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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
| Winter Semester 2017/2018 | Summer Semester 2018 | |
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| Start of Semester | October 1, 2017 | April 1, 2018 |
| First Day of Lectures | October 9, 2017 | April 9, 2018 |
| Last Day of Lectures | February 2, 2018 | July 20, 2018 |
| End of Semester | March 31, 2018 | September 30, 2018 |
| Winter Semester 2017/2018 | Summer Semester 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment Deadline | ||
| Courses of Study with Open Admission Online | August 1 to September 29, 2017 | February 1 to April 30, 2018 |
| Courses of Study with Open Admission in Person |
August 28 to September 1, 2017 September 27 to 29, 2017 |
February 19 to March 9, 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) |
June 12 to September 1, 2017 | January 15 to March 1, 2018 |
| Application Deadlines | ||
| for Small Cross-Registration | September 11 to November 3, 2017 | March 5 to April 20, 2018 |
| for Auditors and Senior Citizen Students | September 11 to October 20, 2017 | March 19 to April 27, 2017 |
| Winter Semester 2017/2018 | Summer Semester 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation Event | ||
| Student Representative Council Meetings (10am-2pm) |
November 9, 2017 | May 2, 2018 |
| RWTH FH Sports Day (starts at 2pm) |
June 6, 2018 | |
| Talk Lehre (starts at 2pm) |
June 6, 2018 |
| University Sports Show | |
| Erstinfotag | |
| Beratungstage | |
| Welcome Week | September 25 to 29, 2017 |
| Winter Semester 2017/2018 | Summer Semester 2018 | |
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| 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 | March 30, 2018 | |
| Easter Monday | April 2, 2018 | |
| May Day | May 1, 2018 | |
| Ascension of Christ | May 10, 2018 | |
| Pentecost Week (Excursion week) | May 21 to 25, 2018 | |
| Corpus Christi | May 31, 2018 |