Dates & Deadlines
(as of 10.09.2025 - subject to change)
Winter semester 2025/26
Lecture period
13.10.2025 – 06.02.2026
Admission to Examinations and registration (with online form)
Bachelor, Major & Minor Economics and other Bachelor programs: permanently cancelled
Master in Economics: 27.09.2025 - 12.12.2025
for students with preliminary studies only, who want to transfer credits in the WiSe 2025/26: 25.09.2025 - 31.10.2025
Modules "Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre" and "Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre für Teilfächer"
Allocation process separately for Mikroökonomik- and Makroökonomik-parts: 01.10.2025 – 16.10.2025
Exam registration separately for Mikroökonomik-part: [old 26.11.2025 - 07.12.2025] 04.12.2025-11.12.2025
Withdrawal deadline separately for Mikroökonomik-part: [old 07.12.2025] 11.12.2025
Exam registration separately for Makroökonomik-part: 15.01.2026 - 26.01.2026
Withdrawal deadline separately for Makroökonomik-part: 20.01.2025
Allocation Process for Major Economics (Zweifach Wirtschaftswissenschaften) ONLY for "Methodische Grundlagen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften"
Information regarding examinations in the Law and Economics program and the minor in Law (available only in German) is available here.
and Module "Optional Seminar" (Bachelor)
- for winter semester 2025/26: 23.09.2025 ‐ 06.10.2025
- for summer semester 2026: expected 24.03.2025 - 31.03.2025, is subject to change
Students who will switch to the new examination regulations in the winter semester 2025/26 and wish to take the seminar “Current Topics in Economics” must submit their seminar preferences via email to vwlpa@uni-bonn.de by October 6, 2025.
Three prioritized seminar preferences must be indicated.
Seminar places will then be allocated subject to the confirmation of the examination regulation change.
Information about the assigned seminar place will be sent to your University of Bonn email address in the week before the start of the lecture period.
Exam registration must be completed as usual via BASIS.
Exam registration (prerequisite: participation in allocation process)
- for winter semester 2025/26: 15.01.2026 – 26.01.2026
- for summer semester 2026: 10.07.2026-20.07.2026
Research Modules
Allocation process via BASIS
for winter semester 2025/26: 23.09.2025 ‐ 06.10.2025
allocation process for an additional Resarch Module: 09.10.2025-10.10.2025 (well reasoned application by email only to vwlpa@uni-bonn.de)
Exam registration (prerequisite: participation in allocation process)
for winter semester 2025/26: 15.01.2026-26.01.2026
Exam registration for term papers and all other exam formats (that are not written or oral) (for WiSe 2025/26 optional deadline: depending on the examination form term paper being offered, see separate announcement at the beginning of the semester)
15.01.2026-26.01.2026
Mandatory grade announcement for the SoSe 2025
15.12.2025
Semester break
24.12.2025 - 04.01.2026 (note: Juridicum closed 24.12.2025 bis 01.01.2026 )
The Examination Office is closed from 22.12.2025 to 04.01.2026.
1st Examination period
- Exam registration: 15.01.2026 ‐ 26.01.2026
The exam registration deadline also applies to the exam “Angewandte Datenanalyse". - Withdrawal deadline: 26.01.2026
- Exams 1st examination period: 02.02.2026 ‐ 20.02.2026 (Please note: Exams will take place during the Carnival period – Weiberfastnacht on February 12, 2026, and Rose Monday on February 16, 2026.)
2nd Examination period
- Exam registration: 02.03.2026 ‐ 09.03.2026
- Withdrawal deadline: 09.03.2026
- Exams 2nd examination period: 16.03.2026 ‐ 31.03.2026
Deadline for Placement into Higher Semesters
for the winter semester 2025/26: September 15, 2025 – after this date, placement requests for this semester can no longer be processed
for the summer semester: [old March 15, 2026] March 1st – after this date, placement requests for this semester can no longer be processed
Lecture period summer semester 2026
13.04.2026 - 24.07.2026
Examination periods summer semester 2025
conditional 27.07.2026 - 11.08.2026
conditional 14.09.2026 - 30.09.2026
Bachelor Exam Regulations (BPO) 2024
in effect from: 01.10.2024 (for information on how to change from BPO 2016 to BPO 2024 see information here)
Deadline for handing in applications online via website:
for WiSe 25/26 (starting at the end of September: until 16.11.2025 (Clustering is still possible)
for SoSe 2026: until 08.05.2026 (Clustering no longer possible)
Attention: Examinations that are completed by 30.09.2025 can continue to be clustered, after which the option of clustering no longer applies.
