2025-26 Academic Year
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)