Week without courses or exams
14-18 September 2026
Start of academic year
21 September 2026
Start courses first semester
22 September 2026
StuDay
No courses
End of enrolment period
2 October 2026
Start of late enrolment period part 1 (with approval)
5 October 2026
Left behind in pain: the hidden pandemic of untreated suffering
UAntwerp Spectrum lecture about the imbalance between the indispensibility and the misuse of controlled medicines | Raffaella Ravinetto | free admission | no prior knowledge required
UAntwerp closed
31 October - 2 November 2026: All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day
Open Classes
3 - 6 November 2026: We open our classes to prospective students
UAntwerp closed
11 November 2026: Armistice
End of late enrolment period part 1 (with approval)
30 November 2026
Christmas at UAntwerp
Campus Groenenborger, Campus Middelheim and Campus Drie Eiken
Christmas at UAntwerp
Stadscampus
Christmas Holidays for students
19 December 2026 - 3 January 2027
UAntwerp closed
25 December 2026 - 2 January 2027: Christmas Holidays
First semester exam period
4-30 January 2027
Start of late enrolment period part 2 (with approval)
15 January 2027
Semester break
1-5 February 2027: no course or exams
Open Classes
8 - 12 February 2027: We open our classes to prospective students
Start courses second semester
8 February 2027
UAntwerp Prom Night
19 February 2027
End of late enrolment period part 2 (with approval)
26 February 2027
Calamartes: cultural festival
1-5 March 2027
Open Day
Get to know our university and programmes.
Praesidium week
22 March - 25 March 2027