Semester Dates

 

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Lecture Periods from Summer Semester 2023 to Summer Semester 2030 at North-Rhine Westphalian Universities

Semester Lecture Periods
Summer Semester 2023 April 3 to July 4, 2023
Winter Semester 2023/24 October 9, 2023 to February 2, 2024
Summer Semester 2024 April 8 to July 19, 2024
Winter Semester 2024/25 October 7, 2024 to January 31, 2025
Summer Semester 2025 April 7 to July 18, 2025
Winter Semester 2025/26 October 6, 2025 to January 30, 2026
Summer Semester 2026 April 13 to July 24, 2026
Winter Semester 2026/27 October 12, 2026 to February 5, 2027
Summer Semester 2027 April 5 to July 16, 2027
Winter Semester 2027/28 October 11, 2027 to February 4, 2028
Summer Semester 2028 April 17 to July 28, 2028
Winter Semester 2028/29 October 9, 2028 to February 2, 2029
Summer Semester 2029 April 9 to July 20, 2029
Winter Semester 2029/30 October 8, 2029 to February 1, 2030
Summer Semester 2030 April 1 to July 12, 2030

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General Dates
Summer Semester 2023 Winter Semester 2023/24
Start of Semester April 1, 2023 October 1, 2023
First Day of Lectures April 3, 2023* October 9, 2023*
Last Day of Lectures July 14, 2023* February 2, 2024*
End of Semester September 30, 2023 March 31, 2024

Deadlines
Summer Semester 2023 Winter Semester 2023/24
Application and Enrollment Deadline see Application and Enrollment Deadlines
Re-enrollment Deadline
(including the deadline for semesters of leave)

January 9 to March 1, 2023

June 12 to September 1, 2023
Application Deadlines

for Small Cross-Registration

Exception practical year medicine

March 6 to April 21, 2023

March 1 to July 31, 2023

September 4 to October 20, 2023

September 1 to January 31, 2024

for Auditors and Senior Citizen Students March 13 to May 12, 2023 September 11 to November 10, 2023

Dies
Summer Semester 2023 Winter Semester 2023/24
Student Representative Council Meetings May 2, 2023
10.15am to 2.15pm
November 7, 2023
10.15am to 2.15pm
RWTH FH Sports Day June 14, 2023
from 2:15pm
Talk Lehre / "Teaching Talk" June 14, 2023
from 2:15pm

Lecture-free Days
Summer Semester 2023 Winter Semester 2023/24
All Saints' Day November 1, 2023
Christmas Holidays December 27, 2023 to January 5, 2024
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