FAQ

Enrolled students, staff, and visiting researchers can attend the German language courses (B1–C2) and the General Languages (A1 and A2).

Unfortunately, people external to, and not enrolled or working at Universität Hamburg, may not take part.

Unfortunately, participation is not possible. German language courses are only offered to students enrolled at Universität Hamburg as part of their studies.

Unfortunately, Universität Hamburg does not offer preparatory courses.

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More information on our course program is available at https://www.uni-hamburg.de/sprachenzentrum/daf/kurse.html

Unfortunately not.  German language courses are only offered to students enrolled at Universität Hamburg as part of their studies. (Staff and visiting researchers may also take part).

Preparatory courses, that is, courses taken before studying at Universität Hamburg, may be undertaken with private providers such as the Goethe Institute or an adult education center, etc. Be aware you must pay for these courses.

German courses are only offered to students enrolled at Universität Hamburg as part of their studies.

You can take German courses with external private institutions like the Goethe Institute or an adult education center. Be aware you must pay for these courses.

If you would like to apply for or sign up to study at Universität Hamburg, read through the information on this page first: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/campuscenter/bewerbung/international.html. If you still have any questions contact the Campus Center which is responsible for information about studying, applying, and enrollment: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/campuscenter.html.

You can register for University Language Center (SZ) German courses via STiNE.

You can find German courses in STiNE under Course catalog►Extracurricula courses►University Language Center (SZ).

Observe: You may only register during the registration period. More information on registration phases is available on our homepage or in STiNE.

Contact our front office using the contact form. Provide the courses you would like to register for, your name, and your enrollment number if you already have it. Attach your letter of acceptance to Universität Hamburg.

You can cancel your own registration in STiNE during the registration period. If the registration period has already closed, we can change your status to “inactive student” in the course lists. That way, the course will not appear in your transcript of records. Contact our front office.

In principle, yes. Talk to the course teacher about the conditions under which you would like to attend classes.

German Courses at the A levels are offered by the General Languages department. Find out more about the courses on offer here: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/allgemeinsprachen.html

Do you have a standardized language proficiency certificate (e.g., Goethe-Zertifikat, telc,TestDaf, etc.) that is less than 3 years old? Then you don’t need to do the placement test again. We only accept standardized certificates. Proof of participation in a German course is not sufficient.

Submit your certificate via our contact form. Do not forget to also submit your matriculation number in order to correctly file your certificate.

If your language certificate is older than 3 years, you will need to take the placement test again.

You can find current time and room information for your course(s) in STiNE.

The German courses at the Language Center are free.

You can use the email function in STiNE to contact your course instructor(s).

All courses have some kind of performance assessment.

Depending on the course, this might be, e.g., an exam, a term paper, a presentation, portfolio tasks, etc. for which you will receive a course certificate or proof. Your course instructor will let you know what form of assessment will apply.

The best way to contact us is using the contact form.

In principle, yes.

o   For regular courses, register using the contact form.

o   Special offers for international doctoral researchers / academics (workshops, individual language learning, etc.) is provided on this page: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/sprachenzentrum/sonderkurse.html

Find out more about our language certificates on this page: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/sprachenzentrum/daf/testing/daf.html

More information is also available here: https://daf.check.uni-hamburg.de