German-as-a-foreign-language courses for international students

Please register for the placement test by March 25, 2025 by e-mail to:

studium-generale@h2.de . We need the following information from you: 

• Family name
• First name
• Gender: female/ male/ divers
• Name of your degree programme
• Certificate of enrollment or something that satisfactorily show that you are a student
• preferred placement date (appointment 1 or 2)

After successful participation in the mandatory placement test you will receive your binding course assignment by e-mail notification.

SUMMER SEMESTER

• Compulsory participation in the placement test at the end of March / beginning of April; this does not apply to students who have successfully passed a DaF exam at the previous winter semester at University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal.
  
  
•  Abitur or Fachhochschulreife or equivalent, the certificate for the desired level must not be older than 12 months (at the start date of the course).

WINTER SEMESTER

• Mandatory participation in the placement test at the beginning of October;
  this does not apply to students who have successfully passed a DaF exam at the previous summer semester at University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal or have participated in the Late Summer School in September.

face-to-face classes at the Magdeburg campus or online classes, depending on the course offered with 1 x 2 / 2 x 2 / 3 x 2 or 4 x 2 lessons per week

The courses are managed via Projekte.Moodle. Therefore, participants must register to Projekte.Moodle. A description can be found on the right on this page.

Assignments and enrolment in the courses is carried out by the DaF-coordination.

max. 18 persons (course starts with a group size of at least 5 participants)

Graded certificates of achievement will be issued free of charge at the end of the course upon successful and regular attendance -at least 75% attendance.

• If all requirements are met, you can access your DaF grades in the electronic grade overview in the examination office. This only applies to students at University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal.
• If all requirements are met, you will receive a graded certificate with a recommendation of the corresponding ECTS points.
• If you do not meet the requirements, you will receive an ungraded certificate of attendance if you attend regularly.
• If certificates are lost, we charge a fee of 20.00 EUR for the duplicate.