Dates - Specially for first-year students
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Semester dates
Fall-winter term 2024/2025
Official beginning and end of fall-winter term 2024/2025
Beginning and end of lectures in medicine fall-winter term 2024/ 2025
Spring-summer term 2025
Beginning and end of lectures in medicine spring-summer term 2025
Official beginning and end of spring-summer term 2025
Welcome week spring-summer term 2025
Beginning and end of lectures spring-summer term 2025
Easter break 2025 - School holidays in Lower Saxony and Bremen
Fall-winter term 2025/2026
Welcome Week fall-winter term 2025/ 2026
Official beginning and end of fall-winter term 2025/2026
Orientation week fall-winter term 2025/ 2026
Beginning and end of lectures fall-winter term 2025/ 2026
Beginning and end of lectures in medicine fall-winter term 2025/2026
Christmas break 2025/ 2026 - School holidays in Lower Saxony and Bremen
Lecture-free period fall-winter term 2025/2026
Spring-summer term 2026
Easter break 2026 - School holidays in Lower Saxony and Bremen
Welcome week spring-summer term 2026
Official beginning and end of spring-summer term 2026
Beginning and end of lectures spring-summer term 2026
Dates - Specially for first-year students
There is a lot to organise before the degree programmes get underway. The Orientation Week and preliminary courses for some degree programmes begin before the official start of lectures.
Orientation Week
For first-year students, the first semester kicks off with an Orientation Week. Take a peak at the current programme.
Welcome Week
The Welcome Week offers new international students the opportunity to take care of important paperwork and formalities and to get to know the University and the city of Oldenburg.
Preliminary courses / Propaedeutic
It is recommended that first-year students attend preliminary courses, also called the propaedeutic phase, of the corresponding degree programmes. In addition to the preliminary courses, semester-accompanying programs are also offered in some subjects.
The following courses are offered:
Computing Sciences
- Propaedeutic Mathematics for Computing Science Students (Business Informatics, Computing Sciences)
- Propaedeutic Unix operating system
- First semester tutorials (website in German): Semester-accompanying offer for students of Computing Sciences (all Computing Sciences courses)
Mathematics sorted by subject:
- Bachelor's of Mathematics (Bachelor's Programme and Dual-Subject Bachelor's Programme) – only available in German
- Online Preparatory Course in Mathematics (OMB+): Preliminary course recommended for Elementary Mathematics and other Bachelor's Programmes with mathematics content
- Mentoring program: Semester-accompanying offer for students of Elementary Mathematics
Biology:
Chemistry:
Physics:
- Mathematics for Physicists (for Dual-Subject Bachelor's Programme Physics, Bachelor’s Programme Physics, Engineering and Medicine and Bachelor’s Programme Engineering Physics)
- Bachelor's of Mathematics (also for Bachelor's Programme Physics)
Slavic Studies
Please note that for the preliminary courses a registration is usually necessary!
Registering for modules
Registration for most courses takes place during Orientation Week. The exact dates will be announced during the various departmental welcome and introduction sessions. Generally speaking, you should register for modules via Stud.IP.
Language skills for student teachers
If you are studying a dual-subject Bachelor's degree with the intention of becoming a teacher, for some subjects your language skills will need to be at a sufficient level:
Don't forget to check out the specialisation modules, under "Languages".