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Lecture Periods from Summer Semester 2016 to Winter Semester 2023/2024 at North-Rhine Westphalian Universities
Summer Semester 2016: April 11, 2016 to July 22, 2016
Winter Semester 2016/2017: October 17, 2016 to February 10, 2017
Summer Semester 2017: April 18 to July 28, 2017
Winter Semester 2017/2018: October 9, 2017 to February 2, 2018
Summer Semester 2018: April 9 to July 20, 2018
Winter Semester 2018/2019: October 8, 2018 to February 1, 2019
Summer Semester 2019: April 1 to July 12, 2019
Winter Semester 2019/2020: October 7, 2019 to January 31, 2020
Summer Semester 2020: April 6 to July 17, 2020
Winter Semester 2020/2021: October 5, 2020 to January 29, 2021
Summer Semester 2021: April 12 to July 23, 2021
Winter Semester 2021/2022: October 4, 2021 to January 28, 2022
Summer Semester 2022: April 4 to July 15, 2022
Winter Semester 2022/2023: October 4, 2022 to January 27, 2023
Summer Semester 2023: April 3 to July 4, 2023
Winter Semester 2023/2024: October 9, 2023 to February 2, 2024
| Summer Semester 2017 | Winter Semester 2017/2018 | |
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| Start of Semester | April 1, 2017 | October 1, 2017 |
| First Day of Lectures | April 18, 2017 | October 9, 2017 |
| Last Day of Lectures | July 28, 2017 | February 2, 2018 |
| End of Semester | September 30, 2017 | March 31, 2018 |
| Summer Semester 2017 | Winter Semester 2017/2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment Deadline | ||
| Courses of Study with Open Admission Online | February 1 to March 10, 2017 | August 1 to September 29, 2017 |
| Courses of Study with Open Admission in Person | February 20 to March 10, 2017 |
August 28 to September 1, 2017 September 27 to 29, 2017 |
| RWTH Aachen Courses of Study with Restricted Admission |
August 10 to 25, 2017 September 4 to 12, 2017 September 18 to 26, 2017 |
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| hochschulSTART Medicine and Dentistry Courses of Study with Restricted Admission |
August 14 to 23, 2017 September 7 to 14, 2017 September 26 to 29, 2017 |
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Re-enrollment Deadline
(including the deadline for semesters of leave and changes to degree programs) |
January 16 to March 1, 2017 | June 12 to September 1, 2017 |
| Application Deadlines | ||
| for Dual Enrolled Students | March 6 to April 21, 2017 | September 11 to November 3, 2017 |
| for Auditors and Senior Citizen Students | March 6 to April 28, 2017 | September 11 to October 20, 2017 |
| Summer Semester 2017 | Winter Semester 2017/2018 | |
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| Orientation Event | ||
| Student Representative Council Meetings (10am-2pm) |
May 2, 2017 | November 9, 2017 |
| RWTH FH Sports Day (starts at 2pm) |
June 21, 2017 | |
| Talk Lehre (starts at 2pm) |
June 21, 2017 |
| University Sports Show | February 2, 2016 |
| Erstinfotag | September 22, 2016 |
| Beratungstage | January 31 to February 2, 2017 |
| Welcome Week | September 25 to 29, 2017 |
| Summer Semester 2017 | Winter Semester 2017/2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| German Day of Unity | October 3, 2017 | |
| Reformation Day | October 31, 2017 | |
| All Saints' Day | November 1, 2017 | |
| Christmas Holidays | December 25, 2017, to January 5, 2018 | |
| Shrove Monday | February 12, 2018 | |
| Good Friday | April 14, 2017 | |
| Easter Monday | April 17, 2017 | |
| May Day | May 1, 2017 | |
| Ascension of Christ | May 25, 2017 | |
| Pentecost Week (Excursion week) | June 5 to 9, 2017 | |
| Corpus Christi | June 15, 2017 |