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Registration for German courses will be open on October 27th via StudIP.
Only for courses 450121 and 450834 starts the registration earlier: October 22nd 2025.
Winter semester 2025-2026
| Course length: | 3rd November 2025 until 6th February 2026 winter break: 22h december 2025 - 4th January 2026 |
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| Program winter term 25-26 | ➔ HERE (compact PDF) Attention: Changes in the program are possible! |
| Teaching form: |
- face-to-face classes - some courses online
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| 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: | 1.) 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.
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- 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.). 2.) Appearance in the first lesson. | Registration | via StudIP
27th October 2025 (8 a.m.) - 30th October 2025 (8 a.m.)
In StudIP, you can find the courses by using general the search term "Deutschkurs%" or by adding a specific level (e.g. "Deutschkurs%A2.2") Please select "WiSe 25" 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
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Summer semester 2026
| Course length: | 14th April 2025 until 17th July 2025 |
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| Program summer term 2026 | will be published in March 2026 |
| Teaching form: |
- face-to-face classes - some courses online
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| German courses are for | enrolled international students/PhD-students of Goettingen University | Registration | via StudIP
6th April 2026 (8 a.m.) - 9th April 2026 (8 a.m.)
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