Academic calendar

The academic year at German universities is divided into winter semester and summer semester.

Winter semester: 1^st October - 31^st March

Summer semester: 1^st April - 30^th September

Each semester is divided into lecture and lecture free periods. The dates of lecture period as well as holidays vary from semester to semester. Exams are usually taken in the first weeks of the lecture free period:

Winter semester 2018/2019:

Lecture period: 8^th October 2018 - 1^st February 2019

Summer semester 2019:

Lecture period: 8^th April 2019 - 12^th July 2019

Holidays: 21^st December 2018 - 4^th January 2019 (Christmas holidays) and 11^th June 2019 (Pentecost/Whitsun).

Public holidays in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany:

Public holidays	2018	2019
New Year's Day	1^st January	1^st January
Carnival Monday	12^th February	4^th March
Good Friday	30^th March	19^th April
Easter Monday	2^nd April	22^nd April
Labour Day	1^st May	1^st May
Ascension Day	10^th May	30^th May
Whit Monday	21^st May	10^th June
Corpus Christi	31^st May	20^th June
German reunification	3^rd October	3^rd October
All Saints	1^st November	1^st November
Christmas	25^th - 26^th December	25^th - 26^th December

Universität Duisburg-Essen

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Academic calendar

Academic calendar

Academic calendar

Public holidays in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany: