Winter Semester 2025 - 2026

29 September – 10 October 2025: Orientation for incoming students

13 October: Winter Semester Begins

10 – 14 November: Performance Week

22 December 2025 – 2 January 2026: Winter Break

30 January: Winter Semester Ends 

2 – 13 February: Examinations

Public Holiday (no class on these days)

3 October: Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unity Day)

25 December: 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag (Christmas Day)

26 December: 2. Weihnachtsfeiertag (Second Christmas Day)

1 January: Neujahr (New Year’s Day)

8 March: Internationaler Frauentag (Women’s Day)

Summer Semester 2026

23 March: Summer Semester Begins

TBA: Performance Week

26 June: Summer Semester Ends 

29 June – 10 July: Examinations

Public Holiday (no class on these days)

3 April: Karfreitag (Good Friday)

6 April: Ostermontag (Easter Monday)

1 May: Tag der Arbeit (Labor Day)

14 May: Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day)

25 May: Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday)