Semester deadlines

Application deadlines

• Application Deadline for International applicants (all degree programs): 15/July/2025
• Deadline for applications for locally admission restricted degree programs in 1st semester: 15/July/2025
  (Application deadlines of “Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung (SfH)” at: www.hochschulstart.de)
• Deadline for applications for lottery procedure (start - end): early September 2025- 30/Sept/2025 Anfang
  (Allocation of available study places after completion of the "Hochschulstart" or RUB allocation procedures in degree programs with restricted admission. Applying is only possible online.)
• Deadline for applications for degree programs with restricted admissions in higher semesters: early August - 15/Sept/2025

Enrolment deadlines
(Exclusively online)

• Students (enrolments in non-restricted study programs): 16/Jun/2025 – 15/Oct/2025
  Applicants for degree programs with restricted admissions receive the deadlines for enrolment in their admissions letter.
• Cross-registered students / Guest auditors (first registration): 16/Jun/2025 – 15/Oct/2025 / 15/July/2025 – 15/Oct/2025
  No admission to courses of study with admission restrictions (cross-registered students). Admission deadlines for guest auditors of RUB's further education facilities will be announced separately.
• Doctoral candidates / students in higher semester (admission-free degree programs): 15/July/2025 - 31/Mar/2026 / 15/July/2025 – 15/Oct/2025

Students

• Re-registration (payment of social contribution) 1/July/2025 - 29/Aug/2025
  Registrar's office re-registers after receipt of payment of the full social contribution
• Leave of absence (proposal to the Registrar's Office): 1/July/2025 - 29/Aug/2025

Cross-registered students

• Re-registration (submission of a certificate of enrolment from the primary university for summer semester 2025): 1/July/2025 - 29/Aug/2025

Guest auditors

• Re-registration (payment of guest auditor registration fee): 1/July/2025 - 29/Aug/2025
  Registrar's office re-registers after receipt of payment of the full guest auditor registration fee

• Sommer semester 2025: 07/Apr/2025 - 18/Jul/2025
• Winter semester 2025/2026: 13/Oct/2025 - 06/Feb/2026
• Sommer semester 2026: 13/Apr/2026 - 24/Jul/2026
• Winter semester 2026/2027: 12/Oct/2026 - 05/Feb/2027
• Sommer semester 2027: 05/Apr/2027 - 16/Jul/2027
• Winter semester 2027/2028: 11/Oct/2027 - 04/Feb/2027
• Sommer semester 2028: 17/Apr/2028 - 28/Jul/2028
• Winter semester 2028/2029: 09/Oct/2028 - 02/Feb/2029
• Sommer semester 2029: 09/Apr/2029 - 20/Jul/2029
• Winter semester 2029/2030: 08/Oct/2029 - 01/Feb/2030
• Sommer semester 2030: 01/Apr/2030 - 12/Jul/2030

• You can download the semester times of previous semesters here as PDF