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Lecture Periods from Summer Semester 2018 to Winter Semester 2023/2024 at North-Rhine Westphalian Universities
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
| Winter Semester 2018/2019 | Summer Semester 2019 | |
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| Start of Semester | October 1, 2018 | April 1, 2019 |
| First Day of Semester | October 8, 2018 | April 1, 2019 |
| Last Day of Semester | February 1, 2019 | July 12, 2019 |
| End of Semester | March 31, 2019 | September 30, 2019 |
| Winter Semester 2018/2019 | Summer Semester 2019 | |
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Enrollment Dates
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| Courses of Study with Open Admission Online | June 12 to October 31, 2018 | December 3, 2018 to April 30, 2019 |
| Courses of Study with Open Admission in Person |
August 27 to 30, 2018 September 25 to 28, 2018 |
February 18 to March 8, 2019 |
| RWTH Aachen Courses of Study with Restricted Admission | Deadline provided in the letter of admission | |
| hochschulSTART Courses of Study with Restricted Admission , Part 1 | August 14 to 23, 2018 | |
| hochschulSTART Courses of Study with Restricted Admission , Part 2 | September 7 to 14, 2018 | |
| hochschulSTART Courses of Study with Restricted Admission , Part 3 | September 26 to October 1, 2018 | |
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Re-enrollment Deadline
(including the deadline for semesters of leave and changes to degree programs) |
June 11 to September 1, 2018 | January 14 to March 1, 2019 |
| BlueCard Issuance | October 1 to 12, 2018 | |
| Application Deadlines | ||
| for Dual Enrolled Students | September 10 to October 26, 2018 | March 4 to April 18, 2019 |
| for Auditors and Senior Citizen Students | September 10 to November 15, 2018 | March 18 to May 15, 2019 |
| Winter Semester 2018/2019 | Summer Semester 2019 | |
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| Orientation Event |
October 1, 2018 |
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| Student Representative Council Meetings (10:L15am to 2:15pm) |
November 6, 2018 | May 7, 2019 |
| RWTH FH Sports Day (starting at 2pm) | June 4, 2019 | |
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Talk Lehre (starting at 2pm) |
June 4, 2019 |
| University Sports Show | February 5, 2019 |
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Academic Professions Day |
March 21, 2019 |
| Advising Day for School Students | January 21, 2019 |
| Welcome Week | September 24 to 28, 2018 |
| Winter Semester 2018/2019 | Summer Semester 2019 | |
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| All Saints' Day | November 1, 2018 | |
| Christmas Holidays | December 24, 2018 to January 4, 2019 | |
| Shrove Monday | ||
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Good Friday |
April 19, 2019 |
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| Easter Monday | April 22, 2019 | |
| May Day | May 1, 2019 | |
| Ascension of Christ | May 30, 2019 | |
| Pentecost Week (Excursion week) | June 10 to 14, 2019 | |
| Corpus Christi | June 20, 2019 |