Division of the Academic Year (Dates)

Academic Year 2024/25

Winter semester 2024/25
Sun, 01.09.2024 - Sun, 09.02.2025

Admission period: Mon, 02.09.2024 - Fri, 27.09.2024
Period of grace*: Mon, 30.09.2024 - Fri, 25.10.2024
Deadline for degree thesis
(summer semester 2024):
at the latest by Fri, 20.09.2024
Beginning of the lecture period: Mon, 16.09.2024
Ending of the lecture period: Fri,  24.01.2025
Final date of payment**: Fri, 27.09.2024


Summer semester 2025
Mon, 10.02.2025 - Sun, 31.08.2025

Admission period: Mon, 20.01.2025 - Fri, 07.02.2025
Period of grace: Mon, 10.02.2025 - Fri, 07.03.2025
Deadline for degree thesis
(winter semester 2024/25):
at the latest by Fri, 24.01.2025
Beginning of the lecture period: Mon, 10.02.2025
Ending of the lecture period: Fri, 27.06.2025
Final date of payment**: Fr, 07.02.2025
Free periods
Summer holidays 2024: until Sun, 01.09.2024
National Day: Sat, 26.10.2024
Autumn holidays: Sun, 27.10.2024 - Thu, 31.10.2024
All Saints Day: Fri, 01.11.2024 - Sat, 02.11.2024
St. Leopold: Fri, 15.11.2024
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Sun, 08.12.2024
Christmas holidays: Sat, 21.12.2024 - Mon, 06.01.2025
Semester break: Sat, 25.01.2025 - Sun, 09.02.2025
Easter holidays: Sat, 12.04.2025 - Sun, 27.04.2025
National holiday: Thu, 01.05.2025
Feast of the Ascension: Thu, 29.05.2025
Pentecost: Sat, 07.06.2025 - Mon, 09.06.2025
Feast of Corpus Christi: Thu, 19.06.2025
Summer holidays 2025: Sat, 28.06.2025 - Sun, 31.08.2025


Entrance examinations for the academic year 2025/26
From January 2025, 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!