Dates & Deadlines
Please note that different deadlines may apply for study applications with foreign degrees.
Semester start | 01.10.2024 |
Semester end | 31.03.2025 |
Courses start | 07.10.2024 |
Courses end | 31.01.2025 |
University closed between | 23.12.2024 (4 pm) to 02.01.2025 (6 am) |
Christmas break (Courses) | Course breaks (PDF) |
Future lecture times | Lecture times until 2030 (PDF) |
Bachelor programmes / State examination | |
Study programmes with admission restriction |
01.06. – 15.07.2024 |
Study programmes without admission restriction |
16.07. – 15.11.2024 |
Medicine / Centralised process (Please note deviating deadlines for "Alt-Abiturienten" (graduates of previous years in the German school system) as well as the registration deadlines for the entrance test for medicine programs (only applicable for graduates of the German school system). |
Dates of the SfH |
Professionally qualified |
01.01. – 01.04. of the year |
Lottery |
01.09. – 15.09.2024 |
Master's programmes | |
Master of Arts/ Science (admission free & restricted) |
Deadlines for M.A./ M.Sc. |
Master of Education |
01.06. – 15.07.2024 |
Lottery |
01.09. – 15.09.2024 |
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 |
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Bachelor of Arts/ Science/ State Examination Medicine (admission restricted) |
01.08. – 15.09.2024 |
Bachelor of Arts/ Science (admission free) |
01.08. – 15.11.2024 |
Master of Arts/ Science (admission free & restricted) |
01.08. – 15.09.2024 |
Master of Education |
01.06. – 15.07.2024 |
Application / Registration for University Change Students, Drop-outs (with admission restriction) |
01.08. – 15.09.2024 |
Admission and re-enrolment for | |
occasional students, cross-registered students |
01.08. – 15.11.2024 |
Formal application is also always required for programmes without admission-restriction. In the case of single-subject Bachelor's programmes with open admissions or combined Bachelor's programmes with fully open admissions, you will automatically be transferred to online enrolment after you have applied. In the case of Master's degree programmes with open admissions, you can only enrol after successfully passing the access examination.
For programmes with restricted admission, the respective enrolment period will be communicated to you separately by email in the notification of admission.
Semester start | 01.04.2025 |
Semester end | 30.09.2025 |
Courses start | 07.04.2025 |
Courses end | 18.07.2025 |
Future lecture times | Lecture times until 2030 (PDF) |
Bachelor programmes / State examination | |
Study programmes with admission restriction |
01.12.2024 – 15.01.2025 |
Study programmes without admission restriction |
16.01. – 15.05.2025 |
Professionally qualified |
01.07. – 01.10. of the previous year |
Lottery |
01.03. – 15.03.2025 |
Master's programmes | |
Master of Arts/ Science (admission free & restricted) |
Deadlines for M.A./ M.Sc. |
Master of Education |
01.12.2024 – 15.01.2025 |
Lottery |
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 February 15th (subjects with NC)/ by April 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 |
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Bachelor of Arts/ Science/ State Examination Medicine (admission restricted) |
01.02. – 15.03.2025 |
Bachelor of Arts/ Science (admission free) |
01.02. – 15.05.2025 |
Master of Arts/ Science (admission free & restricted) |
01.02. – 15.03.2025 |
Master of Education |
01.12.2024 – 15.01.2025 |
Application / Registration for University Change Students, Drop-outs (with admission restriction) |
01.02. – 15.03.2025 |
Admissions and re-enrolment for | |
occasional students, cross-registered students |
01.02. - 15.05.2025 |
Formal application is also always required for programmes without admission-restriction. In the case of single-subject Bachelor's programmes with open admissions or combined Bachelor's programmes with fully open admissions, you will automatically be transferred to online enrolment after you have applied. In the case of Master's degree programmes with open admissions, you can only enrol after successfully passing the access examination.
For programmes with restricted admission, the respective enrolment period will be communicated to you separately by email in the notification of admission.
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.