ACADEMIC CALENDAR
summer semester 2026/2027

DATE DAY  

CALENDAR OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

 
24 August –

5 September

 Monday-

Saturday

 September examination session ( 2 weeks)

(exams from both the summer and winter semesters may be taken)
01 September-

11 September

 Tuesday-

Friday

 Semester enrollment – start (2 weeks)

(period for payment and enrollment in the winter semester 2026)
01 October Thursday Beginning of the 2026/2027 academic year and beginning of the winter semester
01 October Thursday Ceremonial awarding of student record books to first-year students in Sveti Nikole and Bitola
01 October-

06 November

 Thursday

Friday

 First cycle of lectures

(6 weeks)
19 October-31 October Monday

Saturday

 October examination session (2 weeks)

(exams from both the summer and winter semesters may be taken)
16 November-

28 November

 Monday

Saturday

 November examination session (2 weeks)

(exams from both the summer and winter semesters may be taken)
9 November-

13 November

 Monday

Friday

 First midterm examination

(1 week)
16 November-

25 December

 Monday

Friday

 Second cycle of lectures

(6 weeks)
28 December-

31 December

 Monday

Wednesday

 Second midterm examination

(1 week)
11 January-

23 January

 Monday

Saturday

 Semester enrollment – start (2 weeks)

(period for payment and enrollment in the summer semester 2027 and exam registration)
25 January-

06 February

 Monday-

Saturday

 January examination session (2 weeks)

(exams from both the summer and winter semesters may be taken)
12 February Friday Final deadline for publishing results and entering grades in student records
15 February Monday Beginning of the summer semester 2027
NON-WORKING DAYS IN 2026
Public holidays for all citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • 1 January (Thursday), New Year,
  • 7 January (Wednesday), Christmas, the first day of Christmas according to the Orthodox calendar,
  • 20 March (Friday), Ramadan Bayram, the first day of Ramadan Bayram
  • 13 April (Monday), Easter, the second day of Easter according to the Orthodox calendar,
  • 1 May (Friday), Labour Day
  • 24 May (Sunday) “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” – Day of the All-Slavic Educators, i.e. 25 May (Monday) is a non-working day,
  • 2 August (Sunday), Republic Day, i.e. 3 August (Monday) is a non-working day,
  • 8 September (Tuesday), Independence Day,
  • 11 October (Sunday), Day of the People’s Uprising, i.e. 12 October (Monday) is a non-working day,
  • 23 October (Friday), Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle,
  • 8 December (Tuesday), “St. Clement of Ohrid”.
Holidays for citizens of the Orthodox faith
  • 6 January (Tuesday), Christmas Eve, the day before Christmas,
  • 19 January (Monday), Epiphany (Vodici),
  • 10 April (Friday), Good Friday, Friday before Easter,
  • 29 May (Friday), Pentecost, Friday before Pentecost,
  • 28 August (Friday), Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God (Great Mother of God).
Holidays for members of other religious/national communities

For citizens of the Catholic faith

• 6 April (Monday), Easter, the second day of Easter,

• 1 November (Sunday), All Saints’ Day,

• 25 December (Friday), the first day of Christmas.

For citizens of the Muslim faith

• 27 May (Wednesday), Kurban Bayram, the first day of Kurban Bayram

For citizens belonging to the Albanian community in the Republic of North Macedonia

• 22 November (Sunday), Albanian Alphabet Day

For citizens belonging to the Serbian community in the Republic of North Macedonia

• 27 January (Tuesday), St. Sava

For citizens belonging to the Roma community in the Republic of North Macedonia

• 8 April (Wednesday), International Roma Day

For citizens belonging to the Vlach community in the Republic of North Macedonia

• 23 May (Saturday), National Day of the Vlachs

For citizens belonging to the Jewish community in the Republic of North Macedonia

• 21 September (Monday), Yom Kippur, the first day of Yom Kippur

For citizens belonging to the Bosniak community in the Republic of North Macedonia

• 28 September (Monday), International Bosniak Day

For citizens belonging to the Turkish community in the Republic of North Macedonia

• 21 December (Monday), Turkish Language Education Day

Note: If classes and other academic activities provided for in the academic calendar for the summer semester fall on non-working days in accordance with the Law on Holidays of the Republic of North Macedonia, they will be held at another time, of which students will additionally be informed on the notice board and on the official University website msu.edu.mk. (Annex: Non-working days in 2026)