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Term dates and deadlines

Academic Year 2017/18 | Graduation ceremonies | Examination dates

Academic Year 2017/2018

Please note that application periods differ for degree programmes with entrance examinations.

Winter semester 2017/2018

Start of semester	1 October 2017
End of semester	31 January 2018
General admission period	7 July to 5 September 2017
Extended admission period	6 September to 30 November 2017

Summer semester 2018

Start of semester	1 March 2018
End of semester	30 June 2018
General admission period	9 January to 5 February 2018
Extended admission period	6 February bis 30 April 2018

Holidays

Christmas holidays	22 December 2017 to 7 January 2018
Semester holidays	1 February to 28 February 2018
Easter holidays
Main summer holidays	1 July bis 30 September 2018

Days on which courses and exams are not held

Sundays and all public holidays
National holiday	10 October 2017 (Carinthia only)
All Souls’ Day	2 November 2017
The Saturday before and the Tuesday after Whitsun	19 May 2018 and 22 May 2018

Graduation ceremonies 2017/2018

DATES	DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION
Friday, 17 November 2017	Friday, 20 October 2017
Friday, 9 March 2018	Friday, 9 February 2018
Friday, 18 May 2018	Friday, 20 April 2018
Friday, 29 June 2018	Friday, 1 June 2018

Examination dates

Examinations which mark the culmination of studies

Approved examinations have to be announced. A list of all examinations is available in your Studierenden-Portal under “Links > Studienabschließende Prüfungen”.

Modular examinations