Planning your Studies

Semester length, lecture periods, semester breaks

The semester length, the lecture and examination periods, and the semester breaks are regulated in the Ordinance on Lecture Periods at Bavarian Universities of Applied Sciences and in the General Examination Regulations of Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences. The resulting dates are as follows:

Summer semester 2020

Semester length	15 Mar. 2020 - 30 Sep. 2020
Lecture period	20 Apr. 2020 - 24 July 2020
Easter	9 Apr. 2020 - 14 Apr. 2020
Whitsuntide	29 May 2020 - 2 June 2020
Return registration for the winter semester 2020/21	15 June 2020 - 3 July 2020
Examination registration	24 May 2020 - 7 June 2020
Examination period	25 July 2020 - 7 Aug. 2020 and during the lecture period

Changes may be made at any time as a result of the coronavirus situation.

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Winter semester 2020/21

Semester length	1 Oct. 2020 - 14 Mar. 2021
Lecture period	1 Oct. 2020 - 22 Jan. 2021
for new students in 'Brewing and Beverage Technology' and 'Engineering in Forestry' in the first semester	12 Oct. 2020 - 22 Jan. 2021
Christmas	24 Dec. 2020 - 6 Jan. 2021
Return registration for the summer semester 2021	7 Jan. 2021 - 22 Jan. 2021
Examination registration	26 Oct. 2020 - 25 Nov. 2020
Examination period	23 Jan. 2021 - 13 Feb. 2021

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Summer semester 2021

Semester length	15 Mar. 2021 - 30 Sep. 2021
Lecture period	15 Mar. 2021 - 9 July 2021
Easter	1 Apr. 2021 - 6 Apr. 2021
Whitsuntide	21 May 2021 - 25 May 2021
Return registration for the winter semester 2021/22	14 June 2021 - 2 July 2021
Examination registration	19 Apr. 2021 - 23 May 2021
Examination period	10 July 2021 - 31 July 2021

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Contact (Weihenstephan)

Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
Student.Service
Am Hofgarten 4
85354 Freising

T +49 8161 71-5592
F +49 8161 71-4987
studium [at]hswt.de

Contact (Triesdorf)

Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
Student.Service
Markgrafenstr. 16
91746 Weidenbach

T +49 9826 654-103
F +49 9826 654-4103
studium.triesdorf [at]hswt.de