Academic Calendar
- Semester dates, application deadlines, enrollment details
- Events for prospective and current students
- Future dates
- Calendar of events published by the Office of News and Public Affairs
- Previous Academic calendars (pdf file)
Semester, application and enrolment dates
Academic calendar |
Summer semester 2021Dates are still subject to change. |
Winter semester 2021/22Dates are still subject to change. |
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Semester duration |
April 1 - September 30, 2021 |
October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022 |
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Teaching activity |
April 12 - July 17, 2021 | October 18, 2021 - February 19, 2022 |
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Holidays |
- | December 20, 2021 - January 1, 2022 |
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Feast Days |
April 2, 2021 (Good Friday) |
October 3, 2021 (Day of German Unity) |
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Re-registration |
For winter semester 2021/22: by July 16, 2021 |
For summer semester 2022: by February 18, 2022 |
| Application for semester on leave |
Latest May 25, 2021 |
Latest November 29, 2021 |
| No teaching activity | From July 19, 2021 | From February 21, 2022 |
Application |
Summer semester 2021 |
Winter semester 2021/22 |
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Undergraduate programmes Information on whether you are |
Application deadline is January 15, 2021 |
Application Deadline is July 31, 2021 Notices starting beginning of September For Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine different application deadlines apply via hochschulstart.de if higher education entrance qualification was earned prior to January 16 of that year (so-called "Alt-Abiturienten") |
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Studienkolleg via "uni-assist" |
No admission for summer semester |
Application deadline is July 31, 2021 |
| Externe Feststellungsprüfung (external assessment test - without attending the preparation course). |
Latest January 15, 2021 |
No admission for winter semester |
| Consecutive Master's programs first semester |
Starting December 1, 2020 |
Starting April 15, 2021 |
| restricted admission | Until February 15, 2021 |
Until May 31, 2021 Notices starting mid-July |
| unrestricted admission | Until February 15, 2021 |
Until August 15, 2021 Notices end of July and mid-September |
| Consecutive Master's programs higher semesters | Until February 15, 2021 |
Until August 15, 2021 Notices mid-September |
| Master of Education |
Starting December 1, 2020 Until February 15, 2021 |
Until August 15, 2021 Notices mid-September |
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Continuing Master's programs |
Application see here. |
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Doctoral programs |
See here. |
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Lottery procedure |
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Studienplatztausch |
Until lectures begin | Until lectures begin |
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Entrance exam for those with professional qualifications (application deadline) |
- | Latest May 28, 2021 |
Enrollment & registration |
Summer semester 2021 |
Winter semester 2021/22 |
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| For all combination bachelor's programs and single-subject bachelor's with restricted admission | Deadline stated in Admission Letter | |
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Enrollment for programs with no limited admissions (except combination bachelor's programs) German students and foreign nationals with German education (Bildungsinländer) who fulfil all other requirements (such as language skills) All others are required to apply via uni-assist for programs with no limited admissions within the deadline |
February 1 - March 8, 2021 |
July 1 - September 6, 2021 |
| Course registration (bachelor’s & master’s Students) | For information on registering, courses and examinations (deadlines and details), see Campus Management. | |
| Studierfähigkeitstest Veterinärmedizin (Aptitude Test Veterinay Medicine) |
For students beginning their studies in winter semester, see here. | |
| Nebenhörer (visiting student, who is a full-time student elsewhere) | April 12 - May 10, 2021 | October 18 - November 15, 2021 |
Language tests (by invitation only) | |
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Foreign language tests Deutsche Sprachprüfung DSH |
Language Center (Sprachenzentrum, see "Sprachtests/Sprachtests Studienbewerber/innen" for dates, application and information). For further information on the German language test for higher education (DSH) at Freie Universität Berlin, see DSH website (only in German). |
Future dates | |
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Summer semester 2022 |
Teaching activity: April 19, 2022 - July 23, 2022 |
Events for new students
We would like to invite all new students to our orientation days and introductory events.
You will also find additional information in the online student assistant (OSA) GETTING STARTED.
Informational event for prospective students
- Presentation "Organization of Studies and Campus Management"
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Uni Im Gespräch for all prospective students:
On Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. (program: www.uni-im-gespraech.de) -
Online program: Mit Erfolg studieren (studying successfully) (in German)
- inFU:tage Information (in German)