Academic calendar and academic regulations 2023-2024

Approved by the Governing Council on April 13, 2023. See the calendar of each school for each of the deadlines regulated in the general calendar

2023-2024 Academic calendar

	Publics holidays
	Not teaching períods ⁽¹⁾
	Teaching days for thesis examination committees and bachelor’s degree reassessment committees
⁽¹⁾	If the University decides to close its facilities to save energy, the competent bodies will stipulate whether bachelor's, master's and final thesis examination committees can meet during this period.

2023

**SEPTEMBER**
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				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

**OCTOBER**
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2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

**NOVEMBER**
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		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

**DECEMBER**
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				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

2024

**JANUARY**
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1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	20
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

**FEBRUARY**
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			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	23	23	24	25
26	27	28	29

**MARCH**
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				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

**APRIL**
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1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

**MAY**
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		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

**JUNE**
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					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

**JULY**
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1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

**AUGUST**
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5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Public holidays 2023-2024

September 11, 2023
October 12, 2023
November 1, 2023
December 6, 2023
December 8, 2023
December 25, 2023
December 26, 2023
January 1, 2024
January 6, 2023
March 29, 2024
April 1, 2024
May 1, 2024
June 24, 2024

In addition to these public holidays, schools may close on local holidays.

Start and end of Academic year

Start of the academic year: 1 September 2023
End of the academic year: 31 August 2023
However, the following academic activities are considered for the 2023-2024 academic year:
- External internships carried out from 16 September 2023 until 15 September 2024.
- The TFG / TFM assessment acts corresponding to enrollments for the 2023-2024 academic year and carried out until 15 September 2024.
- Assessment acts with additional registration for TFG / TFM or external internships carried out until 31 October 2024, in accordance with the terms set out in the academic regulations for undergraduate and master’s degree studies.

Non-teaching periods

During these periods no classes or examinations will be held, although bachelor's, master's and final thesis examination committees may meet.

Christmas: from 27 December, 2023 to 5 january, 2024
Easter: from March 25-28 2024
Summer: from August 1-31, 2024

No regular teaching will be given between 1 and 31 July.

Bachelor's degree courses (pre-enrolment and enrolment)
Master's degrees courses (pre-enrolment and enrolment)

1. Pre-enrolment periods for undergraduate studies (University Access Office, Government of Catalonia)

General pre-registration June: June 6 to 30, 2023
Pre-registration September 2023: September 19 to 20, 2023
Pre-registration February 2024: February 2 to 5, 2024

2. Enrolment periods

New students who have pre-enroled in the general pre-enrolment period
- Persons assigned in their preference: 14 to 19 July, 2023
- Claims and definitive allocation: 19 July, 2023
- Second allocation: 25 to 27 July, 2023
- Claims, 2nd assignment and 1st reassignment: 6 to 7 September, 2023
- 2nd reassignment of June: September 14, 2023
- 3rd reassignment of June: September 21, 2023
- 4th reassignment of June: September 27, 2024
- People assigned to the call for September: September 27, 2023

New students - Pre-enrolment in February 2024
- People assigned to the February meeting: February 8, 2024

Enrolment for students who have already enroled in previous years
- Autumn semester and annual registration: July 14 to 28 and from 1 to 8 September, 2023
- Spring Quarter: from 1 to 16 February, 2024

3. Periods for applying to change university and/or degree course

Students who started in the autumn semester
- Publication of the offer of places: second fortnight of June, 2023
- Submission of applications: until July 15, 2023
- Resolution of the receiving center: until 1 September, 2023
- Enrolment: until September 8, 2023

Students who started in the spring semester
- Publication of the offer of places: second fortnight of December, 2023
- Submission of applications: fills on January 31, 2024
- Resolution of the receiving center: until February 9, 2024
- Enrolment: until February 16, 2024

