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:

Summer semester 2019:

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

Winter semester 2019/2020:

Lecture period: 14^th October 2019 - 31^st January 2020

Holidays: 11^th June 2019 (Pentecost/Whitsun) and 23^rd December 2019 - 6^th January 2020 (Christmas holidays)

Public holidays in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany:

Public holidays	2019	2020
New Year's Day	1^st January	1^st January
Carnival Monday	4^th March	24^th February
Good Friday	19^th April	10^th April
Easter Monday	22^nd April	13^th April
Labour Day	1^st May	1^st May
Ascension Day	30^th May	21^st May
Whit Monday	10^th June	1^st June
Corpus Christi	20^th June	11^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

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Academic calendar

Academic calendar

Public holidays in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany: