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

Contact the ISZ Saar

Postal address

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