Intercultural Learninglab ICL

Broaden your intercultural competence

In today's world, with increasing cross-cultural interaction and collaboration, intercultural competence is crucial for understanding one another. To address this, we offer various virtual exchanges and workshops on cultural awareness raising and special topics of interest, like going abroad or working in intercultural teams. Scroll down for more information and come join one of our interactive workshops to boost your intercultural competence!

Our workshops are open to all students of the University of Göttingen and conducted in English or German. You can obtain credits for key competencies, a certificate and so much more, as you can see in the video:


Short formats:

Dieser Workshop bietet die Gelegenheit, an zwei Abenden in einem interaktiven Format die Strukturen interkultureller Kommunikation kennenzulernen und eigene Einstellungen und Verhalten zu reflektieren. Studierende werden darauf vorbereitet, an der Universität Göttingen Diversity bewusst zu erleben und aktiv am Integrationsprozess teilzuhaben.

Sprache: Deutsch und Englisch

keine ECTS / Zertifikat Internationales

This course is offered for newly arrived international students in Göttingen. In this one-day interactive workshop you will learn how to understand the implications of a culturally determined diversity and be able to identify basic cultural values. You will be able to develop strategies for more efficient intercultural communication and to identify and adapt communication styles for your stay at the University of Göttingen and beyond.

Language: Englisch
There is a German equivalent to this course.

no ECTS


Introductory workshops:

Unser Workshop zu kulturallgemeiner Sensibilisierung und Strukturen von Kultur, die Verhalten und Kommunikation beeinflussen, ein Einstieg in das Thema und ein Blick auf die Schnittstellen zu unterschiedlichen Studiengängen und Fachrichtungen.

4 ECTS / Zertifikat Internationales
1 SWS

This is our introductory workshop on cultural awareness raising for international students and national students who would like to discuss and interact on different perspectives on intercultural communication. We are looking at underlying structures of culture that influence communication and behavior in general and in the context of studying at the University of Goettingen.

4 ECTS / Zertifikat Internationales
1 SWS


Topical workshops:

Diese Veranstaltung ist geeignet für Studierende, die sich in der Gruppe von zukünftigen Ausreisenden aus unterschiedlichen Fakultäten auf ihren Auslandsaufenthalt im Rahmen des Studiums vorbereiten wollen. Kulturallgemeine Sensibilisierung wird in diesem Workshop erweitert um länderspezifische Erfahrungsberichte des Alumni-ExpertInnen-Netzwerks i2MoVe und aktuelle Informationen. Im Anschluss an den Auslandsaufenthalt werden gemachte Erfahrungen schließlich in einem individuellen Rückkehr-Gespräch und mit der Gruppe im Rückkehr-Kolloquium besprochen.

6 ECTS / Zertifikat Internationales
2 SWS

You can easily find yourself in an intercultural team without leaving the country or even your home town. This workshop is for students who are interested in the influence intercultural communication has on cooperation and performance in teams. Interactive methods enable reflection on individual communication styles and support aspects of the uniqueness of successful intercultural teams.

6 ECTS
2 SWS


Certificate International

Would you like to apply your intercultural competence in a practical way? Then look after international students when they arrive in Göttingen, help create a cultural evening or form a writing partnership! At the University of Göttingen there are many opportunities for extra-curricular intercultural engagement. The "International Certificate" honors this commitment, international experience and intercultural competence within the framework of the InDiGU program.

In addition to a certain level of commitment, intercultural training must also be attended for the certificate. All of our workshops are suitable for this, the Training i2E is particularly recommended.

More information about the certificate can be found on the certificate website.