Academic Calendar
Semester Dates
For detailed semester dates please see the German academic calendar.
No guarantee for dates given. Due to calendar irregularities a change of semester dates may appear. Please always check the official semester dates calendar in German under the link above for actual dates.
| Summer Semester | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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
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