General information ...
You first have to be admitted by the university's Admissions Office: Admission to the University of Stuttgart is the prerequisite for joining our German language course. You'll have to apply on the online portal C@mpus: Information regarding application. If you are admitted by the Admissions Office for studying at the University of Stuttgart, you will receive the invitation to the preparatory German language course shortly after your admission. In case of any questions regarding your application and the admission process, please contact the Admissions Office for Foreign Nationals.
There is one exception: You do not need an admission to the University of Stuttgart for the TestDaF training courses. Please read below to find out when and how to register for the TestDaF training courses.
All classes take place at the International Office (IZ) of the University of Stuttgart on Campus Vaihingen.
... the next course: registration for winter semester 2019/20
Please find all the relevant information about the next course registration and placement test: winter semester 2019/20 - How to register for the German language course?
Winter semester 2019/20
The course is fully booked: It is unfortunately not possible any more to register for the preparatory German course.
First of all: apply for admission
You apply to be admitted for studying at the University of Stuttgart via the online portal C@mpus. Afterwards, please wait for the decision of the Admissions Office.
Letter of admission and invitation to the course
If you are admitted for winter semester 2019/20 by the Admissions Office, you will receive an inivitation to the preparatory German language course via C@MPUS shortly after your admission. This invitation will inform you about the course fee down payment and the placement test fee (in total EUR 500) you will have to pay in order to register for the course as well as on the university's bank account for your payment.
Register by paying EUR 500
After receiving the invitation to the preparatory German language course, please transfer the amount of EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee) by September 6 to the university's bank account as stated in the invitation to the German language course you received from the Admissions Office in order to register for the German course. These EUR 500 will later be deducted from your course fees.
Please remember: You first have to apply for admission at the University of Stuttgart and you have to have received a letter of admission from the University of Stuttgart. Without an admission from the University of Stuttgart for the winter semester 2019/20, we will not admit you in the German course even if you pay EUR 500.
Why EUR 500 and what has still to be payed later?
Your payment of the course fee down payment (EUR 450) and placement test fee (EUR 50), in total EUR 500, and our subsequent confirmation of your registration to the German course guarantee you a place in the preparatory German language course (you'll need this e.g. for applying for your visa). The course fee down payment is a security for us that your course registration is binding. If you attend the course after your registration, these EUR 500 will be deducted from your course fees, i.e. you have already paid EUR 500 and will have to pay only the rest of your course fees.
An example: You paid EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee) and our subsequent confirmation guarantees you a place in the course. You will need our confirmation that you have got a place for your visa application. After receiving your visa, you will come to Stuttgart, you will do the placement test at the start of the course and you are placed e.g. on level B2/C1. The level B2/C1 course fees are EUR 1.600 (please note: not the actual course fees). The EUR 500 you already paid will be deducted from these EUR 1.600. So, you will actually have to pay only EUR 1.100 at the start of the course.
Our confirmation
As soon as your EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee) have been credited to the university's account, we will send you an email. It may take up to 5 or 7 days until your down payment appears in our account and only after that we will be able to send you our email. As long as place is still available in the course, we confirm to you by this email that you have been registered to the university's preparatory German language course and invite you to the placement test. You may need this confirmation and invitation for your visa application.
Places are limited
Please note that the number of places is limited and places in the course will be given to students according to the order of their registration fee as received by us. If the course is fully booked before September 6, we may decline further registrations even before the deadline. (in this case we will refund your complete EUR 500 of course)
We have got to receive EUR 500
There may be additional bank charges on international money transfer that you may have to pay (please ask your bank). Due to the limited places and high demand, incomplete payments will not be accepted.
De-registration?
Your course registration is binding. If you de-register before September 6 (by email), we will refund your course fee down payment (EUR 450). After September 6, refund of your course fee down payment will not be possible any more, exept in case you prove to us that cannot join the course for reasons you can not be held responsible for (e.g. illness or delayed issue of your visa). The placement test fee (EUR 50) will not be refunded.
If you cannot join the course for such reasons that you cannot be held responsible for, you have got to ask for your down payment to be refunded (by email) within the semester that you registered for. After the end of the semester your down payment will generally not be refunded.
Placement test
The decision on your level in the course (B1, B2 or C1) will be based on your result in the placement test (onSET) that you will have to take after your course registration, at the beginning of the course in October.
