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Academic calendar

The study year at Pforzheim University is divided into two semesters; each semester lasts 15 weeks. The winter semester starts in the beginning of October or at the end of September; the summer semester starts in the middle of March. The detailled academic calendar can be found here. Below we list a more general orientation.

Winter semester

Deadline for applications in degree programs
The deadlines may vary by program, disciplines and the level of the study program.

Deadline for applications in exchange programs
The deadline is June 1 for all applications/nominations of exchange students. Applications are accepted one year ahead of the deadline. In case an international student will have to get a visa for the stay in Germany he/she should apply much earlier than the actual deadline. Issuance of a visa via the German Embassy may take several weeks.

Start
The winter semester starts at the end of September/ in the beginning of October.

German as a second language 
The intensive class for beginners and the orientation phase starts 3.5 weeks earlier than the semester (normally beginning of September). 

Semester break and holidays 
In the winter semester you will find the following holidays: 

Date Holiday
October 3 German Unification Day (German national holiday)
November 1 All Saints' Day (regional holiday)
December 25 - 26 Christmas Holidays 
January 1 New Year's Day 
January 6 Epiphany (regional holiday)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here you can find the current semester dates and holidays.

Normally, the Christmas break lasts from December 23 until January 7.

End of semester
The semester ends in the beginning of February. Most of the exams will take place during the last days of the semester (normally 1-2 weeks).

Summer semester

Deadline for applications in degree programs
The deadlines may vary by program, disciplines and the level of the study program.

Deadline for applications in exchange programs
The deadline is November 1 for all applications/nominations of exchange students. Applications are accepted one year ahead of the deadline. In case an international student will have to get a visa for the stay in Germany he/she should apply much earlier than this deadline. Issuance of a visa via the German Embassy may take several weeks.

Start
The summer semester starts mid March.

German as a second language
The intensive course for beginners and the orientation phase start 3.5 weeks earlier than the semester starts (normally mid February). The refresher course (min. A2 level) usually starts two weeks before the official semester start.

Semester break and holidays
In the summer semester you will find the following holidays: 

Date Holiday
changing (end of March - end of April) Easter (Good Friday, Easter Sunday/Monday)
May 1 Labor Day 
changing (beginning of May) Ascension Day
changing (mid May - mid June) Pentecost (Whit Sunday/Monday)
changing (end of May - end of June) Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here you can find the current semester dates and holidays.

End of semester
The semester ends mid July. Most of the exams will take place during the last days of the semester (normally 1-2 weeks).