Study Key Dates & Deadlines
Wintersemester 2024/2025
SEMESTER DATES
01 October 2024 to 31 March 2025
LECTURE PERIOD
14 October 2024 to 08 February 2025
Please note the different lecture periods for the Master's degree programmes Translational Medical Research and Biomedical Engineering.
FREE PERIOD
23 December 2024 to 06 January 2025
FURTHER LECTURE PERIODS
Lecture periods are currently fixed until the summer semester 2030. The winter semester begins on 01 October and ends on 31 March, the summer semester begins on 01 April and ends on 30 September. The semester times are not identical with the lecture times. Lectures are cancelled on the public holidays of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
Application deadlines*
Retrieving the notifications
Notices of admission
Depending on the course of study, admission notifications are sent by post or can be viewed online. Admission to the subjects with central allocation procedure (hochschulstart.de) and to the subjects with admission restriction and entrance examination is via the respective applicant portal. Detailed information can be found here.
Notices of rejection
Some of the degree programmes send the rejection notices by post. The rejection notices for the subjects with central allocation procedure (hochstulstart.de) and for the subjects with admission restrictions and entrance examination can be viewed in the respective applicant portal. You can find an overview of the periods and the methods of sending rejection notices here.
Deadlines for enrolment*
Table
Undergraduate subjects with no admission restrictions and no required entrance examination | 01.12. - 30.04. | 1.06. - 31.10. |
Undergraduate subjects with admission restrictions (university internal selection procedure or DOSV) | The enrolment deadline is announced in the notification of admission. | The enrolment deadline is announced in the notification of admission. |
Undergraduate subjects with entrance examination | 01.02 .- 31.03. | 01.08. - 30.09. |
Master's degree programmes with access restrictions | ||
Biomedical Engineering | until 31.08. | |
Translational Medical Research | until 31.08. | |
All other access-restricted-only consecutive Master’s degree programmes | 01.10. - 30.04 | 01.04 .- 31.10. |
Master's degree programmes with access and admission restrictions and/or selection interviews | The enrolment period is stated in the notification of admission. | The enrolment period is stated in the notification of admission. |
Master's degree programmes for continuing education | 01.02 .- 30.04. | 01.09. - 31.10. |
Master of Education with admission restriction and Master of Education extension subject with admission restriction | The enrolment period is stated in the notification of admission. | The enrolment period is stated in the notification of admission. |
Master of Education without admission restriction and Master of Education extension subject without admission restriction | 01.02 .- 30.04. | 01.09. - 31.10. |
Doctorate | From 16.02. for the summer semester | From 16.07. for the winter semester |
Other dates*
Table
Re-registration | 15 June to 15 July | 15 Januar to 15 February |
Leave of absence | At the earliest from the date of re-registration until the first day of the lecture period of the winter semester. | At the earliest from the date of re-registration until the first day of the lecture period of the summer semester. |
Exmatriculation | An exmatriculation can always be requested. As a rule, exmatriculations are pronounced at the end of the semester. In well-founded cases, exmatriculations can, however, be possible by date. | An exmatriculation can always be requested. As a rule, exmatriculations are pronounced at the end of the semester. In well-founded cases, exmatriculations can, however, be possible by date. |
Lottery | Application deadline: September 15 - October 15. Lot applications received earlier or later cannot be considered. Enrollment: The enrollment deadline will be announced in the admission letter. | Application deadline: March 15 - April 15. Enrollment: The enrollment deadline will be announced in the admission letter. |
Auditors | 01 August to 31 October | 01 March to 30 April |
* PLEASE NOTE:
If a deadline ends on a Sunday, an official holiday or a Saturday, it is not extended to the next working day (section 31 para. 3 sentence 2 and para. 5 Landesverwaltungsverfahrensgesetz Baden-Württemberg).