StudyKey Dates & Deadlines
Winter semester 2023/24
SEMESTER DATES
1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024
LECTURE PERIOD
16 October 2023 to 10 February 2024
FREE PERIOD
21 December 2023 to 6 January 2024
FURTHER LECTURE PERIODS
Lecture periods are currently fixed until the summer semester 2024. 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
Deadlines for enrolment*
Table
| Admission procedure | Summer Semester | Winter Semester |
|---|
| Admission procedure | Summer Semester | Winter Semester |
|---|---|---|
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. |
Only Master's degree programmes with admission restrictions | 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
| Administrative process | Winter Semester | Summer Semester |
|---|
| Administrative process | Winter Semester | Summer Semester |
|---|---|---|
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).