The minimum time to finish the P.S.P. is three (3) semesters.
The academic year begins on September 1 and ends on August 31 of the following calendar year. The educational work of each academic year is structured in two semesters of study, in the winter and in the spring, each of which includes 13 weeks of teaching and one or two weeks of examinations.
Every semester of study includes educational activities corresponding to sixty (60) credit teaching units (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System – ECTS).
The exact dates are set by the University Senate and then by the School of Chemistry. In exceptional cases, however, the Minister of Education, upon a proposal of the Senate, regulates the beginning and the end of the two semesters outside the regular dates, to complete the necessary number of teaching weeks.
The academic calendar of each academic year is posted on the website of the P.S.P. before the beginning of the courses.
HOLIDAYS
During the months of July and August, no classes or exams are held and they are considered summer vacation months. As vacation periods are also considered:
- The Christmas holidays: From December 24 to January 7.
- Carnival holidays: From Tyrophagou Thursday until the day after Shrove Monday.
- The Easter holidays: From Holy Monday to St. Thomas Sunday.
HOLIDAYS AND DAYS-OFF
- October 26th: Feast of St. Demetrios, patron saint of the city. Liberation of Thessaloniki (National holiday).
- October 28th: Anniversary of “OXI” to Italian fascism (National holiday).
- November 17th: Anniversary of the Polytechnic School uprising in 1973.
- January 30th: Feast of the Three Hierarchs (Religious feast).
- March 25th: Anniversary of the War of Independence of 1821 against Ottoman rule (National holiday).
- May 1st: May Day. – Workers’ Day of Class Solidarity (Labor Day – Strike).
Day of Holy Spirit: (Mobile religious holiday).