As part of their responsibilities President Christiane Hipp and Chancellor Linda Baasch, they have decided to close the university on 09.01.2026. This also applies to the Zentrale Hochschulbliothek and the Sports Center. Mobile working is ordered for all employees, please refer to the service agreement. The buildings will remain closed.

Examinations that were scheduled for Friday are generally canceled, they will be rescheduled, alternative dates will be communicated next week. Oral examinations will be moved to digital. 

Thesis submission deadlines from Friday, 09.01.2026 to Friday, 16.01.2026, will be extended by exactly one week to compensate for the library closure. Students can also take advantage of the same one-week period if term papers, presentation notes and similar examination papers to be completed at home fall within the submission period 09-16.01.2026.

Lecturers and students receive information on examination matters directly by e-mail from the Service Center for Examination Matters.

The Zentrale Hochschulbliothek and the Sports Center will also be closed on Friday; you can find out about opening on Saturday, 10.01.2026, on the website.