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Placement Procedure
Before you can register for an English language course, you are required to complete a 25-minute online placement test (C-test). If you are interested in the design of a C-test, you can take a 5-minute trial test.
Once the test is complete, you will receive an automatically-generated email informing you about your score and associated level. While you can initially only register for courses at this level, your score may be adjusted by up to 7 points after speaking to the coordinator, Dr. Fabienne Quennet. Please be aware that your result, otherwise, is final.
Important: If you would like to attend a general English courses (non-academic or academic), you will need a valid score on the general-English placement test. If you would like to attend a course of English for Specific Academic Purposes, you will need a valid score on the discipline-specific placement test. Please choose the test that corresponds with your degree program and the course you are interested in. If you would like to attend a preparatory English course for holders of vocational qualifications, please complete the general English test.
Summer Semester 2023
Online from Monday 27 March 2023, 10:00 a.m.
Results are sent to you by email after the test. You can also view them online at any time.
ATTENTION: Please use only letters of the German alphabet for entering your personal data. Don't use Umlauts ('Ä/ä', 'Ü/ü', 'Ö/ö') and special letters such as 'ß' and foreign language letters and accents.
- Placement Test: General English (no longer available)
- Placement Test: English for Business Administration & Economics (no longer available)
- Placement Test: English for Students of Humanities (no longer available)
- Placement Test: English for Students of Law (no longer available)
- Placement Test: English for Students of Medicine (no longer available)
Note for visually impaired students: If you have difficulties filling in the C-test you can obtain a test in a word format. Please contact Dr. Fabienne Quennet.
Intensive Courses Spring 2023
Test online: Available now.
Results are sent to you by email after the test. You can also view them online at any time.