• Winter semester (start - end): 01.10 - 31.03.
• Summer semester (start - end): 01.04. - 30.09.
   
• Lecture period winter semester 2023/24 (start - end): 09.10.2023 - 02.02.2024
• Lecture period summer semester 2024 (start - end): 08.04.2024 - 19.07.2024

• Christmas holidays at RUB (both days included) 21.12.2023 - 05.01.2024

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.

2023

01.01.2024, New Year*

29.03.2024, Good Friday

31.03.2024, Easter Sunday

01.04.2024, Easter Monday

01.05.2024, Labour Day*

09.05.2024, Ascension Day

19.05.2024, Whit Sunday

20.05.2024, Whit Monday

30.05.2024, Corpus Christi

03.10.2024, German Unity Day*

01.11.2024, All Saint's Day*

24.12.2024, Christmas Eve* (some shops may close earlier on this day)

25.12.2024, Christmas Day*

26.12.2024, Boxing Day*

31.12.2024, 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.)