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Academic Calender

The ISM offers two semesters per academic year:

fall term: September - December
spring term: March - June

The spring term 2012

• will start on Monday, March 19th, 2012 and will end on June 22nd, 2012. Your exams will take place within the two last weeks of the semester.
• There is an orientation day on Friday, March 16th, 2012 which is mandatory
• The German Intensive Language course will take place prior to the semester start, from February 27th, 2012 until March 15th, 2012.

The fall term 2012/2013

• will start on Monday, September 10th, 2012 and will end on December 22nd, 2012. Your exams will take place within the last two weeks of the semester.
• There is an orientation day on Thursday, 6th September, 2012 in Hamburg and Dortmund and on Friday, September 7th, 2012 in Frankfurt and Munich which is mandatory.
• The German Intensive Language course takes place prior to the semester start, from August 20th, 2012 until September 6th or 7th, 2012.

The spring term 2013

• will start on Monday, March 18th, 2013 and will end on June 21st, 2013. Your exams will take place within the two last weeks of the semester.
• There is an orientation day on Friday, March 15th, 2013 which is mandatory.
• The German Intensive Language course will take place prior to the semester start, from February 25th, 2013 until March 14th, 2013.