German Language Courses
for Erasmus and other Exchange Students
Erasmus+ and other exchange students at the University of Cologne are offered the chance to participate in one free German language course per semester by the Department of German as a Foreign Language (DaF):
- Pre-semester course in September or March (online course): four-week intensive course comprised of 20 hours per week (9 ECTS) or
- In-semester course (in-person course with online parts*): language course comprised of 6 hours per week during the semester (9 ECTS)
Students, who wish to take both courses (pre-semester course and in-semester course) in one semester, will be charged a course fee of 250€ for the second course.
*The courses at level A1 (CEF) are tutored self-study modules and completely online.
Registration
Nominated Erasmus/ exchange students of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will receive an e-mail from the Center for International Relations (philfak-incomings(at)uni-koeln.de) with a link to online registration in July (for the fall/winter courses) or January (for the spring/summer courses).
Foreign Language Teaching Assistants and enrolled Master's or Doctoral students interested in taking a German language course please directly refer to the German as a Foreign Language Department (DaF) for registration.