Key Semester Dates

Lecture Period
April 13, 2026 – July 24, 2026

Lecture-free period & holidays
May 1, 2026 | Labor Day
May 14, 2026 | Ascension Day
May 25, 2026 | Whit Monday (Pentecost Monday)
June 4, 2026 | Corpus Christi
tba | Dies Academicus (special lecture programme)

Re-enrollment Deadlines
https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/during-your-studies/key-semester-dates

Lecture Periods Through 2030
https://www.mkw.nrw/service/vorlesungszeiten

• Form and duration of examinations
  tba (to be announced)
• Registration for term papers, calculations and other special types of examinations
  For the current semester, the (optional) registration period depends on the type of examination offered.
  Please refer to the separate announcement at the beginning of the semester:
  June 2, 2026 – June 12, 2026

• Finance II exam (examination regulations 2024 only)
  1st examination phase
  Registration period: June 2, 2026 – June 12, 2026
  Withdrawal deadline: June 12, 2026
  Exam date: June 19, 2026 (Time & lecture halls: tba)
  2nd Examination Phase: see below

• 1st examination phase (written and oral exams)
  Exam registraion period: July 06, 2026 - July 20, 2026
  Withdrawal deadline: July 20, 2026
  Examinations (1st phase): July 27, 2026 - August 11, 2026
  specific exam dates 1st period - tba

• 2nd examination phase (written and oral exams)
  Exam registration period: August 31, 2026 – September 7, 2026
  Withdrawal deadline: September 7, 2026
  Examinations (2nd phase): September 14, 2026 – September 30, 2026
  specific exam dates 2nd phase - tba

• Examination phases in the following semester
  *** Subject to change *** 1st examination phase: February 1, 2027 – February 19, 2027
  (No exams during "Karneval": thursday – February 4, 2027, friday – February 5, 2027, monday – February 8, 2027)
  *** Subject to change *** 2nd examination phase: March 15, 2027 – March 31, 2027

Deadline for submitting credit transfer/recognition applications for the current semester (next opportunity in the following semester): April 30, 2026

*** subject to change *** Deadline for submitting credit transfer/recognition applications for the following semester: October 31, 2026

Module "Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre" and "Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre für Teilfächer" (PO 2016 and PO 2024): only in the winter semester

Allocation process for the current semester: expected to be March 27, 2026 – April 8, 2026 March 27, 2026–April 12, 2026
Exam registration for the current semester: *** new *** automatic through allocation process, no separate exam registration necessary
Withdrawal deadline: April 30, 2026 April 12, 2026

Students who are changing their examination regulations for the current semester and would like to take "Current Topics in Economics" must submit their allocation requests by email to vwlpa@uni-bonn.de by April 12, 2026. Three priorities must be specified. Seminar places will then be allocated subject to the change in examination regulations. Notification of the allocated seminar place will be sent to the University of Bonn email address. Examination registration is effected automatically.

Allocation process for the following semester: expected to be September 24, 2026 - October 6, 2026
Exam registration for the following semester: tba
Withdrawal deadline: tba

Registration/allocation procedures for courses in other subjects:
Please check with the respective degree program/subject in good time before the start of lectures.

• Registration period for the winter semester 2026/27: expected to be September 24, 2026 - October 6, 2026
• Exam registration for the following semester: tba
• Withdrawal deadline: tba

• Registration procedure for an additional research module: expected to be October 9, 2026 - October 11, 2026 (only by email with a detailed written application to vwlpa@uni-bonn.de)
  Exam registration for research modules: tba

Lecture period
13.10.2025 - 06.02.2026

Lecture-free period & holidays
01.11.2025 | All Saints' Day
03.12.2025 | Dies Academicus (Special lecture program)
24.12.2025 - 06.01.2026| Christmas holidays
Please note: The Juridicum will be closed from December 24, 2025 to January 1, 2026. // The Examination Office will be closed from December 22, 2025, to January 4, 2026.

Re-registration deadline for the summer semester 2026
28.02.2026

Lecture times until 2030:
 https://www.mkw.nrw/service/vorlesungszeiten

Form and duration of the exams - tba

1st Examination period

Form and duration of exams - as of 12.12.2025

• Exam registration: 15.01.2026 ‐ 26.01.2026
  The exam registration deadline also applies to the bachelor exam “Applied Data Analytics".
• Withdrawal deadline: 26.01.2026
• Exams 1st examination period: 02.02.2026 ‐ 20.02.2026 
  (no exams on Weiberfastnacht February 12, 2026, Carnival Friday February 13, 2026, and Carnival Monday February 16, 2026)
• Exam Dates 1st period - as of 30.01.2026 (changes highlighted in orange)

2. Prüfungsphase

• Exam registration: 02.03.2026 ‐ 09.03.2026
• Withdrawal deadline 09.03.2026
• Exams 2st examination period: 16.03.2026 ‐ 31.03.2026
• Exam Dates 2nd period incl. exam rooms - as of 12.03.2026 (changes highlighted in yellow, green and blue)

Examination periods summer semester 2026

*** subject to change *** 27.07.2026 - 11.08.2026
*** subject to change *** 14.09.2026 - 30.09.2026

Mandatory grade announcement for the SuSe 2025
15.12.2025

• Deadline for transfer of credits procedure for WiSe 2025/26 (next deadline in summer term 2026): 31.10.2025
• *** subject to change *** Deadline for transfer of credits procedure for the 2026 summer semester: 30.04.2026

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: [March 15, 2026] March 1st – after this date, placement requests for this semester can no longer be processed.

Admission to Examinations and registration (with online form)
Bachelor, Major & Minor Economics and other Bachelor programs: permanently cancelled

Modules "Principles of Economics" and "Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre für Teilfächer"
(PO 2016 and PO 2024 - Attention: changed procedure!)

• Allocation process separately for microeconomic and macroeconomic parts: 01.10.2025 – 16.10.2025
• Exam registration separately for microeconomic part:: [26.11.2025 - 07.12.2025]  04.12.2025-11.12.2025
• Withdrawal deadline separately for microeconomic part: [07.12.2025] 11.12.2025
• Exam registration separately for macroeconomic part: 15.01.2026 - 26.01.2026
• Withdrawal deadline separately for macroeconomic part: 26.01.2026 

Module "Academic Research and Writing" and Module "Current Topics in Economics" (Bachelor) 
Allocation process via BASIS

• for winter semester 2025/26: 23.09.2025 ‐ 06.10.2025
• for summer semester 2026: expected 27.03.2026 – 08.04.2026 (subject to change)

Students who 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

Allocation process for courses of other departments/faculties:

Please consult with the respective study program/department in a timely manner prior to the start of lectures.

• Information on the registration procedure for courses offered by the AEI Faculty.
• Information regarding examinations in the Law and Economics program and the minor in Law (available only in German) is available here.

Exam registration for term papers and all other exam formats 
This does not refer to written or oral examinations — for these, see the Examination dates above.
(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

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 if the respective application is handed in by 16.11.2025, after which the option of clustering no longer applies.