There are two semesters in a Chinese academic year. Fall Semester is the beginning of a new academic year, usually from September to January next year. Spring Semester usually starts in late February and ends in late June. Between the two semesters there are the winter vacation and summer vacation. The summer vacation usually lasts two months, and the university would arrange summer school courses. The winter vacation is four weeks and normally connected with the Spring Festival.

Due to the unfixed date of the Spring Festival, the specific registration date for every semester is not fixed, so you need to check the PKU’s academic calendar intermittently.