2026 academic year begins on 1 September. There are 2 semesters: one of 19 and one of 20 weeks.
- Semester 1: 1 September 2025 to 1 February 2026
- Semester 2: 2 February 2026 to 10 July 2026
Holiday schedule
| HAN Intro | 25-8-2025 to 29-8-2025 |
| Fall holiday | 11-10-2025 to 19-10-2025 |
| Christmas holiday | 20-12-2025 to 4-1-2026 |
| HAN-wide study day (no classes) | 29-01-2026 |
| Spring holiday | 14-2-2026 to 22-2-2026 |
| Good Friday | 3-4-2026 |
| Easter Monday | 6-4-2026 |
| King's Day | 27-4-2026 |
| May holiday | 25-4-2026 to 4-5-2026 |
| Liberation Day | 5-5-2026 |
| Ascension Day and day following | 14-5-2026 and 15-5-2026 |
| Pentecost Monday | 25-5-2026 |
| Conclusion academic year | 6-7-2026 to 10-7-2026 |
| Summer holiday | 11-7-2026 to 16-8-2026 |
| Resits* and start up | 17-8-2026 to 28-8-2026 |
| Start academic year 2025-2026 | 31-8-2026 |
*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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