• Winter semester (start - end): 01.10 - 31.03.
• Summer semester (start - end): 01.04. - 30.09.
   
• Lecture period winter semester 2024/25 (start - end): 07.10.2024 - 31.01.2025
• Lecture period summer semester 2025 (start - end): 07.04.2025 - 18.07.2025

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

01.01.2025, New Year*

18.04.2025, Good Friday

20.04.2025, Easter Sunday

21.04.2025, Easter Monday

01.05.2025, Labour Day*

29.05.2025, Ascension Day

08.06.2025, Whit Sunday

09.06.2025, Whit Monday

19.06.2025, Corpus Christi

03.10.2025, German Unity Day*

01.11.2025, All Saint's Day*

24.12.2025, Christmas Eve* (some shops may close earlier on this day)

25.12.2025, Christmas Day*

26.12.2025, Boxing Day*

31.12.2025, 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.)