Dates & Deadlines
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
| 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
- Application deadlines
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. 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.
| 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 |
Enrolment/ Change of degree programme
| 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.
Re-enrolment deadlines
Note: It is relevant that the value date for the transfer of the semester fee is on time.
FAQs about the application deadlines
- I have passed the German school leaving examination (Abitur), but have not yet received a certificate. Can I apply now?
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.