About 4 - 7 days before the placement test, we will send you an email that invites you once more to the placement test and contains your user name and password for the online placement test. You have to bring your user name and password on the day of the placement test. Please do not try to log in before the placement test. You will log in using your user name and password only at the beginning of the placement test at the University of Stuttgart.
Placement Test: Wednesday, October 2 at 9 am in lecture hall 9.01. (address: Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569 Stuttgart. Lecture hall 9.01 is situated immediately beside S-Bahn (= suburban train) station Universität, exit Universitätszentrum) After the placement test (until about 3 pm), you will be offered a consultation on important issues like visa and residence permit, bank accounts and insurances, and enrollment to the University of Stuttgart.
If you were not able to be in Stuttgart for the placement test on October 2 because you had not received your visa in time or you were ill, you can still take our second placement test. The second test will be on October 17: If you did not show up for the first placement test on October 2, you were automatically sent an email inviting you to the second placement test. Please note that there will be no more placement tests and that therefore you will not be able to join the course after the second one.
Please check this website regularly for any changes regarding place and time of the placement test.
Please bring:
For the placement test, you will have to present: (1) our first email confirming your course registration, (2) our second email containing your user name and password for the placement test, (3) your passport or identity card, (4) the university's letter of admission. Without these documents, you may not be allowed into the placement test. If you should already have completed a German language course, you may bring us a photocopy of your certificate (but you don't have to). The first decision about your level in the course however will be based on your result in the placement test.
We are looking forward to seeing you here in October in our new German language course
Requirement: Level A2
- Placement test: October 2, 2019
- Course duration: October 14, 2019 - March 13, 2020
- Holidays and lecture-free periods: November 1, 2019, December 23, 2019 - January 6, 2020
- Teaching units: 470
Teaching hours:
- in the mornings: 8.30 am - 1 pm or
- in the afternoons: 1.30 pm - 6 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees:
- Course: EUR 1.460 (includes: placement test, Level B1 and B2)
Certificate (according to the European Reference Frame): Level B2
Requirement: Level B1
- Placement test: October 2, 2019
- Course duration: October 14, 2019 - March 27, 2020
- Holidays and lecture-free periods: November 1, 2019, December 23, 2019 - January 6, 2020
- Teaching units: 518
- TestDaF exam: April 22, 2020
Teaching hours:
- in the mornings: 8.30 am - 1 pm or
- in the afternoons: 1.30 pm - 6 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees:
- Course: EUR 1.634 (includes: placement test, Level B2 and C1, TestDaF training)
- TestDaF exam: EUR 195
Certificate (according to the European Reference Frame): Level C1
Requirement: Level B2
- placement test: October 2, 2019
- Course duration: October 14, 2019 - January 24, 2020
- Holidays and lecture-free periods: November 1, 2019, December 23, 2019 - January 6, 2020
- teaching units: 302
- TestDaF exam: February 13, 2020
Teaching hours:
- in the mornings: 8.30 am - 1 pm or
- in the afternoons: 1.30 pm - 6 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees:
- Course: EUR 971 (includes: placement test, Level B2 and C1, TestDaF training)
Certificate (according to the European Reference Frame): Level C1
TestDaF training course January
requirement: C1 level completed
If you are not a student of the University of Stuttgart and you are interested in joining the January taining course, please contact the head of the department or the secretary's office between November 25 and December 6, 2019: Places will first be given to the students of the C1 courses of the preparatory German language course and only at this time we will be able to tell you if places are still available. Please send or bring us a copy of your C1 certificate (confirming at least 150 teaching units) when getting in contact with us.
- course duration: January 7 - January 24, 2020
- teaching units: 67
- TestDaF exam: February 13, 2020
Fees:
- course: EUR 265 (books included)
- TestDaF exam: EUR 195
TestDaF training course March
requirement: C1 level completed
If you are not a student of the University of Stuttgart and you are interested in joining the March training course, please contact the head of the department or the secretary's office between February 3 and February 14, 2020: Places will first be given to the students of the C1 courses of the preparatory German language course and only at this time we will be able to tell you if places are still available. Please send or bring us a copy of your C1 certificate (confirming at least 150 teaching units) when getting in contact with us.
- course duration: March 9, - March 27, 2020
- teaching units: 72
- TestDaF exam: April 22, 2020
Fees:
- course: EUR 280 (books included)
- TestDaF exam: EUR 195
Please note: Your payment of the course fee down payment (EUR 450) and placement test fee (EUR 50), in total EUR 500, and our confirmation of your registration to the German course guarantee you a place in the preparatory German language course (you'll need this e.g. for receiving your visa). The course fee down payment is a security for us that your course registration is binding. If you attend the course after your registration, your registration fee will be deducted from your course fees, i.e. you have already paid EUR 500 and will have to pay only the rest of your course fees.
