Romania - all types

Beginning of the academic year: 1 October is considered to be the official start of the academic year

Teaching activities and holiday periods: The academic year consists of two semesters (winter and summer semester). The higher education institutions are autonomous. Institutions fix all periods of teaching activity and holidays. The length of the teaching activity (lectures and practice trainings) iffers from one higher education institutions to another. The dates of the examinations, holidays (other than the officially announced public and religious holidays) are determined at institutional level. A standard academic year includes:

First Semester (exact dates are fixed by the HEIs)
Teaching: beginning of October – mid-December (before Christmas, around 20 December)
Holiday: last week of December – 1st week of January (generally, 2 weeks)
Teaching: second week of January – mid of January (about 2 weeks)
Holiday: mid February (generally, 1 week)

Second Semester (exact dates are fixed by the HEIs)
Teaching: last week of February – end of May (with 1 week – Easter H

Examinations: The examination dates are determined at institutional level. Teachers and students are free to fix the dates for examinations within the examination sessions established by institutions.
Examination sessions are generally organised as follows:

mid-January – mid-February
beginning of June – end of June
beginning of September – mid-September (for those students who failed in previous sessions)

End of the academic year: Institutions are autonomous.
Generally at the end of September.