ACADEMIC CALENDAR

FALL SEMESTER 2023/2024
DATE DAY CALENDAR OF TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 
13 November–

18 November

 Monday–

Saturday

 First midterm exam

 
20 November

30 December

 Monday–

Saturday

 Second cycle lectures

(6 weeks)
9 January

15 January

 Monday–

Saturday

 Second midterm exam

(1 week)
15 January–

20 January

 Tuesday–

Wednesday

 Registration of exams  

(period of registration of exams
22 January–

3 February

 Monday–

Saturday

 January exam session (2 weeks)

(spring and fall semester exams can be taken as well as the final exams for the full-time students)
5 February–

10 February

 Monday-

Saturday

 Semester enrollment – start (1 week)

(period for payment and enrollment registration for the spring semester of 2023)
12 February–

23 March

 Monday-

Friday

 First cycle lectures

(6 weeks)
25 March –

1 April

 Monday

Friday

 First midterm exam

(1 week)
1 April–

18 May

 Monday

Saturday

 Second cycle studies

( 6 weeks)
20 May

25 May

 Monday

Friday

 Second midterm exam

(1 week)
3 June–

7 June

 Monday

Friday

 Semester enrollment

 
10 June–

22 June

 

 Monday

Saturday

 June exam session

(2 weeks)

(spring and fall semester exams can be taken)
1  July Monday The last deadline for publishing results and entering the grades in the student file
08 July Monday Summer break 2024
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES IN 2023
Holidays observed by all citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • 01 January (Monday), Day off for New’s Day,
  • 7 January (Sunday), Orthodox Christmas Day,
  • 8 January (Monday)- Day off
  • 1 May (Wednesday), Labor Day, 02 May (Thursday) day off,
  • 3 May (Friday), Good Friday (Orthodox)
  • 6 May (Monday), Easter Monday (Orthodox) – day off,
  • 24 May (Friday) Saints Cyril and Methodius’ Day – day off,
  • 2 August (Friday), Saints Cyril and Methodius’ Day – day off,
  • 8 September (Sunday), Independence Day, i.e., 9 September (Monday)-  day off
  • 11 October (Friday), Day of People’s Uprising,
  • 23 October (Wednesday), Дay of Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle,
  • 8 December (Sunday), Saint Clement of Ohrid Day, i.e., 9 December (Monday) –  day off
Orthodox Religious Holidays
  • 6 January (Saturday), Orthodox Christmas Eve,
  • 19 January (Friday), Epiphany (Orthodox),
  • 3 May (Friday), Good Friday (Orthodox),
  • 21 June (Friday), Friday before Pentecost,
  • 28 August (Wednesday), Feast of the Assumption of Mary (Orthodox).
 

 Holidays observed by other religious groups / national communities

Catholic Religious Holidays

  • 1 April (Monday), Easter, Easter Monday,
  • 1 November (Friday), All Saints’ Day,
  • 25 December (Wednesday), Christmas Day.

Muslim Religious Holidays

  • 17 June (Saturday), Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) (Tentative Date),

Holiday observed by the Albanian community in the Republic of North Macedonia

  • 22 November (Friday), Albanian Alphabet Day,

Holidays observed by the Serbian community of the Republic of North Macedonia  

  • 27 January (Tuesday), St. Sava’s Day,

Holidays observed by the Romani community of the Republic of North Macedonia

  • 8 April (Monday), International Romani Day,

Holidays observed by the Vlach community of the Republic of North Macedonia

  • 23 May (Thursday), Vlach’s National Day,

Holidays observed by the Jewish community of the Republic of North Macedonia  

  • 5 October (Saturday), First Day of Yom Kippur,

Holidays observed by the Bosniak community of the Republic of North Macedonia

  • 28 September (Saturday), International Bosniak’s Day,

Holidays observed by the Turkish community of the Republic of North Macedonia

  • 21 December (Saturday),  Turkish Language Day.

Note: If the classes or other academic activities scheduled by the fall academic calendar fall on non-working days according to the Law on Holidays of the Republic of North Macedonia, they will be held in another term regarding which students will be additionally notified by information on the bulletin board and on the official website of the University msu.edu.mk. (Attachment: Holidays and observances in 2024).