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Application deadlines

At Göttingen University, there are no special deadlines for those who have graduated from high school prior to the current school year (Altabiturienten), with the exception of medical/dentistry programme applicants (who must apply via Hochschulstart).

Applicants from EU and EEA as well as citizens of a foreign country with German entitlement to university admission

Degree programmes with limited admission
1 June until 15 July for the upcoming winter semester
1 December until 15 January for the upcoming summer semester
procedure and dates admission through "dialogorientiertes Serviceverfahren"
Master and Ph.D. programmes
For the application deadlines, consult the respective entries
under study programmes from A–Z.
Medicine and dentistry (application to hochschulstart)
until 31 May (if you received your university entrance entitlement, e.g. Abitur, before 16 January) for the upcoming winter semester
until 15 July (if you received your university entrance entitlement, e.g. Abitur, after 15 January) for the upcoming winter semester

until 15 January for the upcoming summer semester

Applicants from non-EU countries and stateless applicants

Degree programmes with restricted admission – 1st subject semester
1 March until 30 April for the upcoming winter semester
1 September until 31 October for the upcoming summer semester
Degree programmes with open admission – 1st subject semester
1 March until 30 September for the upcoming winter semester
1 September until 31 March for the upcoming summer semester
Degree programmes with restricted admission – higher subject semesters
1 June until 15 July for the upcoming winter semester
1 December until 15 January for the upcoming summer semester
Degree programmes with open admission – higher subject semesters
1 June until 30 September for the upcoming winter semester
1 December until 30 March for the upcoming summer semester
1st semester of the preparatory college (Studienkolleg)
1 March until 30 April for the upcoming winter semester
1 September until 31 October for the upcoming summer semester
Master and Ph.D. courses
For the application deadlines, consult the respective entries
under study programmes from A–Z.