German Language Courses for International Visiting
Scholars and Doctoral Students
Overview
- What courses are being offered?
- Who can join the courses?
- When do the courses take place?
- What ist the course fee?
- Can I get a certificate?
- How do I register?
- What do course participants say?
1. What courses are being offered?
- general language courses for all levels ranging from A1 (absolute
beginners) up to
C2 (advanced learners), comprising 60 45-minute classes in the course of a lecture period
2.
Who can join the courses?
- scholars at Heidelberg University (postdocs) and/or
their partners
- doctoral students at Heidelberg University
and/or their partners
- in limited numbers: members of
Max Planck Institutes
- in limited numbers: Lehrbeauftragte of Heidelberg
University
- in limited numbers: Non-scientific staff at Heidelberg
University
3.
When do the courses take place?
Classes take place as online video conferences during the →lecture periods on Tuesdays + Thursdays, 6:00 to 7:30 pm.
☀ |
Dates for the
summer semester 2023 |
online placement test* |
Wed, |
Apr 12 2023 |
06:00 pm |
*obligatory only
if you did
not
attend last semester's courses with us |
|
access via our
→homepage
(top orange box) |
e-mail notification with your course assignment
and access data |
Sun, |
Apr 16 2023 |
08:00 pm** |
**Or sooner.
Please also check your spam/junk folder. If you have
not received an e-mail by that time, please
contact:
gastwissenschaftler@isz.uni-heidelberg.de |
first classes |
Tue, |
Apr 18 2023 |
06:00 pm |
final day of classes |
Thu, |
Jul 27 2023 |
|
|
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Dates for the
winter semester 2022-23 |
online placement test* |
Tue, |
Oct 11 2022 |
06:00 pm |
*obligatory only
if you did
not
attend last semester's courses with us |
|
access via our
→homepage
(top orange box) |
e-mail notification with your course assignment
and access data |
Sat, |
Oct 15 2022 |
08:00 pm** |
**Or sooner.
Please also check your spam folder. If you have
not received an e-mail by that time, please
contact:
gastwissenschaftler@isz.uni-heidelberg.de |
first classes |
Tue, |
Oct 18 2022 |
06:00 pm |
no classes |
Dec 22 2022
to Jan 06 2023 |
final day of classes |
Thu, |
Feb 16 2023 |
|
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4. What is the course fee?
The course fee is €185.00 per person. You will receive detailed payment
information after your registration.
5.
Can I get a certificate?
This is a not-for-credit course
without tests or exams. If you do not miss more than 6
classes, you will however receive a non-graded
certificate of regular attendance at the end of
the course.
6.
How do I register?
Please register again for this semester's courses even if you attended a
course in the previous semester.
Start of the registration period:
☀
summer semesters |
March 01 |
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winter semesters |
September 01 |
Scholars at Heidelberg University (Postdocs) and their Partners |
To register for the German language courses, you first need to register online
with the →Welcome Centre.
If you are already registered with the Welcome Centre, you can sign up yourself
(and your partner) for the German courses via the Portal for International
Scholars: Log in
→
select “German language courses” in the column
on the left →
click “register for this event” at the end of the page.
For questions, please send an e-mail to
welcomecentre@zuv.uni-heidelberg.de.
Please register online via the website of the
→Graduate Academy.
For questions, please send an e-mail to
ga-isz-deutschkurs@uni-heidelberg.de.
Partners of
Doctoral Students at Heidelberg University |
Please register via e-mail directly with the
International Study Centre, providing us with the following information:
(1)
your full name
(2) your partner's name, university institution, and
university e-mail address
(3) information on your current knowledge of German
(courses completed, certificates obtained, etc.)
Registration and contact:
gastwissenschaftler@isz.uni-heidelberg.de
Members of Max Planck Institutes |
Places for members of Max Planck Institutes are limited and will be allocated on
a first-come, first-served basis.
Please send an e-mail to the Welcome Centre:
welcomecentre@zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
If you are both a Max Planck Institute employee and
(going to be) a doctoral student at Heidelberg
University, please register as a
→doctoral
student via the
→Graduate Academy.
Lehrbeauftragte /
Non-scientific staff at Heidelberg University |
Please register via e-mail directly with the
International Study Centre, providing us with the following information:
(1)
your full name
(2) your university institution and
university e-mail address
(3) information on your current knowledge of German
(courses completed, certificates obtained, etc.)
Registration and contact:
gastwissenschaftler@isz.uni-heidelberg.de
7. What do course participants say?
Original e-mail feedback (courtesy of the course
participant):
Zurück zu vor fast 4 Jahren, als ich den ersten Deutschkurs an der
Uni besucht hat, wollte ich gleich nach dem ersten Unterricht aufhören.
Damals habe ich es zu schwer gefunden, dass nach langen Arbeitszeiten noch
am Unterricht teilzunehmen. Aber du war super nett, eine schöne Email zu
schreiben, um mich zu ermutigen, den Kurs weiterhin zu besuchen. Für mich
war es eine der besten Entscheidungen während meiner Doktorarbeit, mich für
den Besuch von Deutschkursen zu verpflichten. Nicht nur mein Deutsch
verbessert sich deutlich, sondern auch für einen Ausländer wie mich haben
die Kurse mir die Chance geboten, außerhalb der Arbeit nette Menschen
kennenzulernen und auf jeden Fall neue Freunde zu finden. Ich werde auch ***
danken, die eine großartige Lehrerin ist. Sie hat uns sehr geholfen, uns
miteinander zu verbinden, und eine schöne Atmosphäre zum Deutschlernen
geschaffen. Ich muss zugeben, dass ich ziemlich viel Unterricht verpasst
habe und nicht genug Zeit damit verbracht habe, hart Deutsch zu lernen. Auch
wenn ich sehr gut weiß, dass ich noch viele Dinge verbessern muss und viele
Fehler in der Verwendung von Deutsch mache, insbesondere beim Sprechen und
Schreiben, freue ich mich, dass ich bereits auf einem bestimmten Niveau auf
Deutsch unterhalten kann.
Four
years ago, when I had my first German course at the
university, I was going to quit right after the first
class. Back then, I found it too hard to join classes
after a long workday. But you were so kind as to write a
nice e-mail to encourage me to continue attending the
course. For me, it was one of the best decisions while
writing my thesis to enrol in the German courses. Not
only is my German improving significantly, but the
courses also offered me, as a foreigner, the chance to
meet nice people outside the workplace and to make new
friends for sure. I’m also going to thank ***, who is a
great teacher. She helped us a lot to connect with each
other and created a pleasant environment for learning
German. I have to admit that I missed quite a lot of
classes and did not spend enough time studying hard.
Although I know very well that there are many things I
still have to improve upon and that I’m still making
many mistakes using German, especially in speaking and
writing, I’m glad that I can already have conversations
at a certain level.
