Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Intersession 2027
- Spring Semester 2027
- Fall Semester 2027
- Intersession 2028
- Spring Semester 2028
Campus language
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Showing 11 of 11 terms
C
- C3
- College III, the shorthand name for the third residential college.
G
- GSA
- Graduate Student Association, the representative body for master and PhD students.
J
- J-Cat
- Jacobs Community Action Team, a student-led volunteer organization.
K
- Krupp
- Alfried Krupp College, one of the four residential colleges on campus.
M
- Mercator
- Mercator College, one of the four residential colleges on campus.
N
- Nordmetall
- College Nordmetall, the newest of the four residential colleges, named after the donor.
O
- O-Week
- Orientation Week, the period of social events and administrative setup for incoming students.
S
- Servery
- The dining hall located within each residential college where students take their daily meals.
T
- The Bubble
- A common term for the self-contained, international campus environment that feels isolated from the rest of Bremen.
U
- USG
- Undergraduate Student Government, the elected body representing bachelor students.
V
- Vegesack
- The local district of Bremen where the campus is located, often used to refer to the nearby shopping and train station area.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Campus Center
- The main administrative building housing the porter, student records, and social spaces.
- CampusNet
- The primary online portal for course registration, checking grades, and academic transcripts.
- coffee_bar
- Coffee Bar
- college_3_servery
- College 3 Servery
- IRC
- Information Resource Center, the university's library and central study hub.
- krupp_college_servery
- Krupp College Servery
- Moodle
- The learning management system where professors post course materials, assignments, and announcements.
- nordmetall_greenhub_servery
- Nordmetall & Greenhub Servery
- Research I
- One of the primary academic buildings housing labs and faculty offices.
- RLH
- Research Lecture Hall, referring to the large lecture theaters located in the research buildings.
- Semesterticket
- The student ID card that functions as a transit pass for all regional trains and buses in Bremen and Lower Saxony.
- VBN
- Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen, the local public transport network used by students.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 11 approved campus terms and 12 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.