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Dates & Deadlines

General deadlines
  • Winter semester (start - end): 01.10 - 31.03.
  • Summer semester (start - end): 01.04. - 30.09.
     
  • Lecture period winter semester 2026/27 (start - end): 12.10.2026 - 05.02.2027
  • Lecture period summer semester 2026 (start - end): 13.04.2026 - 24.07.2026
Examination Dates

Dates for the coming semesters are always published at the beginning of the semester.

Examination Registration
  • Winter Semester
    15.11. – 15.01.
  • Summer Semester
    15.05. – 15.07.

Holidays

The following days are public holidays in Germany. This means that no lectures take place on these days, most shops are closed and buses and trains usually run according to the Sunday timetable.

2025

01.01.2026, New Year*

03.04.2026, Good Friday

04.04.2026, Easter Sunday

05.04.2026, Easter Monday

01.05.2026, Labour Day*

14.05.2026, Ascension Day

24.05.2026, Whit Sunday

25.05.2026, Whit Monday

04.06.2026, Corpus Christi

03.10.2026, German Unity Day*

01.11.2026, All Saint's Day*

24.12.2026, Christmas Eve* (some shops may close earlier on this day)

25.12.2026, Christmas Day*

26.12.2026, Boxing Day*

31.12.2026, New Year's Eve* (some shops may close earlier on this day)

 

(*The holidays marked with an asterisk are on the same date every year.)


Preview


  • Summer semester 2026
    Lecture period: 13.04.2026 - 24.07.2026
  • Winter semester 2026/2027
    Lecture period: 12.10.2026 - 05.02.2027
  • Summer semester 2027
    Lecture period: 05.04.2027 - 16.07.2027
  • Winter semester 2027/2028
    Lecture period: 11.10.2027 - 04.02.2028
  • Summer semester 2028
    Lecture period: 17.04.2028 - 28.07.2028
  • Winter semester 2028/2029
    Lecture period: 09.10.2028 - 02.02.2029
  • Summer semester 2029
    Lecture period: 09.04.2029 - 20.07.2029
  • Winter semester 2029/2030
    Lecture period: 08.10.2028 - 01.02.2030
  • Summer semester 2030
    Lecture period: 01.04.2030 - 12.07.2030
  • Summer semester 2026
    Examination period: 24.08. - 25.09.2026
  • Winter semester 2026/27
    Examination period: 15.02. - 19.03.2027
  • Summer semester 2027
    Examination period: 23.08. - 24.09.2027
  • Winter semester 2027/28
    Examination period: 21.02. - 24.03.2027
  • Summer semester 2028
    Examination period: 21.08. - 22.09.2028
  • Winter semester 2028/29
    Examination period: 19.02. - 23.03.2029
  • Summer semester 2029
    Examination period: 21.08. - 22.09.2029
  • Winter semester 2029/30
    Examination period: 18.02. - 22.03.2030
  • Summer semester 2030
    Examination period: 19.08. - 20.09.2030

 


Further Deadlines

Enrolment, Re-registration, Leave of Absence, Change of Address, Exmatriculation etc.

Registrar's Office