Academic Calendar
The modular structure of the part-time master's programs of the HECTOR School allow participants to continue pursuing their career while acquiring new skills.
Download the academic calendar of the intake 2025 (PDF)
Paid Educational Leave
Employees have the option to apply for up to five extra days of paid holiday per year in order to engage in further study or training. The paid educational leave is regulated by the federal states' laws.
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is acknowledged as an educational institution for "Bildungsurlaub" in the following states:
- Baden-Württemberg (https://rp.baden-wuerttemberg.de/themen/bildung/seiten/bildungszeit)
- Berlin (www.berlin.de/sen/arbeit/berlinarbeit-ziel-3/bildungsurlaub/)
- Brandenburg (https://mbjs.brandenburg.de/bildung/lebenslanges-lernen/bildungsfreistellung-bildungsurlaub.html)
- Bremen (www.bremen.de/leben-in-bremen/bildung-und-beruf/fort-und-weiterbildung/fragen-zum-bildungsurlaub-4179363)
- Hamburg (https://www.bildungsurlaub.de/bildungsurlaub_hamburg.html)
- Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (www.weiterbildung-mv.de/bfg.php)
- Rhineland-Palatinate (mwwk.rlp.de/de/themen/weiterbildung/bildungsfreistellung)
- Saarland (www.saarland.de/SID-C2EED7CD-C94453C8/8793.htm)
Find also more information here: https://www.bildungsurlauber.de/
For inquiries regarding paid educational leave for the HECTOR School programs, please contact Franziska Reetz.
Celine Decker (she / her)
Assistant Operations
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