Department of Natural Sciences
Time schedule of the Department of Natural Sciences
Time Schedule 2026
Jan 5 – Jan 23, 2026 Continuation of the lecture period winter semester 25/26
Jan 8, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
Jan 22, 2026* Department board meeting
Jan 23, 2026* Open Day, Campus Sankt Augustin
Jan 26 – Feb 6, 2026 1st examination period winter semester 25/26
Jan 26 – Apr 10, 2026 Lecture free period
Feb 26, 2026* Department board meeting
March 30 – April 10, 2026 2nd examination period winter semester 25/26
March 26, 2026* Department board meeting
April 8, 2026* Taster day of Nachhaltige Chemie und Materialien
April 9, 2026* Taster day of BSc Applied Biology
April 13 – July 17, 2026 Lecture period summer semester 2026
April 23, 2026* Girls & Boys Day 2026
April 23, 2026* Department board meeting
May 7, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
May 9, 2026 Open Day, Campus Rheinbach
May 18 – 22, 2026 Registration in Apollo for all exams of the summer semester 2026 (1st and 2nd period)
May 28, 2026* Department board meeting
June 11, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
June 25, 2026* Department board meeting
July 9, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
July 20 – 31, 2026 1st examination period summer semester 2026
July 20 – Sept 25, 2026 Lecture free period
July 23, 2026* Department board meeting
Sept 14 – 25, 2026 2nd examination period summer semester 2026
Sept 14 – 25, 2026 Introduction weeks for all first semester BSc students WS 26/27
Sept 24, 2026* Department board meeting
Sept 28, 2026* Welcome@H-BRS, Sankt Augustin
Sept 28, 2026 – Jan 22, 2027 Lecture period winter semester 2026/2027
Oct 8, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
Oct 22, 2026* Department board meeting
October, 2026* Graduation Ceremony, Telekom Dome
Nov 12, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
Nov 4 + 5, 2026* Company day, Sankt Augustin
Nov 26, 2026* Department board meeting
Nov 30 – Dec 4, 2026 Registration in Apollo for all exams of the winter semester 26/27 (1st and 2nd period)
Dec 10, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
Dec 21, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 Lecture free period
Dec 24, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027* University closed
*subject to change
Bank Holidays:
Feb 16, 2025 Carnival Monday
Apr 3, 2026 Good Friday
Apr 6, 2026 Easter Monday
May 1, 2026 Labor Day
May 14, 2026 Ascension Day
May 25, 2026 Whit Monday
Jun 4, 2026 Corpus Christi
Oct 3, 2025 German Unity Day
Nov 1, 2025 All Saints’ Day
Dec 25 – 26, 2026 Christmas
Jan 1, 2027 New Year