Academic Calendar 20152016

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2015/2016
There may be some variations during the academic year: please check regularly the university
website.

The week before the beginning of each semester the International Relations Office organizes the
Welcome Day, one day devoted to international students, useful to discover Venice, Ca’ Foscari
and its services.
WELCOME DAY
First semester: 11 September 2015
Second semester: 29 January 2016
ECONOMICS AND HUMANITIES
Department of Economics
Department of Humanities
Department of Management
Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage
First term (start of first semester): 14 September – 17 October 2015
Rescheduled classes: 19 – 24 October 2015
Exams (fist term): 26 – 31 October 2015
Second term: 2 November – 5 December 2015
Rescheduled classes: 7 – 12 December 2015
Exams (second term): 14 – 19 December 2015
Exams (end of first semester): 7 – 30 January 2016
Third term (start of second semester): 1 February – 5 March 2016
Rescheduled classes: 7 – 12 March 2016
Exams (third term): 14 – 19 March 2016
Fourth term: 21 March – 23 April 2016
Rescheduled classes: 26 – 30 April 2016
Exams (fourth term): 2 – 7 May 2016
Exams (end of second semester): 16 May – 18 June 2016

SCIENCES
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems
First semester: 14 September – 24 October 2015
Rescheduled classes: 26 – 31 October 2015
First semester (continues): 2 November – 12 December 2015
Rescheduled classes: 14 – 19 December 2015
Exams (first semester): 7 – 30 January 2016
Second semester: 1 February – 12 March 2016
Rescheduled classes: 14 – 19 March 2016
Second semester (continues): 21 March – 30 April 2016
Rescheduled classes: 2 – 7 May 2016
Exam (second semester): 16 May – 18 June 2016
LANGUAGES
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies
First semester: 7 September – 19 December 2015
Exams (first semester): 7 – 30 January 2016
Second semester: 1 February – 14 May 2016
Exam (second semester): 16 May – 18 June 2016
Bank Holiday
1 November 2015: All Saints’ Day
21 November 2015: Madonna della Salute
8 December 2015: Immaculate Conception
24 December 2015 – 6 January 2016: Christmas Holidays
27 – 28 March 2016: Easter
25 April 2016: Liberation from Nazifascism
1 May 2016: Labour Day
2 June 2016: Republic Day