Term StartMajor
Semester 1 BeginsIMAMU
بداية الفصل الدراسي الأول
Details
- Country
Saudi Arabia- Scope
- Nationwide
- Type
- Term Start
- Gazetted
- No — not an official day off
- Month
- September 2026
- Date may vary
- ±2 days (Subject to official confirmation)
Avoid booking non-refundable travel on these exact dates. Check closer to the date for confirmation.
Date may be approximate
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Semester 1 Begins in Saudi Arabia?
- Semester 1 Begins marks the beginning of the academic term in Saudi Arabia. Students should prepare enrollment documents and check class schedules.
- When is Semester 1 Begins 2025?
- Semester 1 Begins 2025 falls on September 7, 2025.
- How should I prepare for Semester 1 Begins?
- Prepare enrollment documents, check class schedules, and confirm registration status before Semester 1 Begins in Saudi Arabia.
- What is Semester 1 Begins called locally in Saudi Arabia?
- Semester 1 Begins is locally known as "بداية الفصل الدراسي الأول" in Saudi Arabia.
Source: Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic UniversityManual
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| Country | Date | Day | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia(current) | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
 India | Jul 28, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Jul 28, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Jul 28, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Jul 28, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Jul 31, 2025 | Thu | — |
| India | Aug 1, 2025 | Fri | — |
| India | Aug 1, 2025 | Fri | — |
 Thailand | Aug 4, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Aug 4, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 4, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 4, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
 Indonesia | Aug 11, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 18, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 19, 2025 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 25, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
 Vietnam | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 2, 2025 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 2, 2025 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 3, 2025 | Wed | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 4, 2025 | Thu | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 5, 2025 | Fri | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 8, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2025 | Mon | — |
 Egypt | Sep 20, 2025 | Sat | — |
| Egypt | Sep 20, 2025 | Sat | — |
| Egypt | Sep 20, 2025 | Sat | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2025 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 22, 2025 | Mon | — |
| Egypt | Sep 22, 2025 | Mon | — |
| India | Jul 28, 2026 | Tue | — |
| India | Jul 28, 2026 | Tue | — |
| India | Jul 28, 2026 | Tue | — |
| India | Jul 28, 2026 | Tue | — |
| India | Aug 1, 2026 | Sat | — |
| India | Aug 1, 2026 | Sat | — |
| Thailand | Aug 3, 2026 | Mon | — |
| India | Aug 4, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 4, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 4, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 4, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 10, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| India | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| India | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Thailand | Aug 11, 2026 | Tue | — |
 Kazakhstan | Aug 17, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 18, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 19, 2026 | Wed | — |
 Qatar | Aug 23, 2026 | Sun | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Aug 23, 2026 | Sun | — |
 United Arab Emirates | Aug 24, 2026 | Mon | — |
 Oman | Aug 24, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 24, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 25, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Aug 30, 2026 | Sun | — |
 Bahrain | Aug 31, 2026 | Mon | — |
| United Arab Emirates | Aug 31, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Aug 31, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Kazakhstan | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
 Afghanistan | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 1, 2026 | Tue | — |
 Uzbekistan | Sep 2, 2026 | Wed | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 2, 2026 | Wed | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 3, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 4, 2026 | Fri | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 5, 2026 | Sat | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
 Sudan | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 7, 2026 | Mon | — |
 Yemen | Sep 8, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 8, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Indonesia | Sep 8, 2026 | Tue | — |
 Kuwait | Sep 13, 2026 | Sun | — |
| Vietnam | Sep 14, 2026 | Mon | — |
 Burundi | Sep 14, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Egypt | Sep 20, 2026 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 20, 2026 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 20, 2026 | Sun | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Egypt | Sep 21, 2026 | Mon | — |
| Egypt | Sep 22, 2026 | Tue | — |
| Egypt | Sep 22, 2026 | Tue | — |
 Jordan | Oct 11, 2026 | Sun | — |
 Central African Republic | Oct 12, 2026 | Mon | — |
 Haiti | Nov 2, 2026 | Mon | — |