Academic calendar
The academic year is organized in 2 semesters:
- Semester 1: mid-August until end of December
- Semester 2: early January until end of June
2017–2018
- Autumn 2017: 14 August – 20 December
Orientation week campus Sogndal and Førde: 7 - 11 August
Study week in Bergen: 18 – 22 September (no lectures) - Spring 2018: 3 January – 15 June
2018–2019
- Welcome Week for international students starts 13 August
- Autumn 2018: 15 August – 19 December
- Spring 2019: 7 January – 19 June
Public Holidays
- Christmas holiday: 25 December until 27 December
- Easter Holiday: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Monday
- Ascension Day
- Pentecost
- International worker’s day, 1 May
- National day, 17 May