Academic Calendar

The Academic Calendar includes dates for the lecture periods, exam weeks, non-teaching days and the registration deadlines for courses. Dates for the different rotation periods and other general dates are also found below.

Semester structure

The academic year is divided into two full semesters: Fall and Spring.  Each full semester is 12 weeks long, and courses that run throughout the full semester typically carry 6 ECTS credits. The Fall semester runs from early October to end of January, while the Spring semester runs from early March to end of June.

Fall and Spring semesters are further subdivided into 1st and 2nd half semesters, each of which is 6 weeks long. Courses that are half-semester-long typically carry 3 ECTS credits.

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar for 2023-24 and past Academic Calendars

2022/23
Fall 2022

You can find the Academic Calendar for the academic year 2022-23 below

Lecture period
Exam week
Non-teaching days
Registration deadline

 Pre-semester

 Sep 15 – Oct 7, 2022

 1st half semester

 (Fall 1)

Oct 10 – Nov 18, 2022

  • Mon + Wed: 6 + 5 = 11 slots in total (+ 1 in exam week)
  • Tue + Thu: 5 + 6 = 11 slots in total
 Nov 21 – Nov 25, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

Nov 1, 2022

 Oct 14, 2022

 2nd half semester

 (Fall 2)

Nov 28 – Dec 16, 2022

& Jan 9 – Jan 27, 2023

  • Mon + Wed: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total 
  • Tue + Thu: 6 + 5 = 11 slots in total (+ 1 in exam week)
 Jan 30 – Feb 3, 2022 Dec 8, 2022
Dec 19, 2022 – Jan 6, 2023		 Dec 2, 2022

 Full semester

 (Fall 1 + 2)

Oct 10 – Dec 16, 2022

& Jan 9 –  Jan 27, 2023

  • Mon + Wed: 12 + 11 = 23 slots in total (+1 in exam week)
  • Tue + Thu: 11 + 11 = 22 slots in total
 Jan 30 – Feb 3, 2023 Oct 26, 2022

Nov 1, 2022

Dec 8, 2022
Dec 19, 2022 – Jan 6, 2023

 Oct 14, 2022
Spring 2023
Lecture period
Exam week
Non-teaching days
Registration deadline

 Pre-semester

 (semester break)

 Feb 6 – Feb 24, 2023

 1st half semester

 (Spring 1)

Feb 27 –  Mar 31 & Apr 11 – 14  2023

  • Mon + Wed: 5 + 6 = 11 slots in total (+1 in exam week)
  • Tue + Thu: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total
 Apr 17 – 21, 2023 Apr 3  – Apr 10, 2023 Mar 3, 2023

 2nd half semester

 (Spring 2)

Apr 24 – Jun 9, 2023

  • Mon + Wed: 5 + 7 = 12 slots in total
  • Tue + Thu: 7 + 5 = 12 slots in total 
 Jun 12 – Jun 16, 2023 May 1, 2023

May 18, 2023

May 29, 2023

Jun 8, 2023

 Apr 28, 2023

 Full semester

 (Spring 1 + 2)

Feb 27 – Mar 31 & Apr 11 – Apr 14 &  Apr 24 – Jun 9, 2023

  • Mon + Wed: 10 + 13 = 23 slots in total
  • Tue + Thu: 13 + 11 = 24 slots in total 
 Jun 12 – Jun 16, 2023 Apr 3  – Apr 10, 2023

May 1, 2023

May 18, 2023

May 29, 2023

Jun 8, 2023

 Mar 3, 2023
Non-teaching periods

Christmas break

 Dec 19, 2022 – Jan 6, 2023

 Semester break

 Feb 6 – 24, 2023

 Easter break

 Apr 3 – Apr 10, 2023
Rotations (200 h each)

 Rotation 1

 Oct 17 – Dec 16, 2022

 Rotation 2

 Jan 2 – March 3, 2023

 Rotation 3

 Mar 13 – May 5, 2023

 Rotation 4

 May 15 – Jul 14, 2023
General dates

 September

 15 Start of PhD program; Orientation Day

 October

 15 Progress Reviews (Fall) due (phase 2)

 November

 tbd Student Open Day 

 December

 February

 15
28		 Deadline to apply for changing route (phase 1)
Application deadline for 2023 PhD student call

 March

 5
13-26
27-Apr 2		 Deadline for referees for 2023 PhD student call
Student call: faculty review
Student call: cluster meetings

 April

 3-12
30
17-23
24-May 7
tbd		 Student call: interview preference input (online and onsite)
Progress reviews (Spring) due (phase 2)
Student call: interview matching feedback round
Student call: online interviews
General Grad School meeting + Progress Review meeting

 May

 1
8-14
16-17
22-26		 Affiliation window (short/long route) opens (phase 1)
Student call: cluster meeting for candidates interviewed online
Student call: onsite interviews
Student call: cluster meetings for candidates interviewed onsite

 June

 7
22
30 
30		 Student call: recruiting day for all candidates with offers
Graduation Ceremony
Affiliation window (short/long route) closes (phase 1)
Student call: deadline to accept/decline offers
Public holidays

 October

 26 Austrian National Holiday

 November

 1 All Saints’ Day 

 December

 8
25
26		 Immaculate Conception
Christmas Day
St. Stephen’s

 January

 1
6		 New Year’s Day
Epiphany

 April

 9
10		 Easter Sunday
Easter Monday

 May

 1

18

29

 Labor Day

Ascension Day

Whit Monday

June

 8 Corpus Christi
Last Updated on May 10, 2023 by Eszter FÜGEDI
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