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Study Key Dates & Deadlines

Wintersemester 2025/26

SEMESTER DATES

01 October 2025 to 31 March 2025

LECTURE PERIOD

13 October 2025 to 07 February 2025
Please note the different lecture periods for the Master's degree programmes Translational Medical Research and Biomedical Engineering.

FREE PERIOD

Public holidays of the state of Baden-Württemberg and winter break

December 22, 2025 to January 6, 2026

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*

Bachelor's and state examination programmes

The application deadlines for the 1st semester of the Bachelor's and Staatsexamen degree programmes vary according to the selection procedure of the degree programmes.

Master programmes

The application deadlines for the 1st semester of the Master's programmes vary according to the respective procedure of the programmes.

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*

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Other dates*

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* 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).