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Course Program - German as a Foreign Language

The courses offered in German as a Foreign Language are open to all affiliates of Philipps-Universität. They predominantly consist of in-sessional classes with one or two sessions per week, covering the levels from A1 to C1. Shortly before the start of each semester, we run four-week intensive pre-session classes for newly arriving international students. Classes preparing for language exams that are needed for the application at a German university like Testdaf or DSH are NOT offered by the Language Center. If you are interested in the DSH, please contact the Studienkolleg Mittelhessen.

New: Free German Courses for Exchange Students

Summer semester 2020

The course program for the summer semester 2020 is currently being converted into a reduced range of digital courses (i.e. guided tasks with feedback on ILIAS along with class sessions by way of web conference). This means that the courses presently listed on this site will not necessarily take place. They do, however, give an idea of what will be converted into digital courses. More information will be provided soon.

• Beginners course for international PhD students & Postdocs
• Basic User Level A1 (Placement score: 00-11)
• Basic User Level A2 (Placement score: 22-44)
• Independent User Level B1 (Placement score: 45-65)
• Independent User Level B2 (Placement score: 66-86)
• Independent to Proficient User Level B2-C1 (Placement score: 82-90)
• German for Economists and Social Scientists B2-C1 (Placement score: 82-90)
• Proficient User Level C1 (Placement score: 87-100)
• Pronunciation Training Level B1-C1 (Placement score: 55-100)

The program of winter semester 2019/20 is still available in our course archive.

Pre-Sessional Intensive Courses in Spring 2020

• Pre-sessional intensive courses for "new" exchange students and MA-students

Important: Registrations for the course are binding and governed by the Language Center’s terms and conditions, in particular the withdrawal terms stated therein (para. 7-9). For the regulations for obtaining ECTS points, please see General Information about Courses.