1. Pre-enrolment periods

New students
- Autumn semester i, si escau, al quadrimestre de primavera
  - Pre-enrolment: from 9 January to 3 July, 2023⁽¹⁾
  - Publication of the list of students admitted (conditionally and definitively): deadline 21 July, 2023
- Spring semester
  - Pre-enrolment: from 9 October to 11 December 2023⁽¹⁾
  - Publication of the list of students admitted (conditionally and definitely): up to 19 January 2024
- Extraordinary pre-enrolment period in September
  - Pre-enrolment: From 1 to 5 September 2023 ⁽¹⁾
  - Publication of the list of students admitted: up to 12 September 2023
Students and students of new entry of the secondary master's degree
- For the Office for University Access of the Government of Catalonia
- Pre-registration: From 26 July to 8 September, 2023
Admission periods for the autumn semester of the 2024-2025 academic year
- From 8 January to 1 July 2024

⁽¹⁾ Within this period, the school or university research institute may establish its own pre-enrolment and enrolment periods. The condition for this is that admission and enrolment for the previous period must have ended.

2. Enrolment periods

New students
- Autumn semester and yearly enrolment
  - From 24 to 28 July and from 1 to 8 September, 2023 (exceptionally centers can set the enrollment period until November 5)
- Spring semester
  - From 1 to 16 February 2024
- Extraordinary period in September
  - From 13 to 16 September 2024
Students who have already enroled in previous years
- Autumn semester and yearly enrolment
  - From 14 to 28 July 2023
  - From 1 to 8 September 2023
- Spring semester
  - From 1 to 16 February 2024
New students in the master's degree in teacher training
- September 22 and 26, 2023

Commons periods for bachelor's and master's degree courses

Periods for bachelor's and master's degree thesis defence

Semestral enrolment
- Additional to Q2 (having made regular enrollment in Q1): up to 31 May, 2024 (the date of May 31 may be brought forward to April 30 or extended to July 15 if, for organizational reasons, the center considers appropriate).
- Additional to Q1(having made ordinary enrollment in Q2 of the previous year): up to 31 October, 2024

Yearly enrolment
- Ordinary registration in Q1 + additional to Q2: up to 31 May, 2024 (the date of May 31 may be brought forward to April 30 or extended until July 15 if, for organizational reasons, the center deems it appropriate)
- Additional to Q1 (having made ordinary enrollment in Q2 of the previous year): up to 31 October, 2024

Periods for applying for recognition/validation

Courses with semestral enrolment
- Autumn semester: in June, July and up to 1 September, 2023
- Spring semester: in December 2021 and 31 January, 2024

Courses with yearly enrolment
- During the months of June, July and until September 1, 2023

Periods for applying to continue on a degree course (students declared unfit according to the permanence regulations)

Students who have not met the minimum academic progress requirements in their first year or the initial stage
- Autumn semester 2023-2024: until February 15, 2024
- Quarter Spring 2022-2023: until July 15, 2024
- Curricula with annual enrolment: until July 15, 2024

Apply to drop out of school

Degrees with curricular evaluation
- Fall semester: before the start of the curricular assessment (schools must set a deadline in their calendar)
- Spring term: before the start of the curricular assessment (schools must set a deadline in their calendar)

Degrees without curricular evaluation
- Fall semester: before the end of the evaluation period (centers must set a deadline in their calendar)
- Spring term: before the end of the evaluation period (centers must set a deadline in their calendar)

Deadlines for dropping subjects and waiver of tuition

Autumn semester: until October 31, 2023
Spring Quarter: Until March 31, 2024 (in the case of scholarship students, the deadline is February 24, 2024)

In the event of illness or serious accident of the student or a first-degree relative that makes it impossible to attend the studies for a period of more than one month, these deadlines are extended until December 15, 2023 and the May 15, 2024 respectively.

Deadlines for enrolment changes

The centers will establish the period of applications for each academic period from the moment of enrolment and until, at most:

For curricula with semester tuition

Autumn semester and yearly enrolment: up to 15 September de 2023 (exclusively for master's degree studies until September 22, 2023)
Spring semester: up to 24 February, 2024

For curricula with annual enrolment

Until September 15, 2023 (exclusively for master's degree studies until September 22, 2023)

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