Semester breaks and non-teaching periods

Semester breaks (dates given are the first and last days of the break) of the preparatory courses

Summer break 2023

14 July 2023 - 17 September 2023

Christmas break 2023

21 December 2023 - 01 January 2024

Inter-semester break

10 February 2024 - 29 February 2024

Summer break 2024

13 July 2024 - 15 September 2024

Christmas break 2024

23 December 2024 - 05 January 2025

Inter-semester break

13 February 2025 - 02 March 2025

Public holidays and non-teaching days

  • Shrove Monday and Carnival
  • Good Friday and Easter Monday
  • May Day / Labour Day (1 May)
  • Ascension Day
  • Whit Monday
  • Corpus Christi
  • The Assumption of Mary (15 August)
  • German Unity Day (3 October)
  • All Saints (1 November)

Preparatory courses     In-sessional German language courses     International academic culture

Contact the ISZ Saar

Postal address

Internationales Studienzentrum Saar (ISZ Saar)
der Universität des Saarlandes
Campus, Gebäude A3 2
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany