German Courses During the Semester at the Lectorate DaF

For international programme students, doctoral students and visiting academics, the Lectorate for German as a Foreign Language offers German courses in preparation for the semester. University staff can take part in all German courses during the semester, provided there are places available.

Course location: depending on the course, in classroom lessons
ECTS credits: 4 ECTS (prerequisite: successful passing of the exam)

The semester-long German courses offer an introduction to the German language, according to the respective level. All four skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking) are dealt with in an everyday and balanced way, as well as grammatical phenomena are analysed and explained. This is done by means of face-to-face teaching. The main focus is also on the successive expansion of vocabulary, which is oriented towards the challenges that a German learner faces in Germany. The participants should be fundamentally prepared and supported for their stay in Germany, which is why there is also room for questions that arise. Whether these are problems in everyday life, at university or when dealing with authorities is not decisive and is taken into account by the lecturers to the same extent. At the end of the courses, there is a written exam that takes into account all skills and grammatical requirements. It is confirmed with an internal university certificate.

Course Fees

a) The courses are free for the following groups:

- Exchange students

- Full-time students whose German courses are anchored in their study regulations (those requiring ECTS credits)

b) for all other students, the course fee is € 40 per semester

c) for university staff, the course fee is €160 per semester

ENROLLMENT for international students and employees of the University of Greifswald is from september 28th – october 2nd, 2026 possible at the following e-mail address:

deutschkurse@uni-greifswald.de 

For registration we need the following information:

Last name:… 

First name:… 

Country of origin:… 

Desired course:… 

Date of birth: 

Status:… (full-time student, employee, exchange student) 

Desired degree: (e.g. Bachelor, Master, PhD) 

Subject:…

Is the German course a compulsory part of your studies? yes OR no 

Email address of the University of Greifswald:…