Semester dates

Semester and lecture periods

semester	Summer semester 2023	Winter semester 2023/24
Semester duration	1 April 2023 – 30 September 2023	1 October 2023 – 31 March 2024
Lecture period	17 April 2023 – 21 July 2023	16 October 2023 – 9 February 2024
no lectures on	30 May 2023	24 December 2023 – 6 January 2024
public holidays (no lectures)	1 May 2023 (Tag der Arbeit, Labour Day) 18 May 2023 (Christi Himmelfahrt, Ascension Day) 29 May 2022 (Pfingstmontag, Whit Monday) 8 June 2022 (Fronleichnam, Feast of Corpus Christi)	1 November 2023 (Allerheiligen, All Saints’ Day)
Public holidays outside the lecture period (relevant for examination registration as these dates do not count as working days)	April 7, 2023 (Karfreitag, Good Friday) April 10, 2023 (Ostermontag, Easter Monday)	October 3, 2023 (Tag der Deutschen Einheit, Day of German Unity)

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

Summer semester 2024	15 April 2024 – 19 July 2024
Winter semester 2024/25	14 October 2024 – 7 February 2025
Summer semester 2025	22 April 2025* – 25 July 2025
Winter semester 2025/26	13 October 2025 – 6 February 2026

* In accordance with previous rules, no lectures will be held on the Tuesday after Easter (April 22, 2025). This means lectures will begin on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Calendar for semester dates

To enter an individual appointment in your own calendar, please first click on the date and then save it by clicking on the “subscribe” (Abonnement) button.