Department of Natural Sciences
Time schedule of the Department of Natural Sciences
Time Schedule 2026/2027
April 13 – July 17, 2026 Lecture period summer semester 2026
May 7, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
May 9, 2026 Open Day, Campus Rheinbach
May 18 – 29, 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
Oct 24, 2026* Graduation Ceremony, Telekom Dome Bonn
Nov 4 + 5, 2026* Company day, Sankt Augustin
Nov 12, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
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
Jan 4 – Jan 22, 2027 Continuation of the lecture period winter semester 26/27
Jan 7, 2027* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
Jan 22, 2026* Open Day, Campus Sankt Augustin
Jan 28, 2027* Department board meeting
Jan 25 – Feb 5, 2027 1st examination period winter semester 26/27
Jan 25 – Apr 2, 2027 Lecture free period
Feb 25, 2027* Department board meeting
March 22 – April 2, 2027 2nd examination period winter semester 26/27
March 25, 2027* Department board meeting
April 5 – July 9, 2027 Lecture period summer semester 2027
April 2027* Taster day of Nachhaltige Chemie und Materialien
April 2027* Taster day of BSc Biology
April 22, 2027* Girls & Boys Day 2026
April 22, 2027* Department board meeting
May 7, 2026* Departmental colloquium 5.00 p.m.
May 17 – 21, 2027 Registration in Apollo for all exams of the summer semester 2027 (1st and 2nd period)
May or June, 2027 Open Day, Campus Rheinbach
June 24, 2027* Department board meeting
July 12 – 23, 2027 1st examination period summer semester 2027
July 12 – Sept 24, 2027 Lecture free period
July 22, 2027* Department board meeting
Sept 13 – 24, 2027 2nd examination period summer semester 2027
Sept 13 – 24, 2027 Introduction weeks for all first semester BSc students WS 27/28
*subject to change
Bank Holidays:
May 14, 2026 Ascension Day
May 25, 2026 Whit Monday
Jun 4, 2026 Corpus Christi
Oct 3, 2026 German Unity Day
Nov 1, 2026 All Saints’ Day
Dec 25 – 26, 2026 Christmas
Jan 1, 2027 New Year
Feb 8, 2027 Carnival Monday
Mar 26, 2027 Good Friday
Mar 29, 2027 Easter Monday
May 1, 2027 Labor Day
May 6, 2027 Ascension Day
May 17, 2027 Whit Monday
May 27, 2027 Corpus Christi