FAQs

• The courses are published approximately eight weeks before the start of the semester on the website under ‘Course offerings’ in the respective language. Registration for all foreign language courses and for the German semester courses normally begins five weeks before the start of the lecture period. The registration period for all foreign language courses ends at the end of the first week of the semester. The registration period for the German semester courses ends at the end of the second week of the semester.

• Please note: for some workshops or the compact courses in the semester breaks, other registration dates apply. Please check on the website under "Course offer" under the respective course/workshop when registration starts.

• Unfortunately, it is not possible to register outside the official registration period. Please make sure that you inform yourself about the courses and register in due time.

• Please note that some workshops or compact courses have different registration periods. Registration and deregistration for these is only possible within these registration periods.

• You can register for language courses on Stud.IP. 

There will be no placement tests held at the Language Center in the winter semester 2025/26. This applies to all languages. If you do not know what language level you currently have, you have the option of using online placement tests from publishers. Please remember that your learning progress depends largely on choosing the right language level for you.

Courses are subject to a fee for external participants. For details, please refer to the Language Centre's fee schedule. Registration for external participants begins on 22 September (09:00) and runs until 30 September (23:59).

Please note: External interested parties must register by 10 September at the latest in order to receive guest access to Stud.IP. Without this guest access, it is not possible to book a language course! You can register here: Registration.
We will send you your guest access between 15 and 19 September. This will allow you to log in to Stud.IP and register for your language course.

Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the respective language department head.

Employees of TU Braunschweig generally have to pay for the German semester programme. The fee can be found in the schedule of fees [in German]. For employees who book their language course via the central Training Programme for employees of TU Braunschweig, the offer is free of charge. 

Courses are subject to a fee for external participants. For details, please refer to the Language Centre's fee schedule. Registration for external participants begins on 22 September (09:00) and runs until 30 September (23:59).

Please note: External interested parties must register by 10 September at the latest in order to receive guest access to Stud.IP. Without this guest access, it is not possible to book a language course! You can register here: Registration.
We will send you your guest access between 15 and 19 September. This will allow you to log in to Stud.IP and register for your language course.

Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the respective language department head.

• Please always contact the course instructor directly and inform him/her of your absence from the course. This is especially important at the start of a course, as you will automatically be deleted from the course if you are not present in the first lesson. Please also note that you will not receive a course certificate if you have less than 75% attendance in the course.

• You can deregister yourself from courses in Stud.IP. 

• Unfortunately, the Babbel course can no longer be offered.

• You can find more information about the language proficiency test here: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/fremdsprachen/englisch/sprachzeugnis-ausland

If you would like to study, do research or an internship abroad, you will usually need a DAAD language certificate or a Language Proficiency Report for your application. Information about the required language certificate can be found in your application documents. If you are not sure, please ask at the Mobility Office in the International House!

If you have already successfully completed a course in the target language at the Language Center in which all four skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension, writing) were tested, you can request a language certificate. Attention: Not all courses qualify for the Language Proficiency Report for the stay abroad. Courses that meet all the necessary requirements for this are marked as such in the course descriptions.

Request a language certificate

Alternatively, you can also take a language proficiency test. You can find more information about this test here:

Language proficiency test Spanish

Language proficiency test French

At present, language proficiency tests are not offered in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Swedish.

If you have already successfully completed a course in your target language at the Language Centre, in which all four skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension, writing) were tested, you can request a language certificate. Please note: Not all courses qualify for the acquisition of a language certificate for a stay abroad. Courses that meet all the necessary requirements are marked as such in the course descriptions.

Request a language certificate

• As a student at TU Braunschweig, you can print out your transcript of records yourself in TUConnect.
• Students at HBK Braunschweig, employees of TU Braunschweig and external persons must collect their transcripts of records in person from the respective language department head.

• There is no general answer to this question. Please check with your faculty which requirements your (compulsory or elective) language course must fulfill and then register for the respective course.

• No, we do not report your credit points to your faculty/examination office. Please contact your faculty.

• Please check the website of the respective degree programme or contact the respective study coordinator.

• Please contact the Incoming Office. Use the open office hours in the Student Service Centre, but appointments can also be made by prior arrangement. You can find the contact details here.