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Academic Calendar

 

summer semester 2023

winter semester 2023/2024

Semester duration

April 1 - September 30, 2023

October 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024

Teaching activity

April 17 - July 22, 2023

October 16, 2023 - February 17, 2024

Holidays

- December 23, 2023 - January 6, 2024

Feast Days

April 7, 2023 (Good Friday)
April 10, 2023 (Easter Monday)
May 1, 2023 (May Day)
May 18, 2023 (Ascension Day)
May 29, 2023 (Whitmonday)

October 3, 2023
(Day of German Unity)
December 25-26, 2023
(Christmas holidays)
January 1, 2024
(New Year's Day)
March 8, 2024
(International Women's Day)

Re-registration

For winter semester 2023/24: by July 21, 2023

 For summer semester 2024:
by February 16, 2024
Application for semester on leave

Latest May 30, 2023

 Latest November 27, 2023
No teaching activity

From July 22, 2023

 From February 17, 2024

Future dates

Teaching activity summer semester 2024  April 15 - July 20, 2024

Academic calendar history

Further dates and deadlines:

 

summer semester 2023

winter semester

Undergraduate programmes

  • limited admissions
  • first and higher semester

Information on whether you are
required to apply to Freie Universität
Berlin directly, or via uni-assist, or via
"hochschulstart.de" (only in German)
please see International Students.


 Starting December 1, 2022, latest January 15, 2023


 Notices from mid-February 2023

June 1 - July 15, 2023

Except for pharmacy and veterinary medicine via hochschulstart.de: "Old high school graduates" with university entrance qualification date before 16.01.2023 must apply at hochschulstart.de by
31.05.2023 Provision of the notification:
From mid-August 2023

Undergraduate programmes

  • combination bachelor's programs with unrestricted admissions
  • foreign University Entrance Qualification

 December 1, 2022 - January 15, 2023

via "uni-assist"

June 1 - July 15, 2023 

via "uni-assist"

Undergraduate programmes

  • single-subject bachelor's programs with unrestricted admissions
  • foreign University Entrance Qualification
  December 1, 2022 - March 6, 2023
via "uni-assist"

June 1 - September 04, 2023

application for Studienkolleg
(preparatory course):
One-year course in a school-like setting with Feststellungsprüfung (assessment test - subject related university entrance qualification)

 No admission for summer semester  

June 1 - July 15, 2023 

via "uni-assist"
application for Externe Feststellungsprüfung (external assessment test - without attending the preparation course).  December 1, 2022 - January 15, 2023
via "uni-assist"
No admission for winter semester 

Master's programs

Application see here.

Doctoral programs

See here.

Lottery procedure

 February 25 - March 31, 2023
See here.
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Studienplatztausch
(Exchange of study placements)

 February 15 - April 5, 2023 August 15 - Ocotber 10, 2023

Entrance exam for those with professional qualifications (application deadline)

 - until May 31,2023

Language tests

Foreign language tests
(free of charge)

Deutsche Sprachprüfung DSH
(130,00 Euro)

Language Center (Sprachenzentrum, see "Sprachtests/Sprachtests für 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).


summer semester 2023

winter semester 2023/24

Undergraduate Degree Programs

  • limited admissions
  • first and higher semester
Deadline stated in Admission Letter

Undergraduate Degree Programs

  • combination bachelor's programs and single-subject bachelor's programs                                with unrestricted admissions
  • German students and foreign nationals with German education (Bildungsinländer)
    who fulfil all other requirements (such as language skills)
 December 1, 2022 - March 6, 2023  June 1 - September 4, 2023
Course registration (bachelor’s & master’s Students) For information on registering, courses and examinations (deadlines and details), see Campus Management.
Nebenhörer (visiting student, who is a full-time student elsewhere)  April 17 - May 12, 2023 October 16 - November 10, 2023

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 and on the website STARTING YOUR STUDIES AT FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN.

Informational event for prospective students 


Calendar of events published by the Office of Communication and Marketing

Starting your study program