Dates and Deadlines
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Obligation to obtain information
The obligation to obtain information applies at UZH: As a student, the onus is on you to obtain all the information you require for your studies.
Fall Semester 2025 (1 August 2025 to 31 January 2026)
Lecture period: 15 September to 20 December 2025
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs
| Applications | Application deadlines |
| Semester enrollment (including changes of degree program and subject, leave of absence, suspension of matriculation, and withdrawal from the University) | Enrollment periods |
| Booking/canceling modules | Periods for booking/canceling modules |
| Grade submission deadline for teaching staff (Fall Semester 2025) | 18 January 2026 (Grades are processed and published on an ongoing basis) |
| Final records sent out (graduation in Fall Semester 2025) | No later than eight weeks after registering for graduation |
| Master's graduation ceremony (graduation in Fall Semester 2025) | |
Transcript of records available |
CW 8 |
Doctoral studies
| Applications | Application deadlines |
| Semester enrollment, including changes of degree program and subject, leave of absence, suspension of matriculation, and withdrawal from the University | Enrollment periods |
| Online registration for PhD defense | |
| Booking modules for doctorate | |
| Graduation ceremony | Date |
Spring Semester 2026 (1 February to 31 July 2026)
Lecture period: 16 February to 30 May 2026
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs
| Applications | Application deadlines |
| Semester enrollment (including changes of degree program and subject, leave of absence, suspension of matriculation, and withdrawal from the University) | Enrollment periods |
| Booking/canceling modules | Periods for booking/canceling modules |
| Grade submission deadline for teaching staff (Spring Semester 2026) | 26 July 2026 (Grades are processed and published on an ongoing basis) |
| Final records sent out (graduation in Spring Semester 2026) | No later than eight weeks after registering for graduation |
| Master's graduation ceremony (graduation in Spring Semester 2026) | Date |
| Transcript of records available | CW 38 |
Doctoral studies
| Application | Application deadlines |
| Semester enrollment (including changes of degree program and subject, leave of absence, suspension of matriculation, and withdrawal from the University) | Enrollment periods |
| Online registration for PhD defense | |
| Booking modules for doctorate | |
| Graduation ceremony | Date |
Fall Semester 2026 (1 August 2026 to 31 January 2027)
Lecture period: 14 September to 19 December 2026
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs
| Applications | Application deadlines |
| Semester enrollment (including changes of degree program and subject, leave of absence, suspension of matriculation, and withdrawal from the University) | Enrollment periods |
| Booking/canceling modules | Periods for booking/canceling modules |
| Grade submission deadline for teaching staff (Fall Semester 2026) | 24 January 2027 (Grades are processed and published on an ongoing basis) |
| Final records sent out (graduation in Fall Semester 2026) | No later than eight weeks after registering for graduation |
| Master's graduation ceremony (graduation in Fall Semester 2026) | |
Transcript of records available |
CW 8 |
Doctoral studies
| Applications | Application deadlines |
| Semester enrollment, including changes of degree program and subject, leave of absence, suspension of matriculation, and withdrawal from the University | Enrollment periods |
| Online registration for PhD defense | |
| Booking modules for doctorate | |
| Graduation ceremony | Date |