Academic Calendar

The Academic Calendar includes dates for the lecture periods, exam weeks, non-teaching days and the registration deadlines for courses. Dates for the different rotation periods and other general dates are also found below.


Semester structure

The academic year is divided into two full semesters: Fall and Spring.  Each full semester is 12 weeks long, and courses that run throughout the full semester typically carry 6 ECTS credits. The Fall semester runs from early October to end of January, while the Spring semester runs from early March to end of June.

Fall and Spring semesters are further subdivided into 1st and 2nd half semesters, each of which is 6 weeks long. Courses that are half-semester-long typically carry 3 ECTS credits.


Academic Calendar

Past Academic Calendars and the 2024-25 Academic Calendar

2023/24
Fall 2023

You can find the Academic Calendar for the academic year 2023-24 below

Lecture period
Exam week
Non-teaching days
Registration deadline

 Pre-semester

Sep 15 – Oct 6, 2023

 1st half semester

 (Fall 1)

Oct 9 – Nov 17, 2023

Nov 20 – Nov 24, 2023 Oct 26, 2023

Nov 1, 2023

Oct 13, 2023

 2nd half semester

 (Fall 2)

Nov 27 – Dec 15, 2023

& Jan 8 – Jan 26, 2024

Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2024 Dec 8, 2023
Dec 18, 2023 – Jan 5, 2024
Dec 1, 2023

 Full semester

 (Fall 1 + 2)

Oct 9 – Dec 15, 2023

& Jan 8 –  Jan 26, 2024

Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2024 Oct 26, 2023

Nov 1, 2023

Dec 8, 2023
Dec 18, 2023 – Jan 5, 2024

Oct 13, 2023
Spring 2024
Lecture period
Exam week
Non-teaching days
Registration deadline

 Pre-semester

 (semester break)

Feb 5 – Feb 23, 2024

 1st half semester

 (Spring 1)

Feb 26 –  Mar 22 & Apr 2 – 12, 2024

Apr 15 – 19, 2024 Mar 25 – Apr 1, 2024 Mar 1, 2024

 2nd half semester

 (Spring 2)

Apr 22 – Jun 7, 2024

Jun 10 – Jun 14, 2024 May 1, 2024

May 9, 2024

May 20, 2024

May 30, 2024

Apr 26, 2024

 Full semester

 (Spring 1 + 2)

Feb 26 – Mar 22 & Apr 2 – Jun 7, 2024

Jun 10 – Jun 14, 2024 Mar 25 – Apr 1, 2024

May 1, 2024

May 9, 2024

May 20, 2024

May 30, 2024

Mar 1, 2024
Non-teaching periods

Christmas break

Dec 18, 2023 – Jan 5, 2024

 Semester break

Feb 5 – 23, 2024

 Easter break

Mar 25 – Apr 1, 2024
Rotations (200 h each)

 Rotation 1

Oct 16 – Dec 15, 2023

 Rotation 2

Jan 8 – Mar 8, 2024

 Rotation 3

Mar 18 – May 10, 2024

 Rotation 4

May 21 – Jul 19, 2024
General dates

 September

15 Start of PhD program; Orientation Day;
Qualifying Exam deadline (long route, Year 3)

 October

15 Progress Reviews (Fall) due (Phase 2)

 November

16 Student Open Day 

 December

 February

15 Deadline to apply for changing route (Phase 1)

 March

18 Student call: onsite interview

 April

15
19
tbd
Progress reviews (Spring) due (Phase 2)
Student call: visit of candidates with offers
General Grad School meeting + Progress Review meeting

 May

1 Affiliation window opens (Phase 1)

 June

20 
30
Graduation Ceremony
Affiliation window closes (Phase 1
Public holidays

 October

26 Austrian National Holiday

 November

1 All Saints’ Day 

 December

8
25
26
Immaculate Conception
Christmas Day
St. Stephen’s

 January

1
6
New Year’s Day
Epiphany

 March

31 Easter Sunday

 Apr

1 Easter Monday

May

1

9

19

20

30

Labor Day

Ascension Day

Whit Sunday

Whit Monday

Corpus Christi

Last Updated on March 5, 2024 by Eszter FÜGEDI
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