Academic Year 2023/2024
The academic year at a Glance

Bachelor’s degree programmes
Start of winter semester 2023/2024
Full-time programmes: 2 October 2023
Part-time programmes:
- Banking and Insurance Industry: 30 September 2023
- Industrial Management: 15 September 2023
- Software Design and Cloud Computing: 29 September 2023
Co-op education programmes:
- Industrial Mechatronics (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Mobile Software Development (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Production Technology and Organisation (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Health Studies programmes: 18 September 2023 *)
End of winter semester
Full-time programmes: 25 February 2024
Part-time programmes:
- Banking and Insurance Industry: 22 February 2024
- Industrial Management: 25 February 2024
- Software Design and Cloud Computing: 22 February 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Industrial Mechatronics (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Mobile Software Development (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Production Technology and Organisation (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Health Studies programmes: 11 February 2024 *)
Inter-semester break
Full-time programmes: 05 February 2024 to 25 February 2024
Part-time programmes:
- Banking and Insurance Industry: 05 February 2024 to 22 February 2024
- Industrial Management: 19 February 2024 to 25 February 2024
- Software Design and Cloud Computing: 05 February 2024 to 22 February 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Industrial Mechatronics (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Mobile Software Development (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Production Technology and Organisation (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Health Studies programmes: 05 February 2024 to 11 February 2024 *)
Start of summer semester
Full-time programmes: 26 February 2024
Part-time programmes:
- Banking and Insurance Industry: 23 February 2024
- Industrial Management: 26 February 2024
- Software Design and Cloud Computing: 23 February 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Industrial Mechatronics (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Mobile Software Development (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Production Technology and Organisation (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Health Studies programmes: 12 February 2024 *)
End of summer semester
Full-time programmes: 29 September 2024
Part-time programmes:
- Banking and Insurance Industry: 26 September 2024
- Industrial Management: 12 September 2024
- Software Design and Cloud Computing: 26 September 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Industrial Mechatronics (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Mobile Software Development (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Production Technology and Organisation (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Health Studies programmes: 15 September 2024 *)
Summer break
Full-time programmes: 01 July 2024 to 29 September 2024
Part-time programmes:
- Banking and Insurance Industry: 01 July 2024 to 26 September 2024
- Industrial Management: 15 July 2024 to 12 September 2024
- Software Design: 01 July 2024 to 26 September 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Industrial Mechatronics (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Mobile Software Development (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Production Technology and Organisation (dates differ from year to year from semesters 3 to 6. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Health Studies programmes: 01 July 2024 to 15 September 2024 *)
*) The dates apply to the following Health Studies programmes: Occupational Therapy, Health Care and Nursing, Midwifery, Logopedics, Physiotherapy, Radiography.
Master’s degree programmes
Start of winter semester 2023/2024
Full-time programmes: 2 October 2023
Part-time programmes: between 15 September 2023 and 29 September 2023
Co-op education programmes:
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Food: Product and Process Design (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
End of winter semester
25 February 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Food: Product and Process Design (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Inter-semester break
Beetween 5 February 2024 to 25 February 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Food: Product and Process Design (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Start of summer semester
26 February 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Food: Product and Process Design (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
End of summer semester
Between 12 September 2024 and 29 September 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Food: Product and Process Design (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Summer break
Between 01 July 2024 and 29 September 2024
Co-op education programmes:
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Food: Product and Process Design (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Lecture-free periods
Holidays
All degree programmes
- National Holiday: 26 October 2023
- All Saints‘ Day: 01 November 2023
- Immaculate Conception: 08 December 2023
- Christmas: 23 December 2023 to 06 January 2024
- Easter: 25 March 2024 to 07 April 2024
- State Holiday: 01 May 2024
- Ascension Day: 09 May 2024
- Whit Monday: 20 May 2024
- Corpus Christi: 30 May 2024
Degree programmes with 15 course weeks
- Inter-semester break: 05 February 2024 to 25 February 2024
- Co-op education programmes:
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
- Summer break: 01 July 2024 to 29 September 2024
- Co-op education programmes:
- Engineering and Production Management (dates differ from year to year from semesters 1 to 4. Please contact the programme office for details!)
Start of academic year 2024/2025: 30 September 2024
Degree programmes with 18 course weeks
- Inter-semester break: 05 February 2024 to 11 February 2024
- Summer break: 01 July 2024 to 15 September 2024
Start of academic year 2024/2025: 16 September 2024
Degree programmes with 20 course weeks
- Inter-semester break: 19 February 2024 to 25 February 2024
- Summer break: 15 July 2024 to 12 September 2024
Start of academic year 2024/2025: 13 September 2024
Course weeks = Course weeks per semester