Semester dates

Important semester dates

Semester and lecture periods

semester Winter semester 2025/26 Summer semester 2026
Semester duration 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026 1 April 2026 – 30 September 2026
Lecture period 13 October 2025 – 6 February 2026 13 April 2026 – 17 July 2026
  • no lectures on
 19 December 2025 – 6 January 2026
  • 26 May 2026
  • 5 June 2026
  • public holidays (no lectures)
  • 1 November 2025 (Allerheiligen, All Saints’ Day)
  • 1 May 2026 (Tag der Arbeit, Labour Day)
  • 14 May 2026 (Christi Himmelfahrt, Ascension Day)
  • 25 May 2026 (Pfingstmontag, Whit Monday)
  • 4 June 2026 (Fronleichnam, Feast of Corpus Christi)
Public holidays outside the lecture period (relevant for examination registration as these dates do not count as working days)
  • 3 October 2025 (Tag der Deutschen Einheit, Day of German Unity)
  • 3 April 2026 (Karfreitag, Good Friday)
  • 6 April 2026 (Ostermontag, Easter Monday)

 

Future lecture periods

Registration, application, enrollment

An overview of application deadlines is available at “Applications and enrollment”, which also contains all the information and dates for enrollment.

Re-registration

In January and June, all students receive an e-mail from the Student Records Office to their FAU e-mail address with information on the re-registration process and paying the semester fee. The fee must be paid by bank transfer within the deadlines for re-registration at the University, as otherwise you risk being de-registered. Further information on re-registration, semester fee and deadlines are available on our website.

Future lecture periods

Winter semester 2026/27 12 October 2026 – 5 February 2027
Summer semester 2027 12 April 2027 – 16 July 2027
Winter semester 2027/28 18 October 2027 – 11 February 2028

Calendar for semester dates

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