Important dates

Official semester period
1 October 2024 to 14 March 2025

Teaching period
14 October 2024 to 15 February 2025

Opening ceremony
14 October 2024, 11:00 AM (Großer Konzertsaal, Arcisstraße 12)

Days off
As a rule, there are no classes on weekends. In the winter semester, the following days are also free of lessons during the teaching period:

• 1 November 2024 (All Saints’ Day)
• 24 December 2024 to 6 January 2025 (Christmas holidays)

Official semester period
15 March to 30 September 2025

Teaching Period
17 March to 12 July2025

Days off
As a rule, there are no classes on weekends. In the summer semester, the following days are also free of lessons during the teaching period:

• Easter holidays: 14 to 26 April 2025
• Labour Day: 1 May 2025
• Ascension Day: 29 May 2025
• Whit Monday: 9 June 2025
• Corpus Christi: 19 June 2025

Examination time
To be announced.
Please note: Many examinations at our university also take place outside this examination period. However, the majority of the public examination concerts take place during these two months.

Entrance examination (presence examinations)
14 – 24 June 2025

Official semester period
1 October 2025 to 14 March 2026

Teaching period
13 October 2025 to 14 February 2026

Opening ceremony
13 October 2025, 11:00 AM (Großer Konzertsaal, Arcisstraße 12)

Days off
As a rule, there are no classes on weekends. In the winter semester, the following days are also free of lessons during the teaching period:

• 1 November 2025 (All Saints’ Day)
• 24 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 (Christmas holidays)

Official semester period
15 March to 30 September 2026

Teaching Period
16 March to 11 July 2026

Days off
As a rule, there are no classes on weekends. In the summer semester, the following days are also free of lessons during the teaching period:

• Easter holidays: 30 March to 11 April 2026
• Labour Day: 1 May 2026
• Ascension Day: 14 May 2026
• Whit Monday: 25 May 2026
• Corpus Christi: 4 June 2026

Examination time
To be announced.
Please note: Many examinations at our university also take place outside this examination period. However, the majority of the public examination concerts take place during these two months.

Entrance examination (presence examinations)
13 – 22 June 2026

Winter semester 2026/27:
Start of teaching period: 12 October 2026
End of teaching period: 13 February 2027
Christmas holiday: 24 December 2026 to 6 January 2027

Summer semester 2027:
Start of teaching period: 5 April 2027
End of teaching period: 17 July 2027
Easter holiday: 22 March – 3 April 2027

The dates for the entrance examinations (on site) for all courses of study (Young Academy, Bachelor, Master, Post-Master Certificate, Excellence in Performance) as well as for the teacher training programmes:

14 to 24 June 2025
13 to 22 June 2026

Please note that entrance procedures for courses not listed here – such as ballet/dance, cultural management, cultural journalism, digital communication or cooperative degree courses with the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding – take place at other times.

All information on the aptitude procedures can be found here.

Please note these special dates for Teacher Training courses:

Special Dates Teacher Training courses 2024/2025 (in German)

Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship)
1 July

PROMOS Scholarship
15 March, 15 October

STIBET End-of-Study Scholarship
15 March, 15 October

General University Scholarship
15 March, 15 October

ERASMUS application
15 December (for the following academic year)

Please contact the International Office or Philipp Braunschweig (responsible for scholarships) for details.