Division of the Academic Year (Dates)

Academic Year 2025/26

Winter semester 2025/26
Mon, 01.09.2025 - Sun, 15.02.2026

Admission period: Mon, 01.09.2025 - Fri, 26.09.2025
Period of grace*: Mon,29.09.2025 - Fri, 24.10.2025
Deadline for degree thesis
(summer semester 2025):
at the latest by Fri, 19.09.2025
Beginning of the lecture period: Mon, 15.09.2025
Ending of the lecture period: Fri,  30.01.2026
Final date of payment**: Fri, 26.09.2025


Summer semester 2026
Mon, 16.02.2026 - Mon, 31.08.2026

Admission period: Mon, 26.01.2026 - Fri, 13.02.2026
Period of grace: Mon, 16.02.2026 - Fri, 13.03.2026
Deadline for degree thesis
(winter semester 2025/26):
at the latest by Fri, 30.01.2026
Beginning of the lecture period: Mon, 16.02.2026
Ending of the lecture period: Fri, 03.07.2026
Final date of payment**: Fr, 13.02.2026
Free periods
Summer holidays 2025: until Sun, 31.08.2025
National Day: Sun, 26.10.2025
Autumn holidays: Mon, 27.10.2025 - Fri, 31.10.2025
All Saints Day: Sat, 01.11.2025 - Sun, 02.11.2025
St. Leopold: Sat, 15.11.2025
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Mon, 08.12.2025
Christmas holidays: Wed, 24.12.2025 - Tue, 06.01.2026
Semester break: Sat, 31.01.2026 - Sun, 15.02.2026
Easter holidays: Sat, 28.03.2026 - Sun, 12.04.2026
National holiday: Fri, 01.05.2026
Feast of the Ascension: Thu, 14.05.2026
Pentecost: Sat, 23.05.2026 - Mon, 25.05.2026
Feast of Corpus Christi: Thu, 04.06.2026
Summer holidays 2026: Sat, 04.07.2026 - Sun, 06.09.2026


Entrance examinations for the academic year 2026/27
From January 2026, dates to be determined depending on the field of study (for further information please see entrance examination dates here)


* Registration during the period of grace is only possible for students beginning their first semester. Graduations until the end of the respective period of grace are attributed to the previous semester.

** Applies to students of the university, not students beginning their first semester. The first tuition fee is paid during enrolment. For payments made after the deadline, the fee increases by 20%! Failure to pay the tuition and student union fee will result in automatic deregistration!