Winter Semester 2020/21 

Winter Semester 2020/21 at the University of Bayreuth will be a "physical presence semester interlaced with an individual share of digital learning". All departments of the University of Bayreuth involved are working hard to make the necessary arrangements. Priority will be given to first-year students who we wish to welcome on site, in as far as the hygiene standards applying in autumn allow. Meanwhile, emphasis will still be on practical courses that require special laboratories or work rooms. Physical presence on the Bayreuth campus should also be afforded to students enrolled in their last semesters before final exams.

The start of lectures for Winter Semester 2020/2021 is to be postponed from October 12 to November 2, 2020.Accordingly, the end of lectures will move from February 5 to February 12, 2021.

Enrolled and especially first-year-students can expect a high-quality programme and specially tailored counselling, support, and assistance services, even under the current circumstances, in their degree programme.The fact that not every student is technically equipped in the same way, and that the various learning contents are suitable for digital teaching in different ways, have been fully taken into account.

Orientation weeks for first semester and international students:

We will offer our first semester students introductory events especially tailored to their needs in the week before the start of the lecture period on 2.11.2020, i.e. in the period from 26.10. to 30.10.2020 (calendar week 44).Our orientation week for international students will take place in face-to-face form (including some digital components) from 14 to 23 October, 2020. International students will receive information on registration and the course of events in good time via Welcome Services.

For any further information or questions regarding visa arrangements for Germany or Australia please don’t hesitate to contact us!