On this page, you will find all the important dates of the academic year at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Please look for other announcements and information posted in your faculty or department. For information about upcoming events, please check the calendar and our message boards.
For the time being, the start of the summer semester has been provisionally postponed until 4 May 2020. This decision was made by the Landespräsidentenkonferenz (Conference of State Presidents).
Duration of semester
1.10.2019 until 31.3.2020
Matriculation ceremony
16.10.2019
Welcome week for 1st semester students
7.10.2019 until 11.10.2019
Lectures
14.10.2019 until 7.2.2020
Examinations
10.2.2020 until 21.2.2020
(Take attention to the notices in the faculties!)
Written examinations may not take place and will be rescheduled once the summer semester has begun. Oral examinations are to take place digitally if possible. Due dates and deadlines for final examinations and term papers are, in general, extended for the closure period.
Semester breaks/Holidays
3.10.2019
31.10.2019
23.12.2019 until 3.1.2020
University information day
7.3.2020
Registration for summer semester 2020
1.1.2020 until 28.2.2020
For the time being, the start of the summer semester has been provisionally postponed until 4 May 2020. This decision was made by the Landespräsidentenkonferenz (Conference of State Presidents).
»Corona presents us all with completely new challenges. The new semester will have a different character. We cannot just carry on as if nothing had happened. We have to think about our teaching methods and we have to rethink our content.«
Prof. Dr. Winfried Speitkamp
President of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Hochschulinformationstag (Open Campus Day)
7.3.2020
Duration of semester
4.5.2020 until 30.9.2020
Lectures
from 4.5.2020 at the earliest (if necessary only online) until 10.7.2020
Due to current events, the course dates have to be postponed.
We ask for your understanding and will update the dates as soon as possible.
summaery2020 – The annual exhibition of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
9.7.2020 until 12.7.2020
Examinations
13.7.2020 until 24.7.2020
(Take attention to the notices in the faculties!)
Holidays
Easter: 10.4.2020 until 13.4.2020
Pentecost: 1.6.2020
1.5.2020
21./22.5.2020
Registration for winter semester 2020/21
1.6.2020 until 31.8.2020
Bauhaus Summer School
2.8.2020 until 28.8.2020
Duration of semester
1.10.2020 until 31.3.2020
Welcome week for 1st semester students
5.10.2020 until 9.10.2020
Matriculation ceremony
14.10.2020
Lectures
12.10.2020 until 5.2.2021
Semester breaks/Holidays
Winterbreak 21.12.2020 until 3.01.2021
Examinations
8.02.2021 until 19.02.2021
(Take attention to the notices in the faculties!)
Registration for summer semester 2021
1.1.2021 until 28.2.2021
