Academic Calendar
- 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
Please beware that dates may change due to the current events.
Academic calendar |
Summer semester 2020 |
Winter semester 2020/21 |
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Semester duration |
April 1 – September 30, 2020 | October 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021 |
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Teaching activity |
April 20 – July 18, 2020 | November 2, 2020 - February 27, 2021 |
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Holidays |
December 19, 2020 - January 2, 2021 | |
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Feast Days |
April 10, 2020 (Good Friday) May 8, 2020 (Day of Liberation) |
October 3, 2020 |
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Re-registration |
For winter semester 2020/21: by July 17, 2019 | For summer semester 2021: by February 19, 2021 |
| Application for semester on leave | Latest June 2, 2020 | Latest November 30, 2020 |
| No teaching activity | From July 20, 2019 | From February 22, 2020 |
Application |
Summer semester 2020
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Winter semester 2020/21Dates may change due to current events. |
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Undergraduate prograes Information on whether you are |
Undergraduate programmes with restricted admission (application directly to Freie Universität Berlin): by January 15, 2020 Application via “hochschulstart.de (only in German) for undergraduate programs with summer semester admission: Letters of Admission sent by the beginning/middle of February 2020. |
Undergraduate programmes with restricted admission (application directly to Freie Universität Berlin): Application via "hochschulstart.de" (only in German):
Letters of Admission sent by the end of August 2020. |
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Studienkolleg |
No admission for summer semester |
All courses by August 20, 2020 via "uni-assist" |
| Externe Feststellungsprüfung (external assessment test - without attending the preparation course). |
Latest March 15, 2020 |
No admission for winter semester |
| Consecutive Master's programs |
Application see here. |
starting May 4th 2020 |
| restricted admission | until June 30th 2020 | |
| unrestricted admission | until August 15th 2020 | |
| Master of Education | Application see here. | starting July 1st 2020 |
| until August 15th 2020 | ||
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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 |
- | September 29 - October 05, 2020 |
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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, 2020 | |
Enrollment & registration |
Summer semester 2019 |
Winter semester 2020/21 |
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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 3 - March 6, 2020 |
July 1 - September 7, 2020 |
| 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: by written invitation only, see here. | |
| Studierfähigkeitstest Pharmazie (Aptitude Test Pharmacy) |
For students beginning their studies in winter and summer semester: by written invitation only, see here. | |
| Nebenhörer (visiting student, who is a full-time student elsewhere) | April 14 – May 12, 2020 | October 19 – November 13, 2020 |
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). |
Events for current students
Informational event for Freie Universität students starting their programs during the summer semester 2019, with an introduction to Campus Management. Also suitable for master's students who have changed to Freie Universität:
- Monday, April 1, 2019: 10:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. at lecture hall 2, Rost- und Silberlaube, Habelschwerdter Allee 45 (Cancelled!)
Orientation days for international students at Freie Universität Berlin starting their programs during the winter semester 2019, with an introduction to Campus Management:
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019: start at 10:00 a.m. at lecture hall 2, Rost- und Silberlaube, Habelschwerdter Allee 45 (in German and English) (Cancelled!)
Informational event for prospective students
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Studieren an der Freien Universität (in German): Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., November - July 2019
- 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)
at lecture hall 2, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin. -
Online program: Mit Erfolg studieren (studying successfully) (in German)
- Higher education fair "Study in Berlin and Brandenburg": Friday, April 5, 2019, 10 a.m. - 18 p.m.
- inFU:tage Information (in German)