Date 

Event 

1 June – 21 September 2026 

Electronic registration for higher programme years in bachelor’s and master’s programmes for the academic year 2026/2027 

27 August – 3 September 2026 

Registration of newly admitted students to the 1st year of bachelor’s programmes (Czech programmes) 

29 June and 22 September 2026 

Registration of newly admitted students to the 1st year of continuing master’s programmes (Czech programmes) 

28 August – 9 September 2026 

Preparatory course for 1st-year students of the Department of Dramatic Theatre (KČD) and the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre (KALD), Poněšice 

11 September 2026 

Premiere of the 2nd graduation performance of the 4th year of acting (KČD) – ARCHA+ Theatre 

11–13 October 2026 

Introductory retreat for 1st-year students of the Department of Theory and Criticism (KTK), Poněšice 

10 August – 22 September 2026 

Registration of newly admitted students to the 1st year of English-language bachelor’s and master’s programmes + KOS training 

23–24 September 2026 

Orientation Days for 1st-year students of bachelor’s and master’s programmes in the full-time form of study in Czech 

25–27 September 2026 

Preparatory course for 1st-year students of the Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy (KATaP) (outside Poněšice) 

30 September 2026 

Deadline for submission of the doctoral student activity report for the academic year 2025/2026 

24, 25 and 30 September 2026 

Substitute registration date for higher programme years for the academic year 2026/2027 

25 September – 14 October 2026 

Electronic registration for required elective subjects (PV) and elective subjects (VV) for the winter semester (20 days) – registration opens at 9:00 a.m. 

1 October 2026 

BEGINNING OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027 

1 October – 22 December 2026 

INSTRUCTION IN THE WINTER SEMESTER 2026/2027 

1 October 2026 

Opening of the academic year at DAMU – DISK Theatre rooftop 

3 October 2026 

Moving Station Plzeň – premiere of the master’s graduation performance KALD3 

5 October 2026 

KČD project marking the anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth 

6 October 2026 

Matriculation ceremony for first-year students (10:00 a.m., Martinů Hall, HAMU) 

10–11 October 2026 

Conference Mindfulness and Acting, Performance and Dialogical Acting 

23–25 October 2026 

DVD Festival (Children–Education–Theatre) featuring works by students and graduates of KVD 

31 October 2026 

Deadline for submission of reports from Subject Board meetings concerning studies in 2025/2026 and plans for 2026/2027 

31 October 2026 

DAMU Open Day 

6 November 2026 

Territories of Art Conference 

12–13 November 2026 

DAMU Doctoral Conference 

16–17 November 2026 

Velvet at DAMU 

20 November 2026 

Premiere of the 3rd graduation performance of the 4th year of acting (KČD) – DISK Theatre 

24 November 2026 

First staging of the 2nd graduation performance of the 4th year of acting (KČD) at DISK Theatre 

26 November 2026 

Graduation ceremony for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral graduates (10:00, 13:00 and 15:00, Bohuslav Martinů Hall, HAMU) 

26 November 2026 

33 Years Later – colloquium on Czech and Slovak theatre organized by KTK 

18 December 2026 

DISK Theatre – premiere of the master’s graduation performance KALD4 

23 December 2026 – 1 January 2027 

WINTER HOLIDAYS 

4–13 January 2027 

Final commission exams of the Department of Dramatic Theatre 

11 January 2024 – 14 February 2027 

Examination period for the winter semester (5 weeks) 

11–15 January 2027 

Final commission exams of the Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy 

14 January 2027 

Final commission exams of the Department of Scenography – Bachelor’s and Master’s Scenography 

15 January 2027 

Departments submit assignments of bachelor’s and master’s qualification theses for approval by the Dean 

15 January 2027 

Departments enter assignments of graduation performances approved by the Head of the Department into KOS 

18 January 2027 

Master’s Symposium of the Department of Theory and Criticism 

22 January 2027 

Premiere of the 4th graduation performance of the 4th year of acting (KČD) – DISK Theatre 

25–28 January 2027 

PROCES Final Commission Exam Festival of the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre 

31 January 2027 

Deadline for applications for Erasmus+ study and practical placements for the academic year 2027/2028 

31 January 2027 

Deadline for Erasmus+ applications for teaching mobilities and staff training 

1–28 February 2027 

Electronic registration for required elective subjects (PV) and elective subjects (VV) for the summer semester (28 days) – registration opens at 9:00 a.m. 

4–5 February 2027 

Final commission exams of the Department of Scenography – LAD-LA 

12–14 February 2027 

Authorial Creativity Up Close Festival (KATaP) 

15 February – 23 May 2027 

INSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER SEMESTER 2026/2027 

15–19 February 2027 

NADAMU Festival (held as a form of compulsory instruction during the first week of the semester) 

15–19 February 2027 

Performing Arts Management Symposium (within the NADAMU Festival) 

12 March 2027 

Premiere of the 1st graduation performance of the 3rd year of acting (KALD) – DISK Theatre 

March/April 2027 

Night of Theatres at DAMU and DISK 2027 

9 April 2027 

Premiere of the 1st graduation performance of the 3rd year of acting (KČD) – DISK Theatre 

10 May 2027 

Master’s Symposia of the Department of Theory and Criticism 

9 May 2027 

Premiere of the 2nd graduation performance of the 3rd year of acting (KALD) – DISK Theatre 

24 May – 30 June 2027 

Examination period for the summer semester 

24 May – 4 June 2027 

Final commission exams of the Department of Dramatic Theatre 

28 May 2027 

First staging of the master’s graduation performance KALD3 at DISK Theatre 

31 May 2027 

Final commission exams of the Department of Scenography 

31 May – 3 June 2027 

PROCES Final Commission Exam Festival of the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre 

1 June 2027 

Beginning of electronic registration for a higher programme year / next academic year 

7–11 June 2027 

Final commission exams of the Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy 

8 June 2027 

Presentation of master’s projects and scholarly articles of the Department of Production 

8–15 June 2027 

Department of Scenography exhibition at DISK as part of PQ 2027 (LAD-LA final commission exams held within the exhibition) 

18 June 2027 

Final Commission Exam Evening of the Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy – DISK Theatre 

1 July – 31 August 2027 

SUMMER HOLIDAYS 

1–14 September 2027 

Continuation of the examination period for the summer semester of the academic year 2026/2027 

20 September 2027 

Registration of newly admitted students to the 1st year of continuing master’s programmes 

22 September 2027 

Closure of electronic registration for higher programme years in KOS / for the next academic year in bachelor’s and master’s programmes 

22–23 September 2027 

Orientation Days for 1st-year students of bachelor’s and master’s programmes in the full-time form of study in Czech 

24 September – 17 October 2027 

Electronic registration for required elective subjects (PV) and elective subjects (VV) for the winter semester (24 days) – registration opens at 9:00 a.m. 

29–30 September 2027 

Substitute registration date for higher programme years / the next academic year in bachelor’s and master’s programmes 

30 September 2027 

Deadline for submission of the doctoral student activity report for the academic year 2026/2027 

30 September 2027 

END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027 

31 October 2027 

Deadline for submission of reports from Subject Board meetings concerning studies in 2026/2027 and plans for 2027/2028 

1 October 2027 

BEGINNING OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2027/2028