Academy of Fine Arts of L’Aquila, Italy

Academic Calendar 2025-26

Didactic activities and academic terms

• 20^th October 2025: beginning of the didactic activities;
• 7^th  February 2026: end of the winter term;
• 23^rd February 2026: beginning of the spring term;
• 6^th June 2026: end of the lessons time (plus two weeks for eventual recover of the lessons).

Didactic suspension periods

• From December 24^th to January 6^th (both included) for Christmas holidays;
• From February 9^th to February 20^th  (both included) for winter session of exams;
• From April 2^nd to April  8^th   (both included) for Easter Holidays.

Further holidays

• 1^st November: national, religious holiday (All Saints’ Day);
• 8^th December: national, religious holiday (Immaculate Conception);
• 25^th April: national holiday (Anniversary of the Liberation);
• 1^st May: national, civil holiday (worker’s Day);
• 2^nd June: national, civil holiday (Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic);
• 10^th June: local, religious holiday (St. Massimo’s Day, the city’s patron saint);
• 15^th August: national, religious holiday (The Assumption of the Madonna).

Examination sessions

• From February 9^th to February 20^th 2026: winter session (3^rd of the a.y. 2024-25); 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th  of March: thesis;
• From June 22^nd to July 10^th 2026: summer session (1^st of the a.y. 2025-26); 15^th and 16^th of July: thesis;
• From 7^th to 18^th  of September  2026: autumn session (2^nd ot the a.y. 2025-26); 24^th and 25^th of September: thesis.

Prof. Barbara DRUDI, Erasmus Institutional Coordinator

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2025-26