Year: 2026-2027
Public holidays: 3 October 2026, 25–26 December 2026, 1 January 2027, 26 March 2027, 29 March 2027, 1 May 2027, 6 May 2027, 17 May 2027
Beginning of the academic year
Institutions are autonomous. The winter semester 2026/27 officially runs 1 October 2026 – 31 March 2027; lectures usually start in mid-October (e.g. Freie Universität Berlin: lectures from 12 October 2026).Teaching activity and holidays of the academic year
Teaching activity:
Set by each university. Example, Freie Universität Berlin: winter semester lecture period 12 October 2026 – 13 February 2027; summer semester 2027 lecture period 12 April – 17 July 2027.
Christmas holidays:
Freie Universität Berlin is closed 21 December 2026 – 2 January 2027.
Break between the semesters:
Freie Universität Berlin: lecture-free period 14 February – 11 April 2027.
Examinations of the academic year
Usually in the last week of the lecture period or in the first week of the lecture-free period; exact dates are set by each university and faculty (Freie Universität Berlin as example).End of the academic year
The summer semester 2027 ends on 30 September 2027 (semester frame at Freie Universität Berlin).
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