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 2019
Arrival Day for Orientation
March 5, 2019
Orientation Course
March 5 - 29, 2019
Easter Break
April 19 - 22, 2019
Arrival Day for Semester
April 1, 2019
Course Advisement
April 2 - 4, 2019
University Classes Begin
April 1, 2019
German and other International Office Classes Begin
April 8, 2019
Berlin Excursion (only Junior Year Program)
June 10 - 15, 2019
Classes End
July 12, 2019
Move out of dorms*
by July 31, 2019
Holidays
Carnival Monday
March 4, 2019
Ascension Day
May 30, 2019
Dies Academicus
May 15, 2019
Pentecost Break
June 10 - 14, 2019
Corpus Christi
June 20, 2019
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 3, 2020 (tbc)
Classes End
January 31, 2020
Move out of dorms*
by February 29, 2020
Holidays
German Unification Day
October 3, 2019
All Saints' Day
November 1, 2019
Dies Academicus
tba
* Room inspections and check-outs are only possible during the office hours of the dorm manager ("Hausverwalter"), so please plan ahead.
Past Terms
Winter semester 2018/19
Arrival Day for Orientation
September 3, 2018
Orientation Course
September 3 - October 5, 2018
Arrival Day for Semester
October 1, 2018 (tbc)
Course Advisement
October 2 and 4, 2018
Classes Begin
October 8, 2018
Excursion to Berlin
November 19 - 24, 2018
Christmas Break
December 24, 2018 - January 4, 2019
Classes End
February 1, 2019
Move out of dorms*
by February 28, 2019
Holidays
All Saints' Day
November 1, 2018
Dies Academicus
December 5, 2018
