Information for new students

Semester dates (winter semester 2025/26)

Semester starts
on 1 October 2025

Lectures start
on 1 October 2025

Lectures end
on 23 January 2026

Semester ends
on 14 March 2026

Further important dates and deadlines during the semester are listed in the current version of the academic calendar available from the pages of our Department of Student Affairs (HSST).

Important information

Everything about accepting your study place and enrolling at THWS is available from the pages of our Department of Student Affairs (HSST). The online application portal APPLY offers additional important information.

You are starting your studies at THWS in a higher semester? No problem! If you have any questions, please contact the programme advisor responsible for your degree programme.

Additional information about starting your student life can be found in our tips on getting started!

Welcome events for first-year students (winter semester 2025/2026)

In time for the start of the semester, you will find information and links to introductory or welcome events for your degree programme on this page. We are continuously updating this section until the start of the semester.

The English website only contains information on English-taught degree programmes. For events of the German-taught degree programmes, please refer to the German version of this website.

Würzburg location

Information is continuously updated

Welcome of first-semester students by the THWS president

Wednesday, 1 October (events in German)

  • 8:00
    Lecture room Sparkassen-Hörsaal M-1.04 and lecture room M-1.07, Münzstr. 12:
    Introductory event of the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and the Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Humanities

  • 9:00
    Lecture room Sparkassen-Hörsaal M-1.04 and lecture room M-1.07, Münzstr. 12:
    Introductory event of the Business School

  • 10:00
    Lecture room FRÄNKISCHE Hörsaal 120 E, Röntgenring 8:
    Introductory event of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Plastics Engineering and Surveying

  • 11:00
    Lecture room H-1.1, Sanderheinrichsleitenweg 20:
    Introductory event of the Faculty of Design and the Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems

International students

Our International Office offers a comprehensive (virtual) orientation programme. Registration is required.

For further information and the detailed programme, please see the website.

Bachelor's degree programmes

Applied Polymer Engineering / Kunststoff- und Elastomertechnik

Wednesday, 1 October:

  • 10:00: Official welcome of first-semester students by the THWS president on Röntgenring campus (room E.1.20)
  • 10:30: Introductory event for first-semester students on Röntgenring campus (room B.1.09)

For more detailled information, please see the website of the degree programme Applied Polymer Engineering.

Master's degree programmes

Schweinfurt location

Information is continuously updated

Welcome of first-semester students by the THWS president

Wednesday, 1 October

  • 13:00 (in German)
    Warema-Renkhoff Aula, Ignaz-Schön-Str. 11:
    Introductory event of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Humanities, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and the Faculty of Business and Engineering

  • 14:00 (in English)
    Warema-Renkhoff Aula, Ignaz-Schön-Str. 11:
    Introductory event of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Humanities, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and the Faculty of Business and Engineering

International students

Our International Office offers a comprehensive (virtual) orientation programme. Registration is required.

For further information and the detailed programme, please see the website.

Bachelor's degree programmes

Applied Mathematics / Angewandte Mathematik

After the official welcome by the THWS president on 1 October at 13:00 in the aula:

  • from ca. 13:15 in two adjacent rooms
    • for BAMD Hörsaal 5.1.02 (in German) and
    • for BAME Hörsaal 5.1.03 (in English)
  • Subsequent get-together in one of the two rooms.

Current information on the first-semester events are published online

Mechatronics

Wednesday, 1 October, 10:00:
Campus Ignaz-Schön, Room 5.1.01

Information about the start of the semester for first-semester students of the bachelor’s degree programme in Mechatronics can be found on the homepage of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

Robotics

Wednesday, 1 October, 09:00:
Campus Konrad-Geiger, Room 9.E.24

 

Information about the start of the semester for first-year students of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme "Robotics" can be found on the homepage of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

Master's degree programmes

Business and Engineering (M. Eng.)

In the first class of the Research Seminar.