Academic calendar – Vilnius college of design

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Academic calendar of the 2024-2025 school year

Full-time study program
Part-time study program

Full-time study program

Fall semester
September 4	Opening of the Fall semester with welcoming event
September 2 – 6	Socialization week for new students
September 9	Start of the Fall semester lectures
October 21 – 25	Full-time mode interim reviews (lectures do not take place)
October 28 – November 1	Students’ Autumn Holidays
December 13	Final class day of Fall semester
December 16 – 20	An additional week of the Autumn semester ( Exams of theoretical subjects and additional lectures takes place)
December 23 – January 3	Students’ Winter holiday (VDK will be closed)
January 6 – 10	Individual work week (preparations for final rewies)
January 13 – 17	Final rewiews of Fall semester
January 21	Fall semester first retake of failed exams
January 24	Fall semester second retake of failed exams
January 27 – 31	Students’ Winter Holidays

Spring semester
February 3	Spring semester lectures begin
March 3 – 7	Mid term rewies (lectures teke place for 3^{^rd} coursestudents)
March 31 – April 4	International week (lectures take place)
April 07 – 11	Final reviews (lestures does take place)
April 22 – 25	Students’ Spring Holiday
May 9	Final class day of Spring Semester
May 12 – 16	Additional week for consultations and theory class exams
May 19 – 23	Final reviews of Spring semester
May 27	First re-take of failed exams
May 30	Second re-take of failed exams
June 2 – 6	Defense of theses in Academic departments
June 9 – 13	First (I) year full-time mode studies internship reviews
June 16 – 20	Public defense of theses (Qualification Committee)
June 25	First (I) year full-time mode studies internship reviews (I) debt settlement
June 27	First (I) year full-time mode studies internship reviews second (2) debt settlement
July 4	Graduation ceremony
August 25 – 27	Second (II) year full-time mode studies internship reviews second (2) debt settlement

Holidays/ Non-working days
November 1	All Saints Day
November 2	Remembrance of the Dead
December 24 – 26	Christmas Holiday
January 1	New Year
February 16	Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania
March 11	Lithuanian Independence Restoration Day
April 20 – 21	Easter Holiday
May 1	Iternational Labour Day
May 4	Mothers’ Day
June 1	Fathers’ Day
June 24	St. John’s Day (Dew Holiday)
July 6	Coronation Day of King Mindaugas of Lithuania
August 15	Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Part-time study program

Fall semester
September 4	The beginning of the school year celebration
September 6 – 8	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 1
September 27 – 29	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 2
October 18 – 20	Fall semester interim reviews /Part- time mode studies lecture weekend 3 (usual lectures take place)
November 8-10	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 4
December 6 – 8	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 5
December 23 – January 3	Winter break (college is closed)
January 10- 12	Consultation weekend/ Theoretical subject asessment exams
January 17 – 19	Fall semester final reviews
January 21	Fall semester first (I) debt settlement
January 24	Fall semester first (II) debt settlement
January 16 – February 3	Students’ Holiday

Spring semester
January 31 – February 2	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 1
February 21 – 23	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 2
March 14 – 16	Spring semester interim reviews /Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 3 (usual lectures take place)
April 4 – 6	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 3
April 25 – 27	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 4
May 9 – 11	Consultation weekend/ Theoretical subject asessment exams ( lectures for IV course take place)
May 16 – 18	Spring semester final reviews
May 23 – 25	Part-time mode studies lecture weekend 5
May 27	Spring semester second (I) debt settlement
May 30	Spring semester second (II) debt settlement
June 2 – 6	Public defense of theses (Qualification Committee)
June 26	Third (III) year part-time mode studies internship reviews first (1) debt settlement
July 4	Graduation ceremony
August 25 – 27	Third (III) year part-time mode studies internship reviews second (2) debt settlement

Holidays / non-working days
November 1	All Saints Day
November 2	Remembrance of the Dead
December 24 – 26	Christmas Holiday
January 1	New Year
February 16	Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania
March 11	Lithuanian Independence Restoration Day
April 20-21	Easter Holiday
May 1	International Labour Day
May 4	Mothers’ Day
June 1	Fathers’ Day
June 24	St. John’s Day (Dew Holiday)
July 6	Coronation Day of King Mindaugas of Lithuania
August 15	Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Lectures, practice, interim reviews, final reviews, debt settlement and thesis defenses take place according to separate schedules, which are sent individually (by email) to students during the semester.