Dates and Events
Events only for students in a BA or MA program
Introductory Events
Workshops & Guided Tours
Departmental Student Representatives Committees
Events for international exchange students
| Date/Time | Event/Location | Group |
|---|---|---|
| 16.09.2026 | Start of the German Course "Willkommen" Only with appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
24.09.2026 4 p.m. | Museum Visit (ESN) Museum Barberini (Registration necessary/limited amount of tickets) | |
30.09.2026 8 p.m. | Bar Evening (ESN) Waschbar | |
| 01.10.2026 | Arrival Day Campus Neues Palais, Building 8 Pick up the information packets from the International Office | Only relates to exchange students |
01.10.2026 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Pickup of Lease Agreements and Keys for Student Housing Managed by the Potsdam Student Services Organization Campus am Neuen Palais, Building 8, Room 0.56 | |
| 01.10.2026 | Start of the Registration period for courses via PULS | |
01.10.2026
| Online-application form for A1 - German language courses (Zessko) You can find more information here | |
01.10.2026
| Placement and Registration for German language courses (Zessko) You can find more information here | |
01.10.2026 7 p.m. | Welcome Evening (ESN) Student Dormitory Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 133 | |
02.10.2026 10 a.m. | Info session on course registration via PULS via ZOOM - Meeting-ID: 699 6458 5900 Passcode: 79901141 | |
| 03.10.2026 | German Unity Day - Holiday Universities, stores, banks, etc., are closed | |
04.10.2026 2 p.m. | Potsdam Entdecken 1 (ESN) City Tour - Location to be announced | |
05.10.2026 9 a.m - 4 p.m | UP.Start Campus Griebnitzsee, House 6 and the open space around house 1 | |
05.10.2026 10.30 a.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Lisa van Hoof Maurer (Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences) Campus Griebnitzsee, Building 6 , Room S21 | Only relates to exchange students |
05.10.2026 12 a.m. | Campus Tour Neues Palais (ESN) Bus stop “Campus Universität/A-Geiger-Kolleg” | |
05.10.2026 12 a.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Dr. Antonella Ippolito (Department Romanistik) Campus Neues Palais, Building 19 , Room 0.12 | Only relates to exchange students |
05.10.2026 4 p.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Alexander Schindler (Europäische Medienwissenschaft) Campus Neues Palais, Building 4, Room 1.11 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2026 11 a.m. | Registration and Academic Advising for German Language and Literature Courses (Germanistik) Campus Neues Palais, Building 8, Room 0.64 | |
06.10.2026 11 a.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Thorsten Andreas (Institute for German Studies) Campus Neues Palais, Building 8, Room 0.64 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2026 11 a.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Jill Grinager (IT-Systems Engineering/Computer Science) via ZOOM: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/65296571213?pwd=9XFrcB5wrdglS6Lg5WJUPhoSUUJfgW.1, Meeting-ID: 652 9657 1213, Passcode: 305332 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2026 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Stefan Pfeil (Department of Elementary Education) Campus Golm, Building 16, Room 2.13 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2026 1 p.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Michael K. Schulz (Department for History) Campus Neues Palais, Building 11, Room 01.18 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2026 1 p.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Lisa Luna (Department of Environmental Sciences and Geography) Campus Golm, Building 32, Room 0.11 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2026 2 p.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Judith Heide (Patholinguistics Department) Campus Golm, Building 14, Room 1.04 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2026 2 p.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Doris Dlugos (Educational Science) via ZOOM: https://uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/j/61868982105, Meeting-ID: 618 6898 2105, Passcode: 26512520 | 06.10.2026 2 p.m. |
| 06.10.2026 | Welcome Introduction incl. Speed Friending (ESN) Griebnitzsee | |
| 07.10.2026 | Last day to register for courses via PULS | |
07.10.2026 2 p.m. | PULS-Consultation (not obligatory) via ZOOM: Meeting-ID: 656 1616 6622, Passcode: 47167715 | |
| 07.10.2026 | Last day to take the placement test for German courses at the Language Center (ZESSKO) Online via Zessko website | |
07.10.2026 12 a.m. | Campus Tour Griebnitzsee (ESN) Griebnitzsee | |
07.10.2026 4 p.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Hannes Matuschek (Department Mathematics) Campus Golm, Building 9, Room 01.24 | Only relates to exchange students |
| 08.10.2026 | No registration for courses through PULS possible! | |
08.10.2026 10 a.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Prof. Dr. Anna-Lena Lamprecht (Department of Computer Science) via ZOOM: https://uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/j/66396178289, Passcode: 95047120 | Only relates to exchange students |
08.10.2026 12 a.m. | Campus Tour Golm (ESN) Golm | |
| 09.10.2026 | View Sports Classes (online) | |
09.10.2026 xx:xx | Library tour for international students Location will be shared at a later point | |
09.10.2026 10 a.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Julien Guillemoteau (Department of Geoscience) via ZOOM: https://uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/j/64478548258, Passcode: 00293420 | Only relates to exchange students |
09.10.2026 5 p.m. | Board Game Night (ESN) Griebnitzsee | |
10.10.2026 9 p.m. | Semester Opening Party (ESN) Neues Palais, Nil-Club | |
11.10.2026 2 p.m. | Potsdam Entdecken 2 (ESN) The starting location will be announced at a later date | |
| 12.10.2026 | START OF THE LECTURE PERIOD | |
13.10.2026 1 p.m.-3 p.m. | In-person registration for university sports classes, including consultation and cash payment Am Neuen Palais Campus, Building 13, Room 20 (Office) | |
13.10.2026 7 p.m. | Pub Crawl (ESN) Platz der Einheit | |
14.10.2026 12 a.m. | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Lina Berger (Juristische Fakultät) Campus Griebnitzsee, Building 1, Room 3.47 | Only relates to exchange students |
14.10.2026 from 2 p.m. | Registration for University Sports is available via Uni-Potsdam – the University Sports website buchung.hochschulsport-potsdam.de/angebote/aktueller_zeitraum/index.html | |
| 16.10.2026 | Trivia Night (ESN) Location to be announced | |
17.10.2026 8 p.m. | Berlin Späti Tour (ESN) Weltzeituhr, Alexanderplatz | |
20.10.2026 6 p.m. | Language Café (ESN) Location to be announced | |
21.10.2026 8 p.m. | Join Us - ESN Introduction & Recruitment Location to be announced | |
| - | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Prof. Dr. Joerg Fettke (Department Biochemistry and Biology) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
| - | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Denisa Latić (Department of English and American Studies) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
| - | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Malgorzata Pilitsidou (Department of Slavic Studies) Please make an individual appointment!
| Only relates to exchange students |
| - | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Isabel Sickenberger (Department of Philosophy) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
| - | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Christian Kliesch (Department of Psychologie) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
| - | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Prof. Adamantios I. Gafos (Department Linguistics) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
| - | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Stefan Katholy (Institute of Physics and Astronomy) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
21.10.2026 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Buddy International Welcome Picnic Campus Neues Palais, Central Grass Area in front of the "Kolonaden" - All Welcome! | |
23.10.2026 5 p.m. | International Dinner (ESN) Campus Griebnitzsee | |
26.10.2026 5 p.m. | ESN Onboarding - Recruiting Location will be shared later | |
| 31.10.2026 | Reformation Day - Holiday University, Shops, Bank etc. closed | |
| 21.12.2026 - 01.01.2027 | Christmas Break | |
| 05.02.2027 | END OF INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD |