Academic Calendar
Semester Dates
For detailed semester dates please refer to the German academic calendar.
Dates are subject to change due to calendar irregularities. We recommend checking the official semester dates calendar in German via the link above for the most up-to-date information.
Summer Semester | |
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Duration: | 15 weeks |
Orientation Days for exchange students: | 2 weeks before semester starts |
Semester and lecture period start: | March 15th |
Exam registration: | Beginning to end of May |
Examination period: | Beginning to end of July |
Announcement of results: | In general on July 31st (if it is a weekend it will be one day earlier or later) |
Semester holidays: | August 1st to September 30th |
Winter Semester | |
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Duration: | 15 weeks |
Orientation Days for exchange students: | 2 weeks before semester starts |
Semester and lecture period start: | October 1st |
Christmas semester break: | December 24th including January 6th |
Lecture period end: | mid January |
Exam registration: | Beginning to end of November |
Examination period: | Mid January to mid February |
Announcement of results: | In general on February 14th (if it is a weekend it will be one day earlier or later) |
Semester holidays: | February 15th to March 15th |
1st January - New Year
6th January - Epiphany
Good Friday
Easter Monday
1st May - May Day
Ascension Day
Whit Monday
Corpus Christi
15th August - Assumption Day
3rd October - German Unity Day
1st November - All Saints' Day
25th December - Christmas Day
26th December - Boxing Day