Lithuania - all types

Country: Lithuania
Type of programme: all types
Beginning of the academic year: Institutions are autonomous.
As a rule the beginning of the academic year is 1 September.
Teaching activities and holiday periods: Institutions are autonomous.
Each semester usually covers 20 weeks. The last four weeks within are allocated to an examination session. In some institutions the semester can last longer (up to 22 weeks) or shorter (17 weeks). In most institutions the spring semester starts at the beginning of February.

Holidays
Institutions are autonomous.
All institutions have Christmas holidays usually from 25 December to the beginning of January. The winter break begins at the end of the autumn semester, right after the winter examination session (usually end of January/beginning of February) and lasts 1 or 2 weeks. Most institutions have Easter holidays lasting a few days in the spring semester.
Summer holidays usually start after the end of the spring semester and last maximum 2 months, normally between 1 July and 31 August.
Examinations: The last four weeks of each semester are allocated to examination sessions.
End of the academic year: Institutions are autonomous.
As a rule, the academic year ends on 31 August.

Certain dates are regarded as public holidays by all institutions:
1 November 2013
11 March 2014
1 January 2014
16 February 2014
1 May 2014
24 June 2014
6 July 2014

last modification: 2013-10-31 14:27:34
Source: Eurydice Facts and Figures
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