Winter Semester 2024/2025
- Semester length: From October 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025
- Lecture period: From October 14, 2024, through February 15, 2025
- Winter break: From December 23, 2024, through January 4, 2025
- Public holidays:
October 3, 2024 – Day of German Unity
December 25, 2024 – Christmas Day
December 26, 2024 – Second Day of Christmas
January 1, 2025 – New Year’s Day
March 8, 2025 – International Women’s Day - Lecture-free period: Begins February 16, 2025
- Course registration: Begins October 1, 2024
- Allocation of places in courses with limited capacity: Begins October 11, 2024, from 12:00 p.m.
- Applications for a leave of absence: Final deadline November 25, 2024
- Applications for part-time study: Final deadline October 1, 2024
- Registration renewal for 2024/25 winter semester: by July 19, 2024
- Registration renewal for 2025 summer semester: Final deadline February 14, 2025
- Registration for auditing students affiliated with a different university (Nebenhörer*innen): From October 1, 2024, through November 11, 2024
For Prospective Students: Deadlines for Applying, Registering, and Enrolling
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Degree programs with one subject (“Mono bachelor”) and state examination degree programs
Applications for degree programs with limited admission:
From June 1, 2024, through July 15, 2024
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2024 onward. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.
Applications for degree programs with unrestricted admission:
From June 1, 2024, through September 1, 2024
Formal notifications to enroll will be sent out gradually throughout the application period. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadline for accepting your study placement.
- Combined bachelor’s degree programs (“Combi bachelor”)
Applications where at least one component (core subject or additional module[s]) has limited admission:
From June 1, 2024, through July 15, 2024
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2024 onward. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.
Applications where all components have unrestricted admission:
From June 1, 2024, through September 1, 2024
Formal notifications to enroll will be sent out gradually throughout the application period. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadline for accepting your study placement.
- Degree programs with one subject (“Mono bachelor”) and state examination degree programs
Degree programs with limited admission (first semester in the degree program;
(including applications for higher semesters):
From June 1, 2024, through July 15, 2024
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2024 onward. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and enrollment.
Degree programs with unrestricted admission (first semester in the degree program):
From June 1, 2024, through September 1, 2024
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out gradually throughout the application period. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadline for accepting your study placement.
- Combined bachelor’s degree programs (“combi bachelor”)
All combinations:
From June 1, 2024, through July 15, 2024
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2024 onward. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.
- You can find further information on the website for applicants who want to study pharmacy and veterinary medicine.
- Applications for “Alt-Abiturient*innen” (applicants who completed their university entrance qualification before January 16, 2024), entering the first semester of a degree program, via hochschulstart.de: April 29, 2024 – May 31, 2024
- Applications for “Neu-Abiturient*innen” (applicants who completed their university entrance qualification after January 16, 2024), entering the first semester of a degree program, via hochschulstart.de: From April 29, 2024, through July 15, 2024
- Application period for applicants who are not citizens of the EU and do not have a German university entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung) via uni-assist: From June 1, 2024, through July 15, 2024
- You can find further information on the website for applicants who have professional/vocational school qualifications or occupational training.
- Applications for reviews of documentation from applicants with professional/vocational school qualifications or occupational training: From December 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024
- The usual deadlines for undergraduate degree programs apply to applicants who have professional/vocational school qualifications or occupational training.
- Deadlines for the admission exam for applicants with professional/vocational school qualifications or occupational training and for preparatory courses can be found on the Studienkolleg website.
- Applications for undergraduate degree programs via uni-assist: From June 1, 2024, through July 15, 2024
- You can find further information regarding the entrance exam on the Studienkolleg website.
- Applications for external assessment exams or additional exams (without the applicant having first attended the Studienkolleg preparatory course) are only accepted in the run-up to the summer semester and are open from December 12 onward via uni-assist.
- You can find further information on the exchange of study placements website. From August 15, 2024, through October 7, 2024
Master’s Degree Programs
- Applications for master’s degree programs with limited admission (first semester in the degree program):
From April 15, 2024, through May 31, 2024
This application period applies for all semesters within the master’s degree program.
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from the end of June 2024 onward. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.
- Applications for master’s degree programs with unrestricted admission:
From April 15, 2024, through August 15, 2024
This application period applies for all semesters within the master’s degree program.
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from the middle of June 2024 onward. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.
- Master’s degree programs in education
From April 15, 2024, through August 15, 2024
This application period applies for all semesters within the master’s degree program.
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from the middle of June 2024 onward. Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.
- Lottery procedure
From September 1, 2024, through September 10, 2024
A lottery procedure only takes place if there are still study places available after the admission procedures have been completed. You can find further information and places on degree programs offered via the lottery procedure on the lottery procedure website.
- Application deadlines for continuing education master’s degree programs:
School Development in Line with Teaching of Democratic Principles and Social Skills:
From April 15, 2024, through August 31, 2024
European and International Business, Competition, and Regulatory Law:
From December 1, 2023, through March 15, 2024
Futures Studies:
From April 15, 2024, through June 30, 2024
- Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.