Academic calendar
THE ACADEMIC YEAR
| Fall term (Wintersemester): 1 October - 31 March |
| Spring term (Sommersemester): 1 April - 30 September |
Winter Semester 2020/21 | |
| Application deadline: | 15 July 2020 |
| Arrival day: | beginning of September 2020 |
| Language and Orientation Programme: | 3 September - 9 October 2020 |
| Lecture period: | 12 October 2020 - 29 Januar 2021 |
| Public holidays: | 3 October 2020 ( Tag der Deutschen Einheit) 31 October 2020 (Reformationstag) |
| Christmas break: | 21 December 2020 - 3 Jan 2021 |
| Examination period: | 8 February - 26 February 2021 |
Summer Semester 2021 | |
| Application deadline: | 15 January 2021 |
| Arrival day: | beginning of March 2021 |
| Language- & Orientationprogramme: | 3 March - 2 April 2021 |
| Instruction Day: | 31 March 2021 |
| Lecture period: | 6 April - 09 July 2021 |
| Public holidays: | 02 April 2021 (Good friday) 05 April 2021 (Easter monday) 1 May 2021 (May day) 13 May 2021 (Ascension day) 24 May 2021 (Pentecost) |
| Examination period I: | 19 July - 4 August 2021 |
| Examination period II: | 13 September - 25 September 2021 |
International Summer University 2021 | |
| Language and Culture programme: | 3. August - 30. August 2021 |