Hola Diego, I think you're describing life in general in Andalucía... eight months of work, and four months of holidays :-)

University students

In Spain, the trend is to have less class time of classes. The idea is that the students can study more in his at home or in the library. The first part of the academic season academy begins in September. The Students go to classes for four months and then they have tests. Then the second part of the season begins and the students have four months of classes again. When they finish, it's not usually that the for students that to pass all subjects. If somebody needs to do again resit some of their exams, they have three weeks for to prepare the subjects failed.