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

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendars from past years can also be found below.

2019/20

You can see the Academic Calendar for the academic year 2019/20 below. You can also download it in a calendar view.

Fall 2019

Please download the pre-semester orientation schedule for 1st year students here.

	Lecture period	Exam week	Non-teaching days	Registration deadline
Pre-semester	Sep 17 – Oct 4, 2019
1st half semester (Fall 1)	Oct 7 – Nov 15, 2019 Mon + Wed: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total Tue + Thu: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total	Nov 18 – Nov 22, 2019	Nov 1, 2019	Sep 30, 2019
2nd half semester (Fall 2)	Nov 25 – Dec 20, 2019 & Jan 7 – Jan 17, 2020 Mon + Wed: 5 + 6 = 11 slots in total (+ 1 in exam week) Tue + Thu: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total	Jan 20 – Jan 24, 2020	Dec 23, 2019 – Jan 6, 2020	Nov 18, 2019
Full semester (Fall 1 + 2)	Oct 7 – Dec 20, 2019 & Jan 7 – Jan 17, 2020 Mon + Wed: 12 + 13 = 25 slots in total (+1 in exam week) Tue + Thu: 13 + 13 = 26 slots in total	Jan 20 – Jan 24, 2020	Nov 1, 2019 Dec 23, 2019 – Jan 6, 2020	Sep 30, 2019

Spring 2020

	Lecture period	Exam week	Non-teaching days	Registration deadline
Pre-semester (semester break)	Jan 27 – Feb 21, 2020
1st half semester (Spring 1)	Feb 24 – Apr 3, 2020 Mon + Wed: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total Tue + Thu: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total	Apr 20 – Apr 24, 2020	Apr 6 – Apr 17, 2020	Feb 17, 2020
2nd half semester (Spring 2)	Apr 27 – Jun 12, 2020 Mon + Wed: 6 + 7 = 13 slots in total Tue + Thu: 7 + 5 = 12 slots in total	Jun 15 – Jun 17, 2020	May 1, 2020 May 21, 2020 Jun 1, 2020 Jun 11, 2020	Apr 20, 2020
Full semester (Spring 1 + 2)	Feb 24 – Apr 3, 2020 & Apr 20 – Jun 12, 2020 Mon + Wed: 13 + 14 = 27 slots in total Tue + Thu: 14 + 12 = 26 slots in total	Jun 15 – Jun 19, 2020	Apr 6 – Apr 17, 2020 May 1, 2020 May 21, 2020 Jun 1, 2020 Jun 11, 2020	Feb 17, 2020

Non-teaching periods

Christmas break	Dec 23, 2019 – Jan 6, 2020
Semester break	Jan 27 – Feb 21, 2020
Easter break	Apr 6 – Apr 17, 2020

Rotations (200 h each)

Rotation 1	Oct 14 – Dec 13, 2019
Rotation 2	Dec 16, 2019 – Feb 21, 2020
Rotation 3	Mar 2 – Apr 24, 2020
Rotation 4	Apr 27 – Jun 26, 2020

General dates

September	16	Start of PhD program; Orientation Day
October	15	Progress Reviews (Fall) due
November	22	Student Open Day
December	15	Deadline to apply for changing route
January	8 12 30, 31	Application deadline for 2020 PhD student call Deadline for referees for 2020 PhD student call Pre-selection meetings for 2020 PhD student call
March	19, 20 25/26	Student Interview Days for 2020 PhD student call Final selection meeting for 2020 PhD student call
April	15 tbd	Progress reviews (Spring) due General Grad School meeting + Progress Review meeting
May	1	Affiliation window (short/long route) opens
June	30	Affiliation window (short/long route) closes

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	12 13	Easter Sunday Easter Monday
May	1 21	Labor Day Ascension Day
June	1 11	Whit Monday Corpus Christi

2018/19

You can see the Academic Calendar for the academic year 2018/19 below. You can also download it in a calendar view.

