ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2007/08

Orientation week for the winter semester  September 19 - 21, 2007
Beginning of the winter semester  September 24, 2007
End of the winter semester December 21, 2007
Christmas break  December 22, 2007 - January 1, 2008
Examination period of the winter semester January 2 - February 15, 2008

   

Orientation week for the summer semester February 13 -15, 2008
Beginning of the summer semester February 18, 2008
End of the summer semester  May 16, 2008
Examination period of the summer semester May 19 - June 30, 2008

     

MAIN HOLIDAYS IN CZECH REPUBLIC

(all offices and stores are closed)

  • January 1: New Year´s Day
  • Easter: holiday is on Monday
  • May 1: Labour Day
  • May 8: Liberation Day
  • July 5: Observed in honour of Slavonic apostles Cyril and Methodus
  • July 6: Observed in honour of Jan Hus, the Czech religious reformer burned to death (1415)
  • September 28: Czech Statehood Day, observed in honour of St. Wenceslas, Czech prince from 10th centrury
  • October 28: Proclamation of the Czechoslovak Republic
  • November 17: Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day, observed in honour of the ?Velvet Revolution? in 1989
  • December 24-26: Christmas

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