Academic Calendar for Junior-Year- and Exchange Students
At German universities, the academic year is divided into two terms: "Wintersemester" and "Sommersemester". The winter term begins officially on October 1 and ends on March 31. The summer term begins on April 1 and ends on September 30. However, the lecture period only runs from mid-October until mid-February and from mid-April until the middle/end of July. The remaining time, the so-called "vorlesungsfreie Zeit", is intended for writing papers, preparing exams or for internships, etc.
Summer semester 2021
Attention: Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, dates might be subject to change. We will inform all participants in case changes occur.
March 2 - April 1, 2021
March 2 and 3, 2021 (tbc)
April 6, 2021
April 7 - 9, 2021
April 12, 2021
May 3, 2021
April 2 - 5, 2021
July 23, 2021
by July 31, 2021
Winter semester 2020/21
Suspended
Past Terms
Summer semester 2020
March 2, 2020
March 2 - 27, 2020
April 1, 2020
March 30 - April 1, 2020
April 20, 2020
April 10 - 13, 2020
July 17, 2020
by July 31, 2020
May 1, 2020
May 21, 2020
May 27, 2020
June 1, 2020
June 11, 2020
Winter semester 2019/20
Arrival Day for Orientation
September 2, 2019
Orientation Course
September 2 -27, 2019
Course Advisement
September 30 - October 2,2019
Arrival Day for Semester
October 1, 2019
Classes Begin
October 7, 2019
Excursion to Berlin
November 18 - 23, 2019
Christmas Break
December 24, 2019 - January 6, 2020
Classes End
January 31, 2020
Move out of dorms*
by February 29, 2020
German Unification Day
October 3, 2019
All Saints' Day
November 1, 2019
Dies Academicus
December 4, 2019