Fall 2018

	Lecture period	Exam week	Non-teaching days	Registration deadline
Pre-semester	Sep 18 – Oct 5, 2018
1st half semester (Fall 1)	Oct 8 – Nov 16, 2018 Mon + Wed: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total Tue + Thu: 6 + 5 (+1) = 12 slots in total (incl. one teaching slot in exam week)	Nov 19 – Nov 23, 2018	Oct 26, 2018 Nov 1, 2018	Oct 1, 2018
2nd half semester (Fall 2)	Nov 26 – Dec 21, 2018 & Jan 7 – Jan 18, 2019 Mon + Wed: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total Tue + Thu: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total	Jan 21 – Jan 25, 2019	Dec 24, 2018 – Jan 4, 2019	Nov 19, 2018
Full semester (Fall 1 + 2)	Oct 8 – Dec 21, 2018 & Jan 7 – Jan 18, 2019 Mon + Wed: 13 + 13 = 26 slots in total Tue + Thu: 13 + 12 = 25 slots in total	Jan 21 – Jan 25, 2019	Oct 26, 2018 Nov 1, 2018 Dec 24, 2018 – Jan 4, 2019	Oct 1, 2018

Spring 2019

	Lecture period	Exam week	Non-teaching days	Registration deadline
Pre-semester (semester break)	Jan 28 – Feb 22, 2019
1st half semester (Spring 1)	Feb 25 – Apr 5, 2019 Mon + Wed: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total Tue + Thu: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total	Apr 8 – Apr 12, 2019	Apr 15 – Apr 26, 2019	Feb 18, 2019
2nd half semester (Spring 2)	Apr 29 – Jun 14, 2019 Mon + Wed: 6 + 6 = 12 slots in total Tue + Thu: 7 + 6 = 13 slots in total	Jun 17 – Jun 21, 2019	May 1, 2019 May 30, 2019 Jun 10, 2019 Jun 20, 2019	Apr 22, 2019
Full semester (Spring 1 + 2)	Feb 25 – Apr 12, 2019 & Apr 29 – Jun 14, 2019 Mon + Wed: 13 + 13 = 26 slots in total Tue + Thu: 14 + 13 = 27 slots in total (Thu slot missing in exam week)	Jun 17 – Jun 21, 2019	Apr 15 – Apr 26, 2019 May 1, 2019 May 30, 2019 Jun 10, 2019 Jun 20, 2019	Feb 18, 2019

Non-teaching periods

Christmas break	Dec 24, 2018 – Jan 4, 2019
Semester break	Jan 28 – Feb 22, 2019
Easter break	Apr 15 – Apr 26, 2019

Rotations (200 h each)

Rotation 1	Oct 15 – Dec 14, 2018
Rotation 2	Dec 17, 2018 – Feb 22, 2019
Rotation 3	Mar 4 – Apr 26, 2019
Rotation 4	Apr 29 – Jun 28, 2019

General dates

September	17 tbd 18, 19, 20	Start of PhD program; Orientation Day All Students Meeting “Introduction to Research at IST”
October	15	Progress Reviews (Fall) due
November	30	Student Open Day
January	8 15 31	Application deadline for 2019 PhD student call Deadline for referees for 2019 PhD student call Pre-selection meeting for 2019 PhD student call
February	1	Pre-selection meeting for 2019 PhD student call
March	14, 15 20	Student Interview Days for 2019 PhD student call Final selection meeting for 2019 PhD student call
April	15 tbd	Progress reviews (Spring) due General Grad School meeting + Progress Review meeting
May	1	Affiliation window (short/long route) opens
June	30	Affiliation window (short/long route) closes
July	9	Graduation Ceremony

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	21 22	Easter Sunday Easter Monday
May	1 30	Labor Day Ascension Day
June	10 20	Whit Monday Corpus Christi

Academic Calendar

Semester structure

Academic Calendar

Fall 2019

Lecture period

Exam week

Non-teaching days

Registration deadline

Pre-semester

1st half semester

(Fall 1)

2nd half semester

(Fall 2)

Full semester

(Fall 1 + 2)

Spring 2020

Lecture period

Exam week

Non-teaching days

Registration deadline

Pre-semester

(semester break)

1st half semester

(Spring 1)

2nd half semester

(Spring 2)

Full semester

(Spring 1 + 2)

Non-teaching periods

Christmas break

Semester break

Easter break

Rotations (200 h each)

Rotation 1

Rotation 2

Rotation 3

Rotation 4

General dates

September

October

November

December

January

March

April

May

June

Public holidays

October

November

December

January

April

May

June

Fall 2018

Lecture period

Exam week

Non-teaching days

Registration deadline

Pre-semester

1st half semester

(Fall 1)

2nd half semester

(Fall 2)

Full semester

(Fall 1 + 2)

Spring 2019

Lecture period

Exam week

Non-teaching days

Registration deadline

Pre-semester

(semester break)

1st half semester

(Spring 1)

2nd half semester

(Spring 2)

Full semester

(Spring 1 + 2)