Dates and Fees
Fall 2025-26 Mainz, Potsdam, and Berlin
Mainz Fall 2025-26*
| Oct 06 - Oct 07 | Arrival Students Mainz (no arrivals after 3 p.m. local time) |
| Oct 08 - Oct 10 | Admin / Registration / activities all students |
| Oct 13 - Oct 16 | Individual Course Advising and Online ORN, mandatory for all students |
| Oct 20 | Final Individual Course Advising and Registration |
| Oct 24 - Oct 26 | Weimar Excursion |
| Oct 27 | Courses start |
| Nov 1 | All Saints’ Day (Holiday, no class) |
| Nov 21 | Homework Thesis-Workshops due |
| Nov 24 - Nov. 28 | Thesis Workshops |
| Dec. 1 - Dec 5 | Research Week |
| Dec 8 - Dec 12 | Reading Week |
| Dec 12 | Bibliographies Mainstream Papers Due |
| Dec 20 - Jan 4 | Christmas Break |
| Jan 5 | Classes Resume; Last Day to invoke credit/no credit option |
| Feb 6 | All Mainstream Papers Due |
| Feb 13 | Last Day of Class |
| Feb 20 | Extensions End |
| Feb 27 | Program Ends (university registration and insurance end) |
Potsdam, Fall 2025-26*
Please note: The rental period for dorm rooms in Potsdam starts on October 1st. Therefore, undergraduate Potsdam students might have to arrange for interim lodging (Sep 22 to Oct.1). We’re happy to help you with that process.
| Sep 22 - Sep 23 | Arrivals all students (no arrivals after 3 p.m. local time) |
| Sep 29 - Oct 02 | Individual Course Advising and Online ORN (Mandatory for all Students) |
| Oct 08 - Oct 09 | Final Course Advising and Registration |
| Oct 13 | University courses begin |
| Oct 24 - Oct 26 | Weimar Excursion |
| Oct. 31 | Reformation Day, Holiday (no class) |
| Nov 7 | Homework for Thesis Workshops due |
| Nov 10 - Nov 14 | Thesis Workshops |
| Nov 17 - Nov 21 | Research Week |
| Nov 24 - Nov 28 | Reading Week |
| Nov 28 | Bibliographies Main Stream Course Papers due |
| Dec 20 - Jan 04 | Christmas Break |
| Jan 5 | Classes resume invoke credit/no credit option |
| Jan 30 | All Mainstream Papers due |
| Feb 6 | Last Day of Class |
| Feb 13 | Extensions End |
| Feb 28 | Program ends (university registration and insurance end) |
Berlin, Fall 2025-26*
| Sep 22 - Sep 23 | Arrivals all students (no arrivals after 3 p.m. local time) |
| Sep 29 - Oct 02 | Individual Course Advising and Online ORN (Mandatory for all Students) |
| Oct 08 - Oct 09 | Final Course Advising and Registration |
| Oct 13 | University courses begin |
| Oct 24 - Oct 26 | Weimar Excursion |
| Nov 7 | Homework Thesis Workshop Due |
| Nov 10 - Nov 14 | Thesis Workshops |
| Nov 17 - Nov 21 | Research Week |
| Nov 24 - Nov 28 | Reading Week |
| Nov 28 | Bibliographies Main Stream Course Papers due |
| Dec 20 - Jan 04 | Christmas Break |
| Jan 5 | Classes resume invoke credit/no credit option |
| Feb 6 | All Mainstream Papers due |
| Feb 13 | Last Day of Class |
| Feb 20 | Extensions End |
| Feb 28 | Program ends (university registration and insurance end) |
*All dates are subject to change
Spring 2026 Mainz, Potsdam, and Berlin
Mainz Spring 2026*
| March 16 - March 17 | Arrival All Students Mainz (no arrivals after 3 p.m. local time) |
| March 18 - March 20 | Admin / Registration All Students |
| March 23 - March 26 | Online, remote Orientation (ORN) (Mandatory for all Students) |
| March 27 - March 29 | Weimar Excursion |
| March 30 - April 2 | Final Individual Course Advising Sessions (mandatory) |
| April 3 | Good Friday (Holiday, no class) |
| April 6 | Easter Monday (Holiday, no class) |
| April 13 | Classes Start |
| May 1 | Labor Day (Holiday, no class) |
| May 14 | Ascension Day (Holiday, no class) |
| May 25 | Pentecost Monday (Holiday, no class) |
| June 4 | Corpus Christi Day (Holiday, no class) |
| June 9 | Pentecost Monday (no class, no class) |
| June 18 | Deadline to invoke credit/no credit option |
| June 19 | Corpus Christi Day (no class) |
| July 3 | All Mainstream Papers due |
| July 10 | Last Day of Class |
| July 24 | Extensions End |
| July 31 | Program Ends (university registration and insurance end) |
Potsdam, Spring 2026*
Please note: The rental period for dorm rooms in Potsdam starts on April 1, so we might have to arrange for preliminary housing from March 16 to April 1.
