Academic Calendar, deadlines

Useful Information, academic calendar

Updated: 30.07.2025.

Useful Information, academic calendar
Please note the Faculty Calendar is updated continuously, so please check it regularly.

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IMPORTANT TO KNOW (List of deadlines)

Spring semester 2024/2025
(‘Administrative deadline’ refers to departments or lecturers.)
The academic calendar for semester 2024/25/2 (download in PDF).

Autumn semester 2025/2026
(‘Administrative deadline’ refers to departments or lecturers.)
The academic calendar for semester 2025/26/1 (download in PDF).

AUGUST

7.

Thursday

 

800

First day of submitting a request for PIEC (personalized instruction for exceptional cases) for 2025/26/1 via Neptun. (To make a request, you must register for your courses at least 24 hours in advance.)

29.

Friday

1600

2000

Last day of pre-course registration period.

First day of ranking course registration period.

More information here.

                                                                                   SEPTEMBER

2.

Tuesday

 

First day of Orientation Week for Freshmen.

4.

Thursday

1700

Last day of ranking course registration period. More information here.

5.

Friday

800

First day of ‘first-come, first-served’ course registration period. More information here.

Last day of Orientation Week for Freshmen.

7.

Sunday

2000

Last day of registration period for autumn semester 2025/26 (via Neptun). More information here.

8.

Monday

 

First day of study period in 2025/26/1

12.

Friday

     1600

 

1600

Last day of ‘first-come, first-served’ course registration period. More information here.

 

Last day of submitting a request for PIEC (personalized instruction for exceptional cases) for 2025/26/1 via Neptun. (To make a request, you must register for your courses at least 24 hours in advance.)

20.

Saturday

 

1700

Last day to submit tuition fee-related instalment payment; equity or credit based* tutiton fee requests for 2025/26/1 via Neptun (*for student who have exceeded the official term). The deadline is peremptory. More information here.

TBA

 

 

Last day to submit requests for the Educational Committee.

In the case of those requests made for the 2025/26/1 semester, that could only be submitted after 07.07.2025.

For more detailed information, please see 26 May in the Academic Calendar.

OCTOBER

1.

Wednesday

 

First day of the application period at ELTE Faculty of Humanities for self-paying full-time BA/MA students for the 2026/2027 academic year at https://apply.elte.hu/. (Period 1 with Early Bird discount.)

18.

Saturday

 

Working day in exchange for 24 October (No tuition.)

23.

Thursday

 

National holiday (commemoration of the revolution in 1956) (No tuition.)

24.

Friday

 

Rest day (No tuition.)

27.

Monday

 

First day of autumn break (No tuition.)

NOVEMBER

1.

Saturday

 

Last day of autumn break (No tuition.)

6.

Thursday

TBA

Online Open Day (For prospective BA/MA students)

30.

Thursday

 

Last day of the application period at ELTE Faculty of Humanities for self-paying full-time BA/MA students for the 2026/2027 academic year at https://apply.elte.hu/. (Period 1 with Early Bird discount.)

DECEMBER

13.

Saturday

 

Last day of study period in autumn semester 2025/26 / Working day

15.

Monday

 

First day of exam period in autumn semester 2025/26

2026

JANUARY

31.

Saturday

 

Last day of exam period in autumn semester 2025/26

 

Spring semester 2025/2026
(‘Administrative deadline’ refers to departments or lecturers.)

FEBRUARY

1.

Sunday

 

First day of the application period at ELTE Faculty of Humanities for self-paying full-time BA/MA students for the 2026/2027 academic year at https://apply.elte.hu/. (Period 2 with Early Bird discount.)

8.

Sunday

2000

Last day of registration period for spring semester 2025/26 (via Neptun). More information here.

9.

Monday

 

First day of study period in 2025/26/2

MARCH

30.

Monday

 

Last day of the application period at ELTE Faculty of Humanities for self-paying full-time BA/MA students for the 2026/2027 academic year at https://apply.elte.hu/. (Period 2 with Early Bird discount.)

APRIL

1.

Wednesday

 

First day of spring break (No tuition.)

 

First day of the application period at ELTE Faculty of Humanities for self-paying full-time BA/MA students for the 2026/2027 academic year at https://apply.elte.hu/. (Period 3.)

7.

Tuesday

 

Last day of spring break (No tuition.)

MAY

1.

Friday

 

Labour Day (No tuition.)

8.

Friday

 

Pázmány Day (No tuition.)

16.

Saturday

 

Last day of study period in 2025/26/2

18.

Monday

 

First day of exam period in 2025/26/2

31.

Sunday

 

Last day of the application period at ELTE Faculty of Humanities for self-paying full-time BA/MA students for the 2026/2027 academic year at https://apply.elte.hu/. (Period 3.)

JUNE

JULY

4.

Saturday

 

Last day of exam period in 2025/26/2

Please, besides reading the list of deadlines, follow the announcements, and read your messages in Neptun carefully.

With study issues, please contact Ms Emese Kertész study coordinator at the Office of Educational Affairs.
With any other practical issues, please contact your international coordinator at the Department of International Affairs.
Office hours at the Office of Educational Affairs and the Department of International Affairs:
Monday: 13:00 - 16:00
Wednesday: 9:00 - 12:00; 13:00 - 16:00

Academic Calendar

Please find the central ELTE Academic Calendar here.

Academic calendar for foundation students