Studienbegleitende Deutschkurse ENG

Succeed in studying and prepare for your career through language proficiency!

our offer:

Intensive courses in the lecture-free period

A1.2-intensive course: 9 March 2026 bis 26 March 2026,
Monday - Thursday, 10:15 - 13:45 Uhr

registration is no possible more
(course-Nr. 453016)

FIT-events in semester break. More HERE
More German courses during the lecture-free period are offered by the IIK Göttingen.
The registration for German courses in the summer semester 2026 starts on 6 April 2026.

Summer semester 2026

Course length: 13 April 2026 until 9 July 2026
no sesions on: 21 April, 1 May, 14 May, 25 May 2026
Program summer term 2026 will be published in March 2026
Attention: Changes in the program are possible!
Teaching form: - face-to-face classes

- some courses online

German courses are for enrolled international students/PhD-students of Goettingen University

Employees & visiting scientists of the University of Goettingen & associated institutes e.g. MPIs, DPZ, DLRZ etc. can not participate in our courses due to a strongly reduced course program (we apologize). IIK Göttingen offers a corresponding service.
Participation requirements: Placement test (for new entrants)

Please use online-test ➔ HERE

Level assignments ➔ HERE

Enrolled students who have no knowledge of German at all do not need to take a placement test. Please register for an A1.1 course.

OR
(without placement test, if one of them is available):

- Certificate of achievement for a German course from the previous semester (form from FlexNow). A certificate of attendance without a grade is not valid.

- recognized language certificates for German (Goethe-certificate, TestDaF, DSH, telc, etc.).

- all IIK course certificates (IIK Göttingen e.V.).


Appearance in the first lesson.

Please bring your language certificates to the first session and show them to your teacher. This does not apply to A1.1.

Registration via StudIP

6 April 2026 (8 a.m.) - 10 April 2026 (8 a.m.)

Please register for the course directly in StudIP.

In StudIP you can find the courses under the StudIP number (see course programme) or by using general the search term "Deutschkurs" or by adding a specific level (e.g. "Deutschkurs A2.2")

Please select "SoSe 26" as semester.

If there are no more places available, please register for the waiting list. In this case we will try to offer you a spot, if possible, later on.

ECTS-points: - 2h-course (1x per week): 3 CPs

(competence courses e.g. grammar, speaking, vocabulary etc.)

- 4h-course (2x per week): 6 CPs (textbook-based courses)

1h = 1 SWS = 45 minutes

Modules that have already been passed cannot be recognised a second time. It is also not possible to improve grades.

Requirement for ECTS-points: - sufficient attendance

- passing of the exam


Winter semester 26-27

Course length: 2 November 2026 until 4 February 2027
Program summer term 2026 will be published in September 2026
Teaching form: - face-to-face classes

- some courses online

German courses are for enrolled international students/PhD-students of Goettingen University

Registration via StudIP

26 October 2026 (8 a.m.) - 30 October 2026 (8 a.m.)