International Study Program | ISP

Information for incoming bachelor exchange students from our partner universities

Program dates & academic calendar

Dear incoming exchange students,

We are very much looking forward to having you on campus! For planning your stay at our school,

it is crucial, that arrivals and departures are scheduled according to the dates of this acadamic calendar & additionally to the information of our University's International Programs Office.
+++ Special hint: no departures before the end of the below indicated Final Examinations Period+++

	Winter Semester 2025/2026	Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/2027	Summer Semester 2027	Winter Semester 2027/2028 tentative
ISP Program Dates*	Regular Track: September 25, 2025 through Februar 06, 2026 Fast Track - for selected courses including exams: September 25, 2025 through December 19, 2025	March 12 through July 10, 2026	Regular Track: October 1, 2026 through Februar 05, 2027 Fast Track - for selected courses including exams: October 1, 2026 through December 22, 2026	March 11, 2027 through July 9, 2027	Regular Track: September 30, 2027 through Februar 05, 2028 Fast Track - for selected courses including exams: September 30, 2027 through December 22, 2025
MANDATORY Welcome and Orientation Period	Thursday September 25, 2025 + Friday September 26, 2025	Thursday March 12, 2026 + Friday March 13, 2026	Thursday October 1, 2026 + Friday October 2 , 2026	Thursday March 11, 2027 + Friday March 12, 2027	Thursday September 30, 2027 + Friday October 1 , 2027
Application Deadline for Exchange Students - Application procedure and documents	May 15, 2025	October 15, 2024	May 15, 2026	October 15, 2026	May 15, 2027
Latest Arrival Exchange Students... ...for MANDATORY welcome & orientation	September 24, 2025	March 11, 2026	September 30, 2026	March 10, 2027	September 29, 2027
...for taking our universitiy's pre-semester courses German as foreign language, please see the subsequent information of our University’s International Programs Office
Online Examinations Registration Period	October 22 through October 29, 2025	April 01 through April 13, 2026	tba	tba	tba
Europe and Friends Day /Explore Expo - Education Abroad Fair – our incomings present their home Universities and home countries	November 05, 2025	May 13, 2026	tba	tba	tba
On campus company fair "x-day" – well over 60 companies are available on campus to recruit for internships/jobs... :-)	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba
Field Trips	Munich: November 19, 2025 Frankfurt: December 03, 2025	Munich: May 06, 2026 Frankfurt: June 10, 2026	Munich: tba Frankfurt: tba	Munich: tba Frankfurt: tba	Munich: tba Frankfurt: tba
End of Lecturing Period	regular track: January 23, 2026 fast track: December 19, 2025 (including exams)	June 26, 2026	regular track: January 22, 2027 fast track: December 22, 2026 (including exams)	June 25, 2027	regular track: tba fast track: December 22, 2027 (including exams)
Final Examinations Period	January 26 through February 06, 2026	June 29 through July 10, 2026	January 25 through February 05, 2027	June 28 through July 09, 2027	tba
No lectures during	October 3, 2025 – German reunification day November 1 – All Saint's day Dec. 22, 2025 through Jan. 02, 2026 Jan. 06, 2026 - Epiphany Holiday	April 2 through April 7, 2026 – Easter break May 1, 2026 – Labor Day in Germany May 14, 2026 – Ascension Day May 25 through May 29, 2026 –Pentecost break* Thursday, June 4, 2026 – Corpus Christi	October 3, 2026 – German reunification day November 1 – All Saint's day Dec. 23, 2026 through Jan. 03, 2027 Jan. 06, 2027 - Epiphany Holiday	March 25 through March 30, 2027 – Easter break May 1, 2027 – Labor Day in Germany May 06, 2027 – Ascension Day May 17 through May 21, 2027 –Pentecost break* Thursday, May 27, 2027 – Corpus Christi	October 3, 2027 – German reunification day November 1 – All Saint's day Dec. 23, 2027 through Jan. 02, 2028 Jan. 06, 2028 - Epiphany Holiday
Annotations: * Pentecost break: we might have to allocate some sessions of visiting professors in this break tba = to be announced Source for lecture times, lecture-free dates and final examinations period: Official Pforzheim University Semester Dates Please note: individual dates may still be subject to change. Last update: November 13, 2025 UH

(2) Online information sessions for prospective exchange students | Format: “Meet the International Office”

These online sessions are a joint information offer of our University's International Programs Office and our Business School's International Study Program (ISP) & International Master Exchange Program (IMEP). Target group: students who have been nominated for a study abroad semester at Pforzheim University by our partner universities.

Topics:

Application process, visa, housing – Ms. Christina Gottfried, Manager incoming exchange students Pforzheim University
Course choice & learning agreements (Business School) – Mr. Jochen Ebert, Head International Department Business School, ISP & IMEP Program Coordinator

Next dates:

Saturday May 9, 2026, 14.30 - 16.00 CEST (Pforzheim time)
Target group: students coming to Pforzheim University on exchange during our winter semester 2026/2027
Saturday October 10, 2026, 14.30 - 16.00 CEST (Pforzheim time)
Target group: students coming to Pforzheim University on exchange during our summer semester 2027

Links for the online meetings: will be distributed a few days before the meetings, the distribution lists are based on the nominations of the home universities of our prospective exchange students.

Latest presentation:

presentation Saturday October 4, 2025
for students coming to Pforzheim University on exchange during our summer semester 2026

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