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Academic Year 2024/2025

The academic year at a Glance

 
Einteilung des Studienjahrs 2020/2021 1

Bachelor’s degree programmes

Start of winter semester

  • Full-time programmes: 30 September 2024

  • Part-time programmes:

    • Banking and Insurance Industry: 27 September 2024
    • Industrial Management: 13 September 2024
    • Software Design and Cloud Computing: 27 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: 16 September 2024 *)

End of winter semester

  • Full-time programmes: 23 February 2025

  • Part-time programmes:

    • Banking and Insurance Industry: 20 February 2025
    • Industrial Management: 23 February 2025
    • Software Design and Cloud Computing: 20 February 2025
  • 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: 09 February 2025 *)

Inter-semester break

  • Full-time programmes: 03 February 2025 to 23 February 2025

  • Part-time programmes:

    • Banking and Insurance Industry: 03 February 2025 to 20 February 2025
    • Industrial Management: 17 February 2025 to 23 February 2025
    • Software Design and Cloud Computing: 03 February 2025 to 20 February 2025
  • 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: 03 February 2025 to 09 February 2025 *)

Start of summer semester

  • Full-time programmes: 24 February 2025

  • Part-time programmes:

    • Banking and Insurance Industry: 21 February 2025
    • Industrial Management: 24 February 2025
    • Software Design and Cloud Computing: 21 February 2025
  • 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: 10 February 2025 *)

End of summer semester

  • Full-time programmes: 28 September 2025

  • Part-time programmes:

    • Banking and Insurance Industry: 25 September 2025
    • Industrial Management: 11 September 2025
    • Software Design and Cloud Computing: 25 September 2025
  • 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: 14 September 2025 *)

Summer break

  • Full-time programmes: 30 June 2025 to 28 September 2025

  • Part-time programmes:

    • Banking and Insurance Industry: 30 June 2025 to 25 September 2025
    • Industrial Management: 14 July 2025 to 11 September 2025
    • Software Design: 30 June 2025 to 25 September 2025
  • 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: 30 June 2025 to 14 September 2025 *)

Note:

*) 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: 30 September 2024

  • Part-time programmes: between 13 September 2024 and 30 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!)

End of winter semester

  • 23 February 2025

  • 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 3 February 2025 to 23 February 2025

  • 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

  • 24 February 2025

  • 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 11 September 2025 and 28 September 2025

  • 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 30 June 2025 and 28 September 2025

  • 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 2024
  • All Saints‘ Day: 01 November 2024
  • Immaculate Conception: 08 December 2024
  • Christmas: 23 December 2024 to 06 January 2024
  • Easter: 14 April 2025 to 27 April 2025
  • State Holiday: 01 May 2025
  • Ascension Day: 29 May 2025
  • Whit Monday: 06 June 2025
  • Corpus Christi: 19 June 2025
Degree programmes with 15 course weeks
  • Inter-semester break: 03 February 2025 to 23 February 2025
  • 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: 30 September 2024 to 28 September 2025
  • 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 2025/2026: 29 September 2025
Degree programmes with 18 course weeks
  • Inter-semester break: 03 February 2025 to 09 February 2025
  • Summer break: 30 September 2024 to 14 September 2025
Start of academic year 2025/2026: 15 September 2025
Degree programmes with 20 course weeks
  • Inter-semester break: 17 February 2025 to 23 February 2025
  • Summer break: 14 July 2025 to 11 September 2025
Start of academic year 2025/2026: 12 September 2025
Note:

Course weeks = Course weeks per semester