University calendar
The standard French university calendar consists of two semesters:
- The first semester generally starts in September-October and ends in December-January.
- The second semester generally starts in January-February and ends in April-May.
The university holidays are quite similar to those of primary and secondary school. There are generally five holiday periods per year:
- vacances de la Toussaint: they can range from one to two weeks, in October-November; most generally, they are not granted to university students;
- vacances de Noël: a two-week holiday at the end of the year, involving both Christmas and New Year's Day;
- vacances d'hiver: a two-week holiday in February-March; most generally, university students only have a one-week holiday;
- vacances de Pâques: a two-week holiday, most generally in April;
- grandes vacances or vacances d'été: as for primary and secondary school, they last two months in July and August; on the contrary, university students often have three or four months of holiday.
However, the university calendar depends on the Académie (regional educational unit), on the institution itself, on the education status (for example, post-graduate students have longer vacances d'été in order to allow them to intern at companies) and even on the curriculum! Thus, make sure to take a look at the current calendar of the University of Rennes 1.
Current calendar of the University of Rennes 1
Download it to know about all the important dates (start of terms, holidays, exams, ...) of the current year.
You can also check your own back-to-school calendar and personal timetable in your Digital Workspace.