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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 2018/19 | October 8, 2018 to February 1, 2019 |
| Summer Semester 2019 | April 1 to July 12, 2019 |
| Winter Semester 2019/20 | 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 2020/21 | 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 2021/22 | October 11, 2021 to February 4, 2022 |
| Summer Semester 2022 | April 4 to July 15, 2022 |
| Winter Semester 2022/23 | October 10, 2022 to February 3, 2023 |
| Summer Semester 2023 | April 3 to July 4, 2023 |
| Winter Semester 2023/24 | October 9, 2023 to February 2, 2024 |
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| Winter Semester 2022/23 | Summer Semester 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Start of Semester | October 1, 2022 | April 1, 2023 |
| First Day of Lectures | October 10, 2022* | April 3, 2023* |
| Last Day of Lectures | February 3, 2022* | July 14, 2023* |
| End of Semester | March 31, 2023 | September 30, 2023 |
| Winter Semester 2022/23 | Summer Semester 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Application and Enrollment Deadline | see Application and Enrollment Deadlines | |
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Re-enrollment Deadline
(including the deadline for semesters of leave) |
July 1 to September 1, 2022 Please note: The start of the re-registration period has been postponed from June 13 to July 1, 2022. |
January 9 to March 1, 2023 |
| Application Deadlines | ||
| for Small Cross-Registration | September 5 to October 21, 2022 | March 6 to April 21, 2023 |
| for Auditors and Senior Citizen Students | September 12 to November 11, 2022 | March 13 to May 12, 2023 |
| Winter Semester 2022/23 | Summer Semester 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Student Representative Council Meetings | November 9, 2022, 10:15am to 2:15pm | May 2, 2023, 10:15am to 2:15pm |
| RWTH FH Sports Day | June 14, 2023 | |
| Talk Lehre / "Teaching Talk" | June 14, 2023 from 2:15pm |
| Winter Semester 2022/23 | Summer Semester 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| All Saints' Day | November 1, 2022 | |
| Christmas Holidays | December 27, 2022, to January 6, 2023 | |
| Good Friday | April 7, 2023 | |
| Easter Monday | April 10, 2023 | |
| May Day | May 1, 2023 | |
| Ascension of Christ | May 18, 2023 | |
| Pentecost Week (Excursion week) | May 29 to June 2, 2023 | |
| Corpus Christi | June 8, 2023 |
* as determined by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research NRW (decrees of
27.04.2015, 27.01.2017 and 04.02.2019 - 412 and 232), compared to the original decree there is a
Shift of the lecture period of the winter semester 2022/23 by one week