Dates and Deadlines

• Lecture period: 14.10.2024 – 07.02.2025
• Lecture-free period (semester break): 01.10.2024 – 13.10.2024 and 08.02.2025 – 31.03.2025

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

• Lecture period: 23.04.2025 – 25.07.2025
• Lecture-free period (semester break): 01.04.2025 – 22.04.2025 and 26.07.2025 – 30.09.2025

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

• Lecture period: 13.10.2025 – 06.02.2026
• Lecture-free period (semester break): 01.10.2025 – 12.10.2025 and 07.02.2026 – 31.03.2026

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

• Lecture period: 13.04.2026 – 17.07.2026
• Lecture-free period (semester break): 01.04.2026 – 12.04.2026 and 18.07.2026 – 30.09.2026

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

• Lecture period: 12.10.2026 – 05.02.2027
• Lecture-free period (semester break): 01.10.2026 – 11.10.2026 and 06.02.2027 – 31.03.2027

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

• Lecture period: 12.04.2027 – 16.07.2027
• Lecture-free period (semester break): 01.04.2027 – 11.04.2027 and 17.07.2027 – 30.09.2027

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

• Lecture period: 18.10.2027 – 11.02.2028
• Lecture-free period (semester break): 01.10.2027 – 17.10.2027 and 12.02.2028 – 31.03.2028

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

Please refer to the specific programs for information on application deadlines.

Please refer to the specific programs for information on application deadlines

• for winter semester: 15.05. – 15.07.
• for summer semester: 15.11. – 15.01.

Learn more about Studienkolleg

• Registration for the winter semester takes place from 15.09. – 15.10. The fee needs to be paid by 19.11.
• Registration for the summer semester takes place from 15.03. – 15.04. The fee needs to be paid by 14.05.

Learn more about auditing courses

These deadlines apply to students who wish to spend up to 3 semesters at TUM as an exchange student from another university. Learn more about exchange programs

• for winter semester: 15.03. – 15.05.
• for summer semester: 15.09. – 31.10.

• for winter semester 2024/25: until 14.10.2024
• for summer semester 2025: until 23.04.2025
• for winter semester 2025/26: until 13.10.2025
• for summer semester 2026: until 13.04.2026

Learn more about requesting a leave of absence

• for winter semester 2024/25: until 15.11.2024
• for summer semester 2025: until 27.05.2025
• for winter semester 2025/26: until 14.11.2025
• for summer semester 2026: until 15.05.2026

For participants of the Studienkolleg, differing enrollment deadlines apply:

• for the winter semester: until 01.10.
• for the summer semester: until 01.03

Learn more about enrollment here.

• for summer semester: until 15.02.
• for winter semester: until 15.08.

Learn more about the semester fees

• for winter semester 2024/25: until 15.11.2024
• for summer semester 2025: until 27.05.2025
• for winter semester 2025/26: until 14.11.2025
• for summer semester 2026: until 15.05.2026

Please note: Enrollment can only take place after the fees have been paid. Only then will it be possible, for example, to register for courses or to obtain the discounted Deutschlandticket. It is therefore advisable to transfer the fees by March 15 (summer semester) or September 15 (winter semester) at the latest.

Learn more about semester fees

Winter semester 2024/25:

• Munich: 30.10.2024, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 30.10.2024,  10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 30.10.2024, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 30.10.2024, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbron: 30.10.2024, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Summer semester 2025:

• Munich: 07.05.2025, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 07.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 07.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 07.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbronn: 07.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Winter semester 2025/26:

• Munich: 29.10.2025, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 29.10.2025,  10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 29.10.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 29.10.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbron: 29.10.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Summer semester 2026:

• Munich: 29.04.2026, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 29.04.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 29.04.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 29.04.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbronn: 29.04.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

The locations will be announced by the student bodies. To enable all students to attend these meetings, no lectures or examinations will be held during the general meetings.

Winter semester 2024/25:

• Munich: 12.11.2024, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 12.11.2024, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 12.11.2024, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 12.11.2024, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbronn: 12.11.2024, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Summer semester 2025:

• Munich: 20.05.2025, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 20.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 20.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 20.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbronn: 20.05.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Winter semester 2025/26:

• Munich: 11.11.2025, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 11.11.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 11.11.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 11.11.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbronn: 11.11.2025, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Summer semester 2026:

• Munich: 12.05.2026, 9.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
• Garching: 12.05.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Weihenstephan: 12.05.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Straubing: 12.05.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
• Heilbronn: 12.05.2026, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

To enable all students to attend these meetings, no lectures or examinations will be held during the general meetings.

Please note: Examinations may also be administered on lecture-free days or during the holidays.

• Christman Vacation: 24.12.2024 – 06.01.2025

• New Year’s Day: 01.01.2025

• Twelfth Day: 06.01.2025

• Easter Vacation: 17.04.2025 – 22.04.2025

• Good Friday: 18.04.2025

• Easter Monday: 21.04.2025

• May Day: 01.05.2025

• Ascension Day: 29.05.2025

• Whitsun Vacation: 07.06.2025 – 10.06.2025

• Whit Monday: 09.06.2025

• Feast of Corpus Christi: 19.06.2025

• Assumption Day: 15.08.2025

• German Reunification Day: 03.10.2025

• First-years’ event “Welcome@TUM”: 13.10.2025 (from 3 p.m.)

• All Saints’ Day: 01.11.2025

• Dies Academicus: 04.12.2025 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)

• 1^st Christmas Day: 25.12.2025

• 2^nd Christmas Day: 26.12.2025

• Christman Vacation: 24.12.2025 – 06.01.2026

2024:

• Shrove Tuesday: 04.03.2025 (from 12.00 p.m.)
• Christmas Eve: 24.12.2025

• New Year's Eve: 31.12.2025

You can find the deadlines of the exam administration in the mytum portal:

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