<Ul> <Li> First semester: from the beginning of October to the end of February . Some courses begin as early as September . Throughout January and February, there are usually no lessons, only exams . </Li> <Li> Second semester: from the beginning of March to the end of July . Throughout the second half of May and the months of June and July, there are also no lessons in most universities, only exams . </Li> </Ul> <Li> First semester: from the beginning of October to the end of February . Some courses begin as early as September . Throughout January and February, there are usually no lessons, only exams . </Li> <Li> Second semester: from the beginning of March to the end of July . Throughout the second half of May and the months of June and July, there are also no lessons in most universities, only exams . </Li> <P> Even though September is a free month, it is officially an exam month in all Italian universities . It means that it is possible to take exams . During every exam session (January--February, May--June--July or September), students are usually allowed to take any exam of their previous carrier that they couldn't pass and even a certain number of exams of the new academic year (credit limit for this last option). </P>

When does the first semester of college start