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Dates & deadlines

Application deadlines, enrolment deadlines, re-registration deadlines

Semester dates

  WiSe 2025/26 SuSe 2025
Semester start 01.10.2025 01.04.2025
Semester end 31.03.2026 30.09.2025
Courses start 13.10.2025 07.04.2025
Courses end 06.02.2026 18.07.2025
University closed between to be announced  
Christmas break (Courses) Course breaks (PDF)  
Future lecture times Lecture times until 2030 (PDF)  

Application deadlines

Bachelor/ State exam/ First legal exam

Application deadlines WiSe 2025/26 SuSe 2025  
Study programmes with NC 01.06. – 15.07.2025 01.12.2024 – 15.01.2025  
Study programmes without NC 16.07. – 15.11.2025 16.01. – 15.05.2025  
Applications via DoSV Hochschulstart.de Hochschulstart.de  
Medicine/ centralised procedure Hochschulstart.de Hochschulstart.de  
Medicine/ centralised procedure (former A-level students) Hochschulstart.de Hochschulstart.de  
Medicine: Application deadlines TMS TMS TMS  
Psychology: Application deadlines BaPsy-DGPs BaPsy-DGPs BaPsy-DGPs  
Professionally qualified 01.01. – 01.04.2025 01.07. – 01.10.2025  

Master of Art/ Science

Master's programmes (M.A./ M.Sc.) Admission WiSe 2025/26 SuSe 2025  
Applied Psychology: Diagnostics, Counselling and Training Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Behaviour: From Neural Mechanisms to Evolution Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Biochemistry Admission free 01.06. - 30.09.    
Bioinformatics and Genome Research Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    
BioMechatronics Admission free 01.06. - 15.08 01.12. - 15.02  
British and American Studies Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  
Business Administration and Economics Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Chemistry Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Data Science Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Ecology and Environmental Change Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Educational Science Admission free 01.06. - 15.08. 01.12. - 15.02.  
German as a Foreign Language and German Studies Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Gender Studies "Interdisciplinary Research and Applications" Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    
Genome Based Systems Biology Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
History Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  

Interdisciplinary Studies of Science

Admission free 01.06. - 01.09. 01.12. - 01.03.  
Informatics for the Natural Sciences Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    
Intelligence and Motion Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Intelligent Interactive Systems Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    
InterAmerican Studies / Estudios InterAmericanos Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Interdisciplinary Biomedicine Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Interdisziplinary Media Studies Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Linguistics Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  
Literary Studies Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Mathematical Economics Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  
Mathematics Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  
Mediating Culture Admission free 01.06. - 01.09.    
Molecular Biotechnology Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Molecular Cell Biology Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    
Philosophy Admission free 01.06. - 31.08. 01.12. - 28.02.  
Physics Admission free 01.06. - 30.09. 01.12. - 31.03.  
Political Science Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Psychology - Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Public Health Restricted 01.06. - 15.07.    
Quantitative Economics Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    
Sociology Restricted 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Sports Science "Organization Development and Management" Admission free 01.06. - 15.07. 01.12. - 15.01.  
Statistical Science Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    
World Studies: Orders, Politics, Cultures Admission free 01.06. - 15.07.    

Master of Education

Application deadlines WiSe 2025/26 SuSe 2025  
Master of Education 01.06. – 15.07.2025 01.12.2024 – 15.01.2025  
Application deadlines: Lottery procedure WiSe 2025/26 SuSe 2025  
Bachelor, First legal examination, Master 01.09. – 15.09.2025 01.03. – 15.03.2025  

Application for a higher semester

Applications to be placed into a higher semester are to be submitted to the responsible faculty by August 15th (subjects with NC)/ by October 15th (subjects without NC). If the desired subject is also without NC in the 1st subject related semester, the application to be placed into a higher semester can be made up for at any time. More info

Application deadlines: Higher semester WiSe 2025/26 SuSe 2025  
Bachelor/ state exam(ination) Medicine (with NC) 01.08. – 15.09.2025 01.02. – 15.03.2025  
Bachelor (without NC) 01.08. – 15.11.2025 01.02. – 15.05.2025  
Master of Arts/ Science (with and without NC) 01.08. – 15.09.2025 01.02. – 15.03.2025  
Master of Education (without NC) 01.06. – 15.07.2025 01.12.2024 – 15.01.2025  
When changing university 01.08. – 15.09.2025 01.02. – 15.03.2025  
For lateral entry 01.08. – 15.09.2025 01.02. – 15.03.2025  
In case of interruption of studies (courses offered with NC) 01.08. – 15.09.2025 01.02. – 15.03.2025  

Admission and re-enrolment for

Admission and re-enrolment for WS 2025/26 SuSe 2025  
occasional students, cross-registered students 01.08. – 15.11.2025 01.02. – 15.05.2025  

*for subjects/courses with open admissions and German university entrance qualification

Enrolment/ Change of degree programme

for admission free study programmes

Enrolment/ Change of degree programme deadlines WiSe 2025/26 SuSe 2025  
Admission free study programmes 16.07. – 15.11.2025 16.01. – 15.05.2025  

An application must always be submitted by the deadline, even for degree programmes without admission restrictions . For admission-free 1-subject bachelor's degrees or fully admission-free combined bachelor's degrees, you will be automatically transferred to online enrolment after applying. In the case of admission-free master courses, you can only enrol after successfully passing the access examination.

in subjects/courses with restricted admission

For degree programmes with admission restrictions, you will be informed of the respective enrolment deadline in the notice of admission. This can be accessed in your inbox after logging into the application portal.

Re-enrolment deadlines

  WS 2025/26 SuSe 2025
End of the re-enrolment period 31.08.2025 28.02.2025

Note: It is relevant that the value date for the transfer of the semester fee is on time.


FAQs about the application deadlines

Please note that these FAQs do not apply to the course of study Medicine (state examination).

Please submit your application after you have received your school leaving certificate. You will only officially obtain your higher education entrance qualification (HZB) when you receive your school leaving certificate. There are no disadvantages if you apply later, as the date of receipt of your application is not relevant for the allocation of places. Only the application deadlines are relevant in this case.

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