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Lecture Periods from Summer Semester 2018 to Winter Semester 2023/2024 at North-Rhine Westphalian Universities
| Semester | Lecture Periods |
|---|---|
| Summer Semester 2018 | April 9 to July 20, 2018 |
| Winter Semester 2018/2019 | October 8, 2018 to February 1, 2019 |
| Summer Semester 2019 | April 1 to July 12, 2019 |
| Winter Semester 2019/2020 | October 7, 2019 to January 31, 2020 |
| Summer Semester 2020 | April 20 to July 17, 2020 – Please note: courses that can be made available online may already start on April 6. Please look out for further announcements on our website. |
| Winter Semester 2020/2021 | October 26, 2020 (for students in the 2nd semester or higher) / November 2, 2020 (for first-semester students) to February 12, 2021 |
| Summer Semester 2021 | April 12 to July 23, 2021 |
| Winter Semester 2021/2022 | October 11, 2021 to February 4, 2022 |
| Summer Semester 2022 | April 4 to July 15, 2022 |
| Winter Semester 2022/2023 | October 4, 2022 to January 27, 2023 |
| Summer Semester 2023 | April 3 to July 4, 2023 |
| Winter Semester 2023/2024 | October 9, 2023 to February 2, 2024 |
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| Winter Semester 2021/2022 | Summer Semester 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Start of Semester | October 1, 2021 | April 1, 2022 |
| First Day of Lectures | October 11, 2021* | April 4, 2022* |
| Last Day of Lectures | February 4, 2022* | July 15, 2022* |
| End of Semester | March 31, 2022 | September 30, 2022 |
| Winter Semester 2021/2022 | Summer Semester 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Application and Enrollment Deadline | see Application and Enrollment Deadlines | |
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Re-enrollment Deadline
(including the deadline for semesters of leave) |
June 14 to September 1, 2021 |
January 10 to March 1, 2022 |
| Application Deadlines | ||
| for Small Cross-Registration |
September 6 to October 22, 2021 |
March 7 to April 22, 2022 |
| for Auditors and Senior Citizen Students |
September 13 to November 12, 2021 |
March 14 to May 13, 2022 |
| Winter Semester 2021/2022 | Summer Semester 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Student Representative Council Meetings |
November 2, 2021, 10:15am to 2:15pm |
May 3, 2022, 10:15am to 2:15pm |
| RWTH FH Sports Day | June 1, 2022 starting 2pm |
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| Talk Lehre / "Teaching Talk" | January 18, 2021 (not lecture-free) 1 to 6pm |
June 1, 2022 (not lecture-free) 1 to 6pm |
| Winter Semester 2021/2022 | Summer Semester 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| All Saints' Day | November 1, 2021 | |
| Christmas Holidays |
December 24, 2021, to January 7, 2022 Courses scheduled for January 7, 2022, can be held remotely on that day, or early, or they can be made up later. |
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| Good Friday | April 15, 2022 | |
| Easter Monday | April 18, 2022 | |
| May Day | May 1, 2022 | |
| Ascension of Christ | May 26, 2022 | |
| Pentecost Week (Excursion week) | June 6 to 10, 2022 | |
| Corpus Christi | June 16, 2022 |