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General Languages
General Languages

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Course certificate

If you successfully complete one of our language courses, you can receive a certificate of achievement. This requires at least 80% attendance and passing the final exam.

Firstly, this certificate entitles you to register for a follow-up course with us within 12 months. Secondly, additional credits may allow you to earn and potentially have ECTS points recognized in the elective/optional area of ​​your degree program; however, the final decision always rests with the respective department or examination office.
You can also acquire language skills in our courses that may be relevant for planned stays abroad.

The corresponding certificate of achievement or participation will be sent to you by email shortly after the course ends.

Possibility of crediting the language course during your studies

European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) for University of Hamburg students

ECTS is a credit point system that reflects the assumed workload of students and is expressed as ECTS points or credit points.

Students at the University of Hamburg can earn 2 to 4 credit points in the elective area for courses (semester-long and intensive) that are completed with 80% active participation, the fulfillment of additional requirements, and passed and graded assessments according to ECTS. These credit points can be transferred to the respective department in consultation with the department (please note the exceptions for the Bachelor's program in Business Administration and for students at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)!). The number of credit points varies depending on the level and the number of teaching units. The respective faculty alone decides on the possible recognition of a language course in the elective area.
For more information on the recognition options in the elective area, please refer to your study regulations or contact your student office.

Detailed information on the prerequisites and the number of possible ECTS credit points for respective course levels can be found in the overview of grading and credit point system (PDF).

Note: Your respective exam office or departmental office is responsible for documenting ECTS credit points in STiNE. Credits can only be earned once per level of a target language. Proof of proficiency for B1.3 is recognized for courses offered by the Language Center at the University of Hamburg.

Overview of ECTS credit points

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Temporary problems with sending emails to private email accounts, especially with GMX and Google Mail addresses!
Please also check your spam folder and, if you have enabled forwarding in your student email account, regularly check your university mailbox for your language course transcript!

Please contact our office, email us, or use our contact form if you haven't received anything from us four weeks after the course ended.