Academic calendar
The academic year consists of two semesters and each semester is divided into two blocks. See for academic year 2026-2027 this overview in PDF.
Academic calendar 2026-2027
Semester 1A
Lecture period : Monday 31 August 2026 - Friday 16 October 2026
Exam period: Monday 19 October 2026 - Friday 30 October 2026
Resit period: Monday 25 January 2027 - Friday 29 January 2027
Semester 1B
Lecture period: Monday 9 November 2026 - Friday 15 January 2027
Exam period:
a. Monday 14 December 2026 - Friday 18 December 2026
b. Monday 18 January 2027 - Friday 22 January 2027
Resit period: Monday 5 April 2027 - Friday 9 April 2027
Semester 2A
Lecture period: Monday 1 February 2027 - Friday 19 March 2027
Exam period: Monday 22 March 2027 - Friday 2 April 2027
Resit period: Monday 14 June 2027 - Friday 25 June 2027
Semester 2B
Lecture period: Monday 12 April 2027 - Friday 4 June 2027
Exam period: Monday 7 June 2027 - Friday 11 June 2027
Resit period: Monday 14 June 2027 - Friday 25 June 2027
Vacation days
The period from 2 November until 8 November 2026 (Career Week), 21 December 2026 until 3 January 2027 and the period from 28 June 2027 until 5 September 2027 are periods without any lectures or exams for the Faculty of Spatial Sciences. All University buildings are closed on the following days:
- Winter closing: 21 December 2026 until 3 January 2027
- Good Friday: 26 Marchl 2027
- Easter Monday: 29 March 2027
- Kingsday: 27 April 2027
- Liberation Day: 5 May 2027
- Ascension Day: 6 May 2027
- Whit Monday: 17 May 2027
For the whole academic calendar, see also this overview.
Schedules
The schedules are made by the Education office. The schedules are preliminary, changes are always possible. You will be notified of changes in the schedules, on Brightspace or by e-mail. Courses offered outside the programmes of the Faculty of Spatial Sciences are not available in the schedules of the Faculty. Please check the information and the schedule of the Faculty where the course is offered.
Lecture halls
Lecture halls for Spatial Sciences can be found in the following buildings on the Zernike Campus:
Mercator (Buildingnumbers 5415, 5416, 5417): Landleven 1;
Duisenberg Building (Buildingnumbers 5411, 5412, 5414, en 5433/Paviljon): Nettelbosje 2;
Kapteynborg (Buildingnumber 5419): Landleven 12
Equator (Buildingnumber 5436): Landleven 1