An example: You paid EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee) and you are guaranteed a place in the course. You will need our confirmation that you have got a place for your visa application. After receiving your visa, you will come to Stuttgart, you will do the placement test at the start of the course and you are placed e.g. on level B2/C1. The level B2/C1 course fees are EUR 1.600 (please note: not the actual course fees!). The EUR 500 you already paid will be deducted from these EUR 1.600. So, you will actually have to pay EUR 1.100 at the start of the course.
You transferred EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee), you were registered for the course but you have not yet been enrolled as a student of the University of Stuttgart, and you de-register before the registration deadline (by email): We will refund your course fee down payment (EUR 450). The placement test fee (EUR 50) will not be refunded.
You transferred EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee), you were registered for the course and you de-register after the registration deadline (by email): We will refund your course fee down payment (EUR 450) only if you cannot be held responsible for the reasons of your de-registration (e.g. if you are ill or your visa is issued too late). If you are responsible for the reasons of your de-registration, we will not refund your course fee down payment. The placement test fee (EUR 50) will not be refunded.
You transferred EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee), you were registered for the course and you have already been enrolled as a student of the University of Stuttgart, and you de-register (before or after the registration deadline): We will refund your course fee down payment (EUR 450) only if you cannot be held responsible for the reasons of your de-registration (e.g. if you are ill). The placement test fee (EUR 50) will not be refunded.
You finished the B1+B2 course and registered for the following C1 course by paying the full C1 course fees: If you de-register before the deadline for paying the full course fees (one week after the start of classes in the following course), we will refund you the course fees minus EUR 450 (course fee down payment). This is the case as well if you should not pass the B2 final exam and therefore will have to repeat the B2 level in the following course: If you de-register, you will be refunded the course fees minus EUR 450 (course fee down payment).
You took the placement test and started the course, you already paid the course fees of your course (B1+B2 course, B2+C1 course or C1 course) and you de-register from the ongoing course: We will refund your course fees if you cannot be held responsible for the reasons of your de-registration (e.g. if you are ill and therefore cannot attend the course any more). In this case, we will refund the course fees for the part of the course that you cannot attend any more. If you are responsible for the reasons of your de-registration, we will neither refund your full course fees nor part of them.
This is the case as well if you pass the TestDaF exam in another test center or if you don't need the TestDaF exam anymore at the end of our course and you want to leave the preparatory German course: In this case, we will neither refund your full course fees nor part of them.
1. Registration and prerequisites
You can register for the preparatory German language course only after having received your admission to the University of Stuttgart issued by the admissions office (Studiensekretariat). You register for the German course by paying the course fee down payment (EUR 450) and the placement test fee (EUR 50), in total EUR 500, to the university's bank account as given in the invitation to the German course that you will receive shortly after the letter of admission. You have to pay before the registration deadline 4 weeks before the placement test. Your registration is binding and as soon as your payment has been credited to the university's bank account, you will receive an email confirming your registration.
There is one exception: Contrary to what is stated above, you can register for the three-week TestDaF training courses without an admission to the University of Stuttgart, provided place is still available.
If the number of registrations exceeds the number of places available in the course, further registrations may be declined even before the end of the registration deadline. In this case, the course fee down payment plus placement test fee (EUR 500) will be refunded in full.
1. Anmeldung und Voraussetzungen
2. Course Fees
The course starts with a placement test. Students are placed into the different course levels according to their results in the placement test. The course fees depend on the courses and their different course levels and duration. The following three courses are offered every semester: (I) levels B1 plus B2 (20 weeks), (II) levels B2 plus C1 plus TestDaF training (23 weeks) and (III) level C1 plus TestDaF training (13 weeks). The course fee down payment (EUR 450) and the placement test fee (EUR 50) are deducted from the course fees. The rest of the course fees has to be paid within one week after classes started. It's not possible to pay only one course level without the following one: The courses can only be booked as a whole.
2. Kursgebühr
3. Cancellation and refund of registration fees and course fees
After you registered for the course paying the course fee down payment (EUR 450) and the placement test fee (EUR 500), de-registration and refund of the down payment is possible before the registration deadline: If you de-register before the registration deadline, you will be refunded the course fee down payment (EUR 450) in full. The placement test fee will not be refunded. If you de-register after the registration deadline, you will be refunded the down payment in case you cannot attend the course because you got ill or did not receive your visa on time. The placement test fee will not be refunded. If you de-register after the registration deadline for reasons that you can be hold accountable for, you will neither be refunded the down payment nor the placement test fee.
