Semester breaks and non-teaching periods

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

Christmas break

23 December 2024 - 05 January 2025
22 December 2025 - 02 January 2026

Inter-semester break

13 February 2025 - 02 March 2025
12 February 2026 - 28 February 2026

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

Notice summer holidays
© ISZ Saar

** Current contact details **

The ISZ Saar is on holiday from 28 July to 18 August 2025, during which time the ISZ Saar secretariat will be closed.

If you have any questions onthelanguage screening or you want to inform about late arrival, please send an email toanmeldung-isz(at)uni-saarland.de

If you have any questions regarding your application to the UdS or enrolment in study-preparatory DSH and VSI courses, please only contact the team of the Admissions Office (e-mail: studium(at)uni-saarland.de)

 

Contact the ISZ Saar

Postal address

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