Academic calendar
Important dates for students and staff at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Semester dates
| Autumn Semester 2024 | 16.09.2024 - 20.12.2024 | Showadd |
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| Calendar weeks 38 - 51 | ||
| Spring Semester 2025 | 17.02.2025 - 30.05.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 8 - 22 | ||
| Autumn Semester 2025 | 15.09.2025 - 19.12.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38 – 51 | ||
| Spring Semester 2026 | 16.02.2026 - 29.05.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 8 - 22 | ||
Overview of semester dates
2024
2025
| Entrance examinations | 13.01.2025 - 23.01.2025 | Showadd |
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| Calendar weeks 3&4 | ||
| Examination session | 20.01.2025 - 14.02.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 4-7 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 24.01.2025 | |
| Start Spring semester | 17.02.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 11.04.2025 | |
| Week after Easter: no classes | 18.04.2025 - 27.04.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes up to and including Sunday, April 27, 2025 | Buildings closed over Easter from Good Friday until Easter Monday! | ||
| "Sechseläuten" (Zurich spring festival) | 28.04.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes in the afternoon, buildings closed from 12:00 h! | ||
| Labour Day | 01.05.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Ascension Day (classes on Friday, 30.05.2025) | 29.05.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| End of Spring semester | 30.05.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Whitsuntide | 07.06.2025 - 09.06.2025 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 11.07.2025 | |
| Swiss National Day | 01.08.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings closed | ||
| Examination session | 04.08.2025 - 29.08.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 32-35 | ||
| Information days for final-year secondary school students | 03.09.2025 - 04.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Wednesday and Thursday, calendar week 36 | ||
| Start Autumn semester | 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Welcome for new students | 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| No classes | ||
| "Knabenschiessen" (local Zurich holiday) | 15.09.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings open! | ||
| Classes begin | 16.09.2025 | |
| Application deadline session examinations and end of semester examinations | 12.10.2025 | Showadd |
| End of fourth semester week | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 24.10.2025 | |
| Dies Academicus ("ETH Day") | 22.11.2025 | Showadd |
| Main building HG closed, Sport Center Polyterrasse MM open | ||
| Polyball (annual student prom) | 29.11.2025 | Showadd |
| Buildings HG and MM closed starting Saturday, 17:00 h and Sunday | ||
| End of Autumn semester | 19.12.2025 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 38-51 | ||
| Christmas break | 24.12.2025 - 04.01.2026 | Showadd |
| Christmas break - buildings closed from 12h (midday) up to and including Sunday, 4 January | ||
2026
| Entrance examinations | 12.01.2026 - 22.01.2026 | Showadd |
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| Calendar weeks 3&4 | ||
| Examination session | 19.01.2026 - 13.02.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 4-7 | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 23.01.2026 | |
| Start Spring semester | 16.02.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
| Week after Easter: no classes | 03.04.2026 - 12.04.2026 | Showadd |
| No classes up to and including Sunday, April 12, 2026 | Buildings closed over Easter from Good Friday until Easter Monday! | ||
| "Sechseläuten" (Zurich spring festival) | 20.04.2026 | Showadd |
| No classes in the afternoon, buildings closed from 12:00 h! | ||
| Doctoral awards ceremony | 24.04.2026 | |
| Labour Day | 01.05.2026 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Ascension Day (classes on Friday, 15.05.2026) | 14.05.2026 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| Whitsuntide | 23.05.2026 - 25.05.2026 | Showadd |
| no classes, buildings closed | ||
| End of Spring semester | 29.05.2026 | Showadd |
| Calendar weeks 08-22 | ||
Further dates for students and staff
Meeting dates Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Department conference & Professors' conference
| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 04.03.2025 | |
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| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 13.05.2025 | |
| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 30.09.2025 | |
| DeptK / ProfK | Tuesday, 25.11.2025 |
Master's degree graduation ceremony
| Masterfeier | Friday, 28.11.2025 |
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Grading conference
| NoK IDUK | Thursday, 20.02.2025 | |
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| NoK IDUK | Thursday, 11.09.2025 |
Teaching commission
| UK | Monday, 24.02.2025 | |
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| UK | Monday, 05.05.2025 | |
| UK | Monday, 22.09.2025 | |
| UK | Monday, 17.11.2025 |
Contact
Friederike Brütsch
Department Coordinator
ETH Zurich
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sonneggstrasse 5
NO D 57
8092
Zurich