Summer semester 2025
Lecture period 2025
07.04.2025 - 18.07.2025
Admission to Examinations and registration (with online form)
Bachelor, Major & Minor Economics and other Bachelor programs: 27.03.2025 - 15.05.2025 (registration for other Bachelor programs no longer necessary)
Master in Economics: 27.03.2025 - 15.05.2025
for students with preliminary studies only, who want to transfer credits in the SoSe: 27.03.2025 - 30.04.2025
Subsequent admission to examinations and registration for Economics students (with online form, only for exams with second exam)
06.08.2025 - 13.08.2025
(registration for other Bachelor programs no longer necessary)
Deadline for transfer of credits procedure for summer semester 2025 (next deadline in the winter semester):
30.04.2025
Module "Principles of Economics" (Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre) and "Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre für Teilfächer"
Only offered in the winter semester.
Allocation Process for Major Economics (Zweifach Wirtschaftswissenschaften) ONLY for "Methodische Grundlagen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften"
Not applicable, as the examination regulations are expiring (last offered in winter semester 2024/25).
Module "Academic Research and Writing" (Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten)
and Module "Applied Data Analytics" (only PO 2024) (Aktuelle Themen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften)
Allocation process via BASIS
Summer semester 2025: 24.03.2025 - 31.03.2025
Winter semester 2025/26: 23.09.2025 - 30.09.2025
Students who wish to change the examination regulations for the summer semester 2025 and take the seminar “Current Topics in Economics” must send an e-mail to vwlpa@uni-bonn.de by 31.03.2025 stating their preferred course. There are 3 prioritizations to be indicated. The seminar place will then be allocated subject to the change of examination regulations. The assigned seminar place will be communicated to the Uni-Bonn e-mail address in the week before the start of lectures. Examination registration must also be made from 07.04.2025 to 17.04.2025 by e-mail to vwlpa@uni-bonn.de.
Exam registration for Acadamic Research and Writing and Applied Data Analytics (prerequisite: participation in allocation process)
for summer semester 2025: 07.04.2025 - 17.04.2025
for winter semester 2025/2026: 16.01.2026 - 26.01.2026
Research Modules
Allocation process and exam registration in winter semesters only Wintersemester 25/26: 23.09.2025 - 30.09.2025
for an additional research module in the winter semester: 25/26: 02.10.2025 - 05.10.2025
Research module exam registration for the winter semester 25/26: 16.01.2026 - 26.01.2026
Exam registration for term papers (for SoSe 2025 optional deadline: depending on whether the examination form term paper is offered; see separate announcement at the beginning of the semester)
04.07.2025 - 14.07.2025
Mandatory grade announcement for the WiSe 2024/25
16.06.2025
Attention: exam "Finance II" (only for Bachelor exam regulations 2024)
1st exam date: 13.06.2025, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (lecture hall C D E)
Exam registration 1st exam date: 02.06.2025-09.06.2025
2nd exam date: tba (during 2nd exam phase), exam registration during regular exam registration period
1st Examination period
Exam registration: 04.07.2025 - 14.07.2025
Withdrawal deadline: 14.07.2025
Exams 1st examination period: 21.07.2025 - 05.08.2025
2nd Examination period
Exam registration: 29.08.2025 - 08.09.2025
Withdrawal deadline: 08.09.2025
Exams 2nd examination period: 15.09.2025 - 30.09.2025
Lecture period winter semester 2025/26
14.10.2025 - 06.02.2026
Examination periods winter semester 2025/26
*** conditional *** 02.02.2026 - 18.02.2026
(Attention: "Karneval" during examination period, 12.02.2026 Weiberfastnacht, 16.02.2026 Rosenmontag)
*** conditional *** 16.03.2026 - 31.03.2026
Bachelor examination regulations 2024 (valid from: 01.10.2024):
Deadline for submitting transfer applications as an online form via the website:
for WiSe 25/26: until 16 November 2025
Please note: Examinations that are completed by 30 September 2025 can still be clustered, if the exam change is applied for until 16 November 2025 - after that the option of clustering is no longer available.