Deadlines for Applying, Registering, and Enrolling
Please find the deadlines for the winter semester 2025/2026 here.
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, 2025, through July 15, 2025
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2025 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, 2025, through September 1, 2025
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, 2025, through July 15, 2025
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2025 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, 2025, through September 1, 2025
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, 2025, through July 15, 2025
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2025 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, 2025, through September 1, 2025
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, 2025, through July 15, 2025
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out from mid-August 2025 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, 2025), entering the first semester of a degree program, via hochschulstart.de:
From April 28, 2025 through May 31, 2025
- Applications for “Neu-Abiturient*innen” (applicants who completed their university entrance qualification after January 16, 2025), entering the first semester of a degree program, via hochschulstart.de:
From April 28, 2025, through July 15, 2025
- 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, 2025, through July 15, 2025
- 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, 2024, through May 31, 2025
- 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, 2025, through July 15, 2025
- 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 1 onward via uni-assist.
- You can find further information on the exchange of study placements website. Final deadline October 6, 2025
Master’s Degree Programs
- Applications for master’s degree programs with limited admission (first semester in the degree program):
From April 15, 2025, through May 31, 2025
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 2025 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, 2025, through August 15, 2025
This application period applies for all semesters within the master’s degree program.
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out gradually from the start of the application period and beyond its end. 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, 2025, through August 15, 2025
This application period applies for all semesters within the master’s degree program.
Formal notifications of admission will be sent out gradually from the start of the application period and beyond its end. 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, 2025, through September 10, 2025
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, 2025, through August 31, 2025
European and International Business, Competition, and Regulatory Law:
From December 1, 2024, through March 15, 2025
Futures Studies:
From April 15, 2025, through June 30, 2025
- Please consult the formal notification of admission for further information, as this will state the deadlines for accepting your study placement and for enrollment.