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Dates & Deadlines
- Winter semester 2020/21
Semester start 01.10.2020 Semester end 31.03.2021 Courses start (for first semester students in the Bachelor's programme and in programmes with state or church examinations) 02.11.2020 Courses start (for already enrolled students) 26.10.2020 Courses end 12.02.2021 University closed between 23.12.2020 04.00 p.m. - 04.01.2021 06.00 a.m. Christmas break (Courses) 2016-2023 (in German) Deadline for Study programs with admission restriction
01.07. – 20.08.2020 Study programs with admission restriction via hochschulstart.de 01.07. – 20.08.2020 Admission free Master's programmes 01.06. – 30.09.2020 Restricted Master's programmes and Master of Education
external applicants for the Master of Education are requested to apply early. In case of an application towards the end of the deadline, it cannot be guaranteed that the notifications of admission will be received in time to allow the practical semester to begin in spring 2021
01.06. – 20.08.2020 Applicants with foreign degrees 01.06. – 31.07.2020 Professionally qualified 01.01. – 01.04. of the year Lottery presumably 02.10. – 11.10.2020 Application for a higher semester Master of Arts/ Science
01.08. – 24.09.2020 Master of Education
01.06. – 20.08.2020 Application / Registration for University Change Students, Drop-outs (with admission restriction)
01.08. – 24.09.2020 Admission for Occasional students, Cross-registered students
in admittance free courses01.08.2020 – 15.11.2020 Enrolment for summer semester 01.02. – 15.05. Enrolment for winter semester end of August – 15.11.2020 for courses of study with restricted admission, the respective enrolment period will be communicated to you separately by email in the notification of admission.
- Summer semester 2021
Deadline for Study programs with admission restriction
01.12. - 15.01. Admission free and restricted Master's programmes here (in German) Master of Education 01.12. - 15.01. Applicants with foreign degrees 01.12. - 15.01. Professionally qualified 01.07. - 01.10. of the previous year Lottery
01.03. - 15.03. Application for a higher semester Application for assessment
15.02. / 15.08. Master of Arts/ Science
01.02. - 15.03. Master of Education
01.12. - 15.01. Application / Registration for University Change Students, Drop-outs (with admission restriction)
01.02. - 15.03. - Winter semester 2021/22
Semester start 01.10.2021 Semester end 31.03.2022 Courses start 11.10.2021 Courses end 04.02.2022 University closed between to be announced Christmas break (Courses) 2016-2023 (in German) General application deadlines Study programs with admission restriction
01.06. – presumably 31.07.2021 Study programs with admission restriction via hochschulstart.de
01.06. – presumably 31.07.2021 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. – 15.09.2021 Master's programmes Admission free Master's programmes
Deadlines Restricted Master's programmes and Master of Education
01.06. – presumably 31.07.2021 Lottery
01.09. – 15.09.2021 Applicants with foreign degrees Applicants with foreign degrees
01.06. – 15.07.2021 Exception: Master Quantitative Economics
01.04. – 15.07.2021 Application for a higher semester Applications to be placed into a higher semester according to § 63a, Section 4 HG are to be submitted to the responsible faculty by August 15th for the winter semester and by February 15th for the summer semester (exclusion deadline).
Master of Arts/ Science
01.08. – 15.09.2021 Master of Education
01.06. – 15.07.2021 Application / Registration for University Change Students, Drop-outs (with admission restriction)
01.08. – 15.09.2021