After you paid the complete course fee in the first week after classes started, you will be refunded the course fees in case you wish to de-register only for reasons you cannot be hold accountable for (e.g. if you cannot attend the course due to an illness). In this case you will be refunded the course fees for the part of the course you are not able to attend due to your illness.
3. Rücktritt und Erstattung der Gebühren bei Anmeldung und der Kursgebühren
4. Placement test
The email that confirms your course registration also invites you to the compulsory placement test at the start of the course. Students are placed in the different course levels according to their results in the placement test. The university is not obliged to take into account any German language course certificates issued by other institutions.
If you have already attended the preparatory German course offered by the University of Stuttgart in the previous semester, the decision is based on the final exam of the previous course level: If you pass the exam, you will proceed onto the next course level, in case of failing you will have to repeat the previous course level. If you attended a previous course and did not continue it for one semester or more, a placement test can be done again and its result can be taken into account.
4. Einstufung
5. Certificates and duplicates
Any kind of certification requires that students attend the course regularly. At the end of each course level, every student is given a certificate of performance (Zeugnis) that states the results of the final exam and the number of teaching units (Unterrichtseinheiten). If a student attended the course regularly without taking the final examination, he or she can be given a certificate of attendance (Teilnahmebescheinigung) which states the number of teaching units only. In order to be given any certificate, students are required not to miss more than 10 % of their classes. Attendance and absence is documented on the attendance lists as kept by the teachers. Duplicates of certificates can be issued within 5 years after the attended course. Such duplicates are subject to a charge of EUR 25. More than 5 years after the attended course, certificates or duplicates cannot be issued any more.
5. Zeugnisse, Bescheinigungen, Zweitausfertigungen
6. Data protection
The International Office records the students' personal data only for administrative purposes and does not submit them to any third party. It keeps students' personal data for 5 years in order to be able to issue duplicates at the students' request.
6. Datenschutz
Summer semester 2020
You can apply for admission for summer semester 2020 at the University of Stuttgart starting from December 2019. After you received your admission, you will be able to register for the preparatory German course.
Course Dates
- placement test: April 1, 2020 (planned)
- course duration: April 6 - September 4, 2020. The course covers two levels: B1 and B2.
- vacation and holidays: April 10, April 13, May 1, May 21, June 1, June 11, July 20 - 31
- teaching units: 450
Classes
- 8:30 am – 1:00 pm or
- 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees
- course (incl. placement test): EUR 1.430
qualification (according to European Reference Framework): Level B2
Course Dates
- placement test: April 1, 2020 (planned)
- course duration: April 6 - September 9, 2020. The course covers two levels: B2 and C1 as well as a three-week TestDaF training course.
- vacation and holidays: April 10, April 13, May 1, May 21, June 1, June 11, July 20 - 24
- teaching units: 488
- TestDaF exam: September 10, 2020
Classes
- 8:30 am – 1:00 pm or
- 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees
- course (incl. placement test and TestDaF training): EUR 1.544
- TestDaF exam: EUR 195
Qualification (according to European Reference Framework): Level C1
Course Dates
- placement test: April 1, 2020 (planned)
- course duration: April 6 - July 3, 2020. The course covers the level C1 as well as the three-week TestDaF training course.
- vacation and holidays: April 10, April 13, May 1, May 21, June 1, June 11
- teaching units: 282
- TestDaF exam: July 22, 2020
Classes
- 8:30 am – 1:00 pm or
- 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees
- course (incl. placement test and TestDaF training): EUR 911
- TestDaF exam: EUR 195
Qualification (according to European Reference Framework): Level C1
TestDaF training course June/July
Prerequisite: level C1
Course Dates
- course duration: June 15 - July 3, 2020
- teaching units: 72
- TestDaF exam: July 22, 2020
Classes
- 8:30 am – 1:00 pm or
- 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees
- course: EUR 280
- Exam: EUR 195
Registration
- If you are not a student of the University of Stuttgart and you are interested in joining the June/July training course, please contact the head of the department or the secretary's office between May 4 and May 15, 12 a.m.: Places will first be given to the students of the C1 courses of the preparatory German language course and only at this time we will be able to tell you if places are still available. Please send or bring us a copy of your C1 certificate when getting in contact with us.
