Placement/Registration

Language Placement for Courses 

The placement test for German will take place online and will be available from the beginning until the end of the registration phase. Please be aware that you will need your admission for STiNE (B-Kennung). The placement test is offered on our platform OpenOlat. It will take 50 mins to take the test. It is not possible to adjourn or intermit nor to repeat the test. In this pdf-file you will find a technical instruction and the password for the test. Here you will find the placement test: https://www.openolat.uni-hamburg.de/url/RepositoryEntry/387285113.

Note that some courses will use video conference tools, therefore a stable internet connection is desirable.

In case you do not have a STiNE admission get in touch with our office. Please inform - if available - about your student-ID-number (Matrikelnummer) und please attach the letter of acceptance (Zulassungsbescheid) of our university.

Start of courses

DSH Intensive course:

The test preparation course for test candidates „Fit for DSH (B2/C1)” take  place from 15-19 July and 22-26 July 2024, 12pm-5pm.

Registration for this course only via https://www.uni-hamburg.de/sprachenzentrum/dsh-vorbereitung

Intensive courses winter semester 2024/25:

The intensive courses in winter semester 2024 will take place in the weeks of 23-27 September and 30 September-04 October 2024.

Semester courses winter semester 2024/25:

Regular semester courses begin on 21 October 2024 and end on 1 February 2025.

Course Registration

1.       Submit Proof of Language Proficiency

In order to register for courses, you are required to submit proof of your CEFR German language proficiency level.

 There are two possibilities for submission of your proof of proficiency:

 ·       You take the placement test at Sprachenzentrum. The placement test can be taken online on the virtual platform OpenOlat. You find more information and instructions how to take the test here.

 ·       You have already obtained a standardized certificate (e.g. Goethe-Institut-Zertifikat, TestDaF, Telc etc.)? Then please send a PDF scan of your certificate using our contact form or to sz@uni-hamburg.de.

 

2.      Online course registration via STINE

Course registration is only possible once proof of level proficiency is submitted (see point 1. above).

 Register for desired courses via STiNE.

·       You find our courses in the course catalogue in STiNE following this path: Extracurricular courses ► Semester ► University Language Center (SZ) ►Deutsch als Fremdsprache

Exceptions:

It is impossible to register via STiNE (e.g. in case you have not received your STiNE password or documents yet)? Then please register via our contact form.

 ·       State your name, matriculation number, titles and numbers of your desired course(s) and the reason why you were not able to register via STiNE.

·       You will then be registered manually.

 

3.       Course Participation

Once the courses appear in your course list in your STiNE study account, your registration was successful.

 You will then receive further information concerning course details, digital platforms, passwords etc. from your course instructors prior to the start of your course.