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,
Your ISP Team |
| Summer Semester 2026 | Winter Semester 2026/2027 | Summer Semester 2027 | Winter Semester 2027/2028 tentative | |
| ISP Program Dates* | March 12, 2027 through July 10, 2027 | Regular Track: Fast Track - for selected courses including exams: | March 11, 2027 through July 9, 2027 | Regular Track: Fast Track - for selected courses including exams: |
| MANDATORY Welcome & Orientation Period | March 12 & 13, 2027 | 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 | October 15, 2025 | May 15, 2026 ++extended to May 29, 2026++ | October 15, 2026 | May 15, 2027 |
Latest Arrival Exchange Students... ...for MANDATORY welcome & orientation | March 11, 2027 | 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 Offic | please see the subsequent information of our University’s International Programs Office | please see the subsequent information of our University’s International Programs Office | please see the subsequent information of our University’s International Programs Office |
| Online Examinations Registration Period | April 1- 13, 2026 | tba | tba | tba |
| Europe and Friends Day /Explore Expo - Education Abroad Fair – our incomings present their home Universities and home countries | 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 |
| Field Trips | Munich: tba Frankfurt: tba | Munich: tba Frankfurt: tba | Munich: tba Frankfurt: tba | Munich: tba Frankfurt: tba |
| End of Lecturing Period | 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 | June 29 through July 10, 2026 | January 25 through February 05, 2027 | June 28 through July 09, 2027 | tba |
| No lectures during | April 2 through April 7, 2026 May 1, 2026 May 14, 2026 May 25 through May 29, 2026 Thursday, June 4, 2027 | October 3, 2026 November 1, 2026 Christmas Break Jan. 06, 2027 | March 25 through March 30, 2027 May 1, 2027 May 06, 2027 May 17 through May 21, 2027 Thursday, May 27, 2027 | October 3, 2027 November 1 Christmas Break Jan. 06, 2028 |
Annotations:
Source for lecture times, lecture-free dates and final examinations period: Official Pforzheim University Semester Dates |
(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 23, 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