TestDaF training course August/September
Prerequisite: level C1
Course Dates
- course duration: August 24 - September 9, 2020
- teaching units: 63
- TestDaF exam: September 10, 2020
Classes
- 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
- 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- 24 teaching units per week
Fees
- course: EUR 253
- TestDaF exam: EUR 195
Registration
- If you are not a student of the University of Stuttgart and you are interested in joining the August/September training course, please contact the head of the department or the secretary's office between June 22 and July 3, 12 a.m.: Places will first be given to the students of the C1 courses of the preparatory German language course and only at this time we will be able to tell you if places are still available. Please send or bring us a copy of your C1 certificate when getting in contact with us.
Please note: Your payment of the course fee down payment (EUR 450) and placement test fee (EUR 50), in total EUR 500, and our confirmation of your registration to the German course guarantee you a place in the preparatory German language course (you'll need this e.g. for being given your visa). The course fee down payment is a security for us that your course registration is binding. If you attend the course after your registration, your registration fee will be deducted from your course fees, i.e. you have already paid EUR 500 and will have to pay only the rest of your course fees.
An example: You paid EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee) and you are guaranteed a place in the course. You will need our confirmation that you have got a place for your visa application. After receiving your visa, you will come to Stuttgart, you will do the placement test at the start of the course and you are placed e.g. on level B2/C1. The level B2/C1 course fees are EUR 1.600 (please note: not the actual course fees!). The EUR 500 you already paid will be deducted from these EUR 1.600. So, you will actually have to pay EUR 1100 at the start of the course.
You transferred EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee), you were registered for the course but you have not yet been enrolled as a student of the University of Stuttgart, and you de-register before the registration deadline (by email): We will refund your course fee down payment (EUR 450). The placement test fee (EUR 50) will not be refunded.
You transferred EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee), you were registered for the course and you de-register after the registration deadline (by email): We will refund your course fee down payment (EUR 450) only if you cannot be held responsible for the reasons of your de-registration (e.g. if you are ill or your visa is issued too late). If you are responsible for the reasons of your de-registration, we will not refund your course fee down payment. The placement test fee (EUR 50) will not be refunded.
You transferred EUR 500 (course fee down payment + placement test fee), you were registered for the course and you have already been enrolled as a student of the University of Stuttgart, and you de-register (before or after the registration deadline): We will refund your course fee down payment (EUR 450) only if you cannot be held responsible for the reasons of your de-registration (e.g. if you are ill). The placement test fee (EUR 50) will not be refunded.
You finished the B1+B2 course and registered for the following C1 course by paying the full C1 course fees: If you de-register before the deadline for paying the full course fees (one week after the start of classes in the following course), we will refund you the course fees minus EUR 450 (course fee down payment). This is the case as well if you should not pass the B2 final exam and therefore will have to repeat the B2 level in the following course: If you de-register, you will be refunded the course fees minus EUR 450 (course fee down payment).
You took the placement test and started the course, you already paid the course fees of your course (B1+B2 course, B2+C1 course or C1 course) and you de-register from the ongoing course: We will refund your course fees if you cannot be held responsible for the reasons of your de-registration (e.g. if you are ill and therefore cannot attend the course any more). In this case , we will refund the course fees for the part of the course that you cannot attend any more. If you are responsible for the reasons of your de-registration, we will neither refund your full course fees nor part of them.
This is the case as well if you pass the TestDaF exam in another test center or if you do not need any more the TestDaF exam at the end of our course and you want to leave the preparatory German course: In this case, we will neither refund your full course fees nor part of them.
1. Registration and prerequisites
You can register for the preparatory German language course only after having received your admission to Stuttgart University issued by the admissions office (Studiensekretariat). You register for the German course by paying the course fee down payment (EUR 450) and the placement test fee (EUR 50), in total EUR 500, to the university's bank account as given in the invitation to the German course that you will receive shortly after the letter of admission. You have to pay before the registration deadline 4 weeks before the placement test. Your registration is binding and as soon as your payment has been credited to the university's bank account, you will receive an email confirming your registration.
There is one exception: Contrary to what is stated above, you can register for the three-week TestDaF training courses without an admission to Stuttgart University, provided place is still available.
If the number of registrations exceeds the number of places available in the course, further registrations may be declined even before the end of the registration deadline. In this case, the course fee down payment plus placement test fee (EUR 500) will be refunded in full.
