Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Cattolica International

Programme dates

Semester 1 (Fall 2025)

Arrival 1: 25 August 2025
Orientation 1: 26 – 28 August 2025
Arrival 2: 9 September 2024
Orientation 2: 10 – 12 September 2024
Beginning of classes: September 15, 2025 
Public Holidays: November 1 and December 8, 2025
End of classes: December 5, 2025
Examination Session: December 9-12, 2025

Semester 2 (Spring 2026)

Arrival 1: 2 February 2026
Orientation 1: 3 – 5 February 2026
Arrival 2: 16 February 2026
Orientation 2: 17 – 19 February 2026
Beginning of classes: 23 February 2026 
Spring/Easter Break: April 2 - 7, 2026
Public Holidays: April 25, May 1, 2026
End of classes: May 22, 2026
Examination Session: May 25 - 29, 2026

Semester 1 (Fall 2025) 

General information

Arrival 1: 25 August 2025
Orientation 1: 26 – 28 August 2025 
Arrival 2: 8 September 2025
Orientation 2: 9 – 11 September 2025
Public Holidays: November 1 and December 8, 2025
Christmas Holidays: December 24, 2025 - January 6, 2026

Faculty of Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences and the Interfaculty Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences and Economics

Period of classes: September 8 - December 6, 2025
Examination session: December 9, 2025 - February 7, 2026

Faculty of Economics in English: on a trimester basis

Trimester 1: September 15 - November 15, 2025
Examination session:  November 17 - December 20, 2025

Faculty of Humanities, Languages, Psychology and Political Sciences

Beginning of classes: September 29 - December 6, 2025
Examination session: January 7 - February 21, 2026

Semester 2 (Spring 2026) 

General information

Arrival 1: 2 February 2026
Orientation 1: 3 – 5 February 2026 
Arrival 2: 16 February 2026
Orientation 2: 17 – 19 February 2026
Spring/Easter Break: April 2 - 6, 2026
Public Holidays: April 25, May 1, June 2, 2026

Faculty of Economics in English: on a trimester basis

Orientation for students of 2nd Trimester classes: On line event December 18, 2025
Arrival date: January 7, 2026
Trimester 2: January 7 - March 7, 2026
Examination session: March 9 - April 18, 2026
Trimester 3: April 20 - June 27, 2026
Examination session: June 29 - July 25, 2026

Faculty of Banking, Finance and Insurance Science, the Interfaculty Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences and Economics and the Faculty of Law

Period of classes: February 9 - May 18, 2026
Examination session: May 25 - July 25, 2026

Faculty of Political Sciences

Beginning of classes: February 23, 2026
Examination session: June 1 - July 25, 2026

Faculty of Humanities, Languages, Psychology

Beginning of classes: February 23, 2026
Examination session: May 25 / June 1 - July 25, 2026