| March 16 - March 17 | Arrival All students (no arrivals after 3 p.m. local time) |
| March 17 -March 20 | Admin / Registration All Students |
| March 23 - March 26 | Online, remote Orientation (ORN) (Mandatory for all Students) |
| March 27 - March 29 | Weimar Excursion |
| April 1 | All students move into their dorms |
| April 3 | Good Friday (Holiday, no class) |
| April 6 | Easter Monday (Holiday, no class) |
| April 6 - April 10 | Final Individual Course Advising Sessions (Mandatory) |
| April 13 | Courses Start |
| May 1 | Labor Day (Holiday, no class) |
| May 14 | Ascension Day (Holiday, no class) |
| May 25 - May 29 | Pentecost Reading and Writing Week (no class) |
| June 18 | Deadline to invoke credit/no credit option |
| July 10 | All Mainstream Course Papers Due |
| July 24 | Last day of Class |
| July 31 | Extensions end |
| July 31 | Program ends (university registration and insurance end) |
Berlin, Spring 2025*
| March 16 - March 17 | Arrival Undergraduate Students (no arrivals after 3 p.m. local time) |
| March 18 - March 19 | Admin / Registration Undergraduate Students |
| March 23 - March 26 | Online, remote Orientation (ORN) (Mandatory for all Students)) |
| March 27 - March 29 | Weimar Excursion |
| March 30 - April 2 | Final Individual Course Advising Sessions |
| April 3 | Good Friday (Holiday, no class) |
| April 6 | Easter Monday (Holiday, no class) |
| April 13 | Classes start |
| April 21 | Easter Monday (Holiday, no class) |
| May 1 | Labor Day (Holiday, no class) |
| May 14 | Ascension Day (Holiday, no class) |
| May 25 | Pentecost Monday (Holiday, no class) |
| June 18 | Deadline to invoke credit/no credit option |
| July 10 | All Mainstream Course Papers Due |
| July 17 | Last Day of Class |
| July 31 | Extensions End |
| July 31 | Program ends (university registration and insurance end) |
*All dates are subject to change
Important: All students must remain in Germany until they have taken their final exams/turned in their final papers within the program’s deadlines. If you choose to leave early, you may forfeit credit for the entire semester.
If you are a fall-only student, you may not leave earlier than the Thursday before your courses start in February. No exceptions for deadlines apply.
Please note that final exams may be scheduled after the last day of class, even though this information might not be listed in the course catalogue. You must ask the Professor of the course in question within the first three weeks of class when the final exam is scheduled.
If you find out that you cannot take the exam with the course, or that the date of the exam won’t be announced before the middle of the term, you cannot take that specific course for credit.
2025-2026 Fees
Semester Tuition (includes health insurance): $19,175
Year Tuition (includes health insurance): $38,350
Middlebury College students pay an additional $2,000 study abroad fee per semester.
Funding
Middlebury offers need-based financial assistance to Middlebury College undergraduates.
Undergraduates from other institutions may apply for a $4,000 scholarship in memory of Jeffrey W. Cason.
Estimated Out-of-Pocket Expenses
| Semester | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Room/Board | $4,350 | $9,470 |
| Books/Supplies | $550 | $1,090 |
| Personal | $1,150 | $2,290 |
| Travel from New York | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| Visa/Residency Permit | $300 | $300 |
| Total | $7,550 | $14,350 |
Additional Notes
- Calculations for Room and Board are calculated based on an average of current dorm rents.
- Students wanting to arrange their own housing should be aware that rents might be far higher than what they’d be paying in a dorm. While dorms vary between 350 - 480 Euros a month with all utilities included, there’s no upper limit for rents charged by private landlords.
- Personal expenses cover some basic necessities (local transportation, cell phone, bank fees, program-sponsored excursions, etc.) and do not include your discretionary spending (e.g. entertainment, fitness, and travel). Likewise covered is the monthly fee compulsory for every adult with a residence in Germany: Shortly after you’ll have completed your city-registration, you’ll receive a letter from the “Beitragsservice von ARD, ZDF und Deutschlandradio” asking you to pay a monthly fee of 18,36 Euros for the time you’ll spend in Germany. This fee is compulsory for every adult with a residence in Germany. Its purpose is to make public radio and TV stations as independent as possible from income that privately owned channels generate via much larger fees, commercials and a programming that might be shaped by their owners’ biases and/or driven by ratings. Paying your ‘Beitrag’ means to support a type of independent journalism and unbiased reporting obliged to serve the interests of a well-informed democratic society. So if you want to stay informed, we recommend using these sources for reliable information. In order to set up a convenient payment plan that ensures you won’t overpay, simply bring the letter to your next Writing Workshop, so your BabelGuide can assist you.
All fees are subject to change. Exchange rate used: $1.09 = €1. - Students who reserve dormitories in Mainz, Potsdam and Berlin will transfer money from their German bank accounts to the School in Germany after onsite arrival (when they will open their bank accounts).
- Students who wait and select apartments will transfer their rent from their bank account to their landlord’s account.