1. Anmeldung und Voraussetzungen
2. Course Fees
The course starts with a placement test. Students are placed into the different course levels according to their results in the placement test. The course fees depend on the courses and their different course levels and duration. The following three courses are offered every semester: (I) levels B1 plus B2 (20 weeks), (II) levels B2 plus C1 plus TestDaF training (23 weeks) and (III) level C1 plus TestDaF training (13 weeks). The course fee down payment (EUR 450) and the placement test fee (EUR 50) are deducted from the course fees. The rest of the course fees has to be paid within one week after classes started. It's not possible to pay only one course level without the following one: The courses can only be booked as a whole.
2. Kursgebühr
3. Cancellation and refund of registration fees and course fees
After you registered for the course paying the course fee down payment (EUR 450) and the placement test fee (EUR 500), de-registration and refund of the down payment is possible before the registration deadline: If you de-register before the registration deadline, you will be refunded the course fee down payment (EUR 450) in full. The placement test fee will not be refunded. If you de-register after the registration deadline, you will be refunded the down payment in case you cannot attend the course because you got ill or did not receive your visa on time. The placement test fee will not be refunded. If you de-register after the registration deadline for reasons that you can be hold accountable for, you will neither be refunded the down payment nor the placement test fee.
After you paid the complete course fee in the first week after classes started, you will be refunded the course fees in case you wish to de-register only for reasons you cannot be hold accountable for (e.g. if you cannot attend the course due to an illness). In this case you will be refunded the course fees for the part of the course you are not able to attend due to your illness.
3. Rücktritt und Erstattung der Gebühren bei Anmeldung und der Kursgebühren
4. Placement test
The email that confirms your course registration also invites you to the compulsory placement test at the start of the course. Students are placed in the different course levels according to their results in the placement test. The university is not obliged to take into account any German language course certificates issued by other institutions.
If you have already attended the preparatory German course offered by the University of Stuttgart in the previous semester, the decision is based on the final exam of the previous course level: If you pass the exam, you will proceed onto the next course level, in case of failing you will have to repeat the previous course level. If you attended a previous course and did not continue it for one semester or more, a placement test can be done again and its result can be taken into account.
4. Einstufung
5. Certificates and duplicates
Any kind of certification requires that students attend the course regularly. At the end of each course level, every student is given a certificate of performance (Zeugnis) that states the results of the final exam and the number of teaching units (Unterrichtseinheiten). If a student attended the course regularly without taking the final examination, he or she can be given a certificate of attendance (Teilnahmebescheinigung) which states the number of teaching units only. In order to be given any certificate, students are required not to miss more than 10 % of their classes. Attendance and absence is documented on the attendance lists as kept by the teachers. Duplicates of certificates can be issued within 5 years after the attended course. Such duplicates are subject to a charge of EUR 25. More than 5 years after the attended course, certificates or duplicates cannot be issued any more.
5. Zeugnisse, Bescheinigungen, Zweitausfertigungen
6. Data protection
The International Office (IZ) records the students' personal data only for administrative purposes and does not submit them to any third party. It keeps students' personal data for 5 years in order to be able to issue duplicates at the students' request.
6. Datenschutz
Further Information
Keep in mind that for the test:
- You have to work through 8 texts with 20 fill-in blanks each.
- Per text you will have 5 minutes for a total of 40 minutes
- When the 5 minutes are up, you are automatically switched to the next text.
- You can go directly to the next text by clicking “next” anytime.
You must follow these rules during the test:
- Write only one entry into each blank space
- Do not enter the German vowels (ä, ö, ü) and ß as letter combinations such as
ae, oe, ue or ss. - Typing mistakes count as wrong answers.
Texts already completed cannot be revisited or worked on. For more details, please review the PDF in the link menu at the top of this page (“Information Flyer“)
- Registering:
Only participants taking the German language courses at the University of Stuttgart may register for OnSET.
- Preparing for exam day:
To sit for the online exam, you will need your personal ID/passport and your password.
- Taking the exam:
First, log on to OnSET with your password.
Follow the step-by-step instructions::
- “Teilnehmen”(“Enter”)
- “Weiter” (“Next”)
- Read the test instructions
- “Test starten” (“Start test”) – the timer is now running!
- Getting the results:
After you finish the last text, your test results will appear. Then, click on “finish test.”
You can download your certificate anytime from the participant portal.
Taking the sample test is good practice for taking the real thing in OnSET. Take advantage of the opportunity and test yourself!
To the sample test [de]
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