Humboldt-Universität of Berlin (HU) will welcome its first-year students on Monday, 12 October 2026, at a matriculation ceremony to be held at the Erwin Schrödinger Centre in Berlin-Adlershof. All students, teaching staff and their guests are warmly invited. As of 29 September 2026, more than 8,000 students have already enrolled on the various degree programmes at HU for the 2026/27 winter semester.
A varied programme awaits those attending the enrolment ceremony: From 2 pm to 7 pm, key university departments, student initiatives and student councils, the Adlershof faculties and institutes, as well as non-university research organisations and start-ups from the Adlershof science park will be showcasing themselves at the information fair. There will also be guided tours of the Natural Sciences Branch Library and the Institute of Chemistry. From 4.00 pm, HU President Prof. Dr Julia von Blumenthal will welcome the students to a ceremonial service. Prof. Dr Beate Lütke, who will take up the post of Vice-President for Teaching and Student Affairs at HU in October, will speak about the history of the register of students. Afterwards, two students will be symbolically enrolled by the President and Vice-President. The programme will be livened up by a musical gong show, in which HU’s departments and programmes will introduce themselves, alongside university sports activities and a poetry slam by the artist Paula Bannier. From 7 pm, there will be an after-party for all first-year students at MoPs.
Information on studying at HU
Humboldt-Universität’s General Student Advisory Service offers various information and advisory services on studying at HU, including a Q&A session on 5 October to mark the start of the academic year. The faculties, institutes and student councils organise subject-specific information events for their new students.
The matriculation ceremony at a glance
- When: 12 October 2026
- Where: Humboldt-Universität, Erwin Schrödinger Centre (ESZ), Rudower Chaussee 26, 12489 Berlin
Programme
- 2.00 pm to 7.00 pm: Information fair on the ground floor of the Erwin Schrödinger Centre with HU information stands; free guided tours of the Natural Sciences Branch Library and the Institute of Chemistry
- 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm: Enrolment ceremony in Room 0`115 at the Erwin Schrödinger Centre
- From 7.00 pm: After-party at MoPs, the ‘Motorenprüfstand’ Student Social Centre, Newtonstraße 16, 12489 Berlin
The event is accessible to all. Sign language and written interpreters will be on hand during the enrolment ceremony.
Due to limited seating, the enrolment ceremony will also be broadcast live on screens in the adjoining rooms of the Erwin Schrödinger Centre and on the HU’s YouTube channel. The link to the livestream will be published shortly.
Due to the Dies academicus, no lectures or classes will take place on this day.
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