In order to plan your stay at the Uni of Opole and get the most of your time off in Poland, please, have a look at our academic calendar of the University of Opole for 2016/2017 as well as the national holidays and breaks.
- Adaptation Day: 30.09.2016 (Friday) – one day before the semester officially starts – all the incoming students are welcome at the university.
- Adaptation Week for exchange students: 3 – 7.10.2016 – a week of introduction to the university and Opole for those who came here for a short term study (Erasmus+ etc.).
- Inauguration of the Year: 04.10.2016 (Tuesday) – official ceremony at the University (held in Polish language).
- The University Day: 10.03.2017 (Friday) – another anniversary of establishing the Uni of O (typically a day off classes – you are welcome to join official celebrations, in Polish…)
Fall Term
- Regular classes: 03.10.2016 – 26.01.2017* (*25 and 26 January 2017 – (Wednesday and Thursday) classes will be held according to schedule proposed for Friday)
- 31.10.2016 Day off
- Christmas break: 24.12.2016 – 01.01.2017
- Exam session: 27.01.2017 – 09.02.2017 (Classes are over, only the exams are held. Refer to your professor or syllabus to see whether your course concludes with an exam or some in-class form of evaluation. In the latter case, your course – including the grading – will finish max. on Jan 26.)
- Winter break: 10.02.2017 – 12.02.2017
- Make-up exam session: 13.02.2017 – 24.02.2017 (For those who re-take exams failed in the session. Technically, it is the spring term already.)
Spring Term
- Regular classes: 13.02.2017 – 09.06.2017
- Easter break: 13.04.2017 – 19.04.2017
- Day off: 02.05.2017 (Refer to the list of holidays below to understand, what we call in Poland a ‘May’s weekend’.)
- Exam session: 12.06.2017 – 26.06.2017 (Classes are over, only the exams are held. Refer to your professor or syllabus to see whether your course concludes with an exam or some in-class form of evaluation. In the latter case, your course – including the grading – will finish max. on June 9.)
- Make-up exam session: 04.09.2017 – 17.09.2017 (For those who re-take exams failed in the session.)
Public holidays
- New Year’s Eve – January 1
- Epiphany – January 6
- Easter – April 16-17
- Labour Day – May 1
- Constitution Day – May 3
- Corpus Christi – June 15
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – August 15
- All Saints’ Day – November 1
- Independence Day – November 11
- Christmas – December 25-26
Cambridge Exams at the University of Opole
This year our University starts cooperation with the Cambridge English Examination Centre and thanks to it both students and staff members of the University of Opole will have an opportunity to take one of the English proficiency exams: FCE (First Certificate Exam -...
Visit from Java
A delegation from Airlangga University has visited the University of Opole.
American English with Natasha
Dear students, This year we are lucky to have a Fulbright teaching assitant, Natasha from Arizona. It’s obvious that we cannot but take full advantage of her stay with us and use the opportunity to enhance our English proficiency. Thus, we invite you to the “American...
Film Festival Opolskie Lamy
Film Festival Opolskie Lamy is the biggest movie event in the Opole Voivodeship. This year we celebrate its 15th edition. From the 4th till the 14th of October everyone who wishes can watch the most important movies for the cinematography, divided into three blocks:...
Inauguration Day
His Magnificence the Rector and the Senate of the University of Opole invite all students to take part in one of the most important days of the academic year - the Inauguration Ceremony. Among the invited guests there are well-known public figures like, Marian...
Adaptation week at the University of Opole
This week we welcome the new foreign students who have just come to Poland and will study at one or another English study programme launched by the University of Opole this year. The Office for International Study Programmes has prepared a couple of events in order to...
Japanese Students at the University of Opole
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Flavour Festival- let’s taste the world
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New German Language Experience Opportunity
If you like travelling and you know the basics of the German language, then this event is right for you. Austrian library in Opole is organizing free German language lessons for people who want to visit German speaking countries and need to know how to communicate on...
Migrant Mothers Workshops in Warsaw
The Institute of Public Affairs invites migrants to take part in free workshops devoted to work law, nostrification of diplomas, effective job search, etc., that will take place on 19 and 26 August 2017 in the framework of the project „Jestem mamą w Polsce II”....