3 Program Dates 2025-2026
| Arrival in Freiburg / Check-in at train station (Hauptbahnhof) | September 1 |
Orientation I:
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September 2, 10 |
Orientation II:
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September 8 – 10, October 2 |
Orientation III:
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September 15, 26 |
Orientation events and field trips:
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September 7, 13, 21, October 3 |
| Free time to travel … or meet other students during Erstiwoche | October 4, 12 which offers special events for newcomers |
| Wintersemester 2026 | |
| Freiburg University, Pädag. Hochschule, and AYF Wintersemester classes begin | October 13 – Duration of Wintersemester: 15 weeks |
| Alsace History Field Trip | October 18 |
| Tentative Registration Deadline | October 24 |
| Allerheiligen (holiday) | November 1 |
| Final Registration Deadline and Deadline to Add a Course | November 7 |
| AYF Thanksgiving Celebration | November 28 |
| Pass/Fail Deadline and Deadline to Drop a Course without entry on transcript | December 5 |
| CER Deadline (Credit Equivalents Request forms due) | December 12 |
| Holiday break | December 20 – January 6 |
| Classes resume | January 7 |
| Mandatory Group Meeting | January 8 4-6 p.m. |
| Wintersemester classes end | February 6 (University, PH, AYF) |
| Academic advising | February 9-20 (exact dates to be finalized) |
| Deadline for submitting all Wintersemester papers to instructors, copies to AYF |
February 20 |
| Vorlesungsfreie Zeit a.k.a. Semesterferien Break (10 weeks) | February 7 – April 19 |
| Ostern (holiday) | April 3-6 |
| Sommersemester 2026 | |
| Freiburg University, PH, and AYF Sommersemester classes begin | April 20 Duration of Sommersemester: 13 weeks |
| Straßburg Field Trip / EU Parliament | April 25 |
| Tentative Registration Deadline | April 30 |
| Tag der Arbeit (holiday) | May 1 |
| Final Registration Deadline and Deadline to Add a Course | May 13 |
| Christi Himmelfahrt (holiday) | May 14 |
| AYF Field Trip to Berlin | May 14-18 |
| University break (Pentecost) | May 23 |
| Fronleichnam (holiday) | June 4 |
| Pass/Fail Deadline and Deadline to Drop a Course without entry on transcript | June 5 |
| Mandatory Group Meeting (end-of-year administrative procedures) | June 15-17 |
| CER Deadline (Credit Equivalents Request Forms due) | June 19 |
| Farewell Barbecue | July 18 |
| Freiburg University, PH, and AYF Sommersemester classes end | July 24 |
| Deadline for submitting all Summersemester papers to instructors, copies to AYF | August 7 |
Notes:
All AYF program participants are firmly expected to arrive in Freiburg on Monday, September 1, 2025, which for most participants will mean departing from the U.S. to Frankfurt or Zurich on August 31, 2025. The first orientation event will be held on the evening of September 1. Additional details concerning arrival, and the orientation schedule will be made available via email.
You should book your flight home for a date no earlier than two weeks after the end of the Sommersemester, i.e., August 7, 2026, to allow time to finish your academic work.
NB: Administrative dates may be subject to change; academic deadlines are firmly set