Academic Calendar
Semester and lectures
The academic year starts on 1st September and ends on 31st August of the following year. The summer term begins on the Friday of the third full week of February.
The lectures take place in the part-time study programmes as well as the full-time Bachelor's programme in Smart Automation from early or mid-September (depending on the programme) until mid-July.
In the full-time and dual study programmes, lectures take place between early October and the end of June.
Winter Semester 2023/2024
| Start: | 1st September 2023 |
| End: | 22nd February 2024 |
Summer Semester 2024
| Start: | 23rd February 2024 |
| End: | 31st August 2024 |
Winter Semester 2024/2025
| Start: | 1st September 2024 |
| End: | 20th February 2025 |
Your contacts in the departments and the International Office will provide information on the start and end dates of individual lectures.
Holidays in Austria
New Year's Day: 1st January
Epiphany: 6th January
Easter Monday: Easter Sunday + 1 day
Labour Day: 1st May
Ascension Day: Easter Sunday + 39 days
Whit Monday: Easter Sunday + 50 days
Corpus Christi: Easter Sunday + 60 days
Assumption Day: 15th August
National Day: 26th October
All Saints' Day: 1st November
Immaculate Conception: 8th December
Christmas Day: 25th December
Second Christmas Day: 26th December