German as a foreign language A1-A2

Registration period and online application form for the German intensive pre-semester courses level A1

7th March 2025, 12 pm

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17th March 2025, 12 pm

Please note: Students with prior knowledge of German registering for the first time have to complete a placement test before registering themselves using the online registration form. Further information available under the section on placement on this page.

Registration for the German courses is available via the online registration form during the registration period.

Please note:

• Student ID number: If unknown, please enter 99999
• Studies certificate: Proof of enrollment from your university. Staff should render a signed letter from institution.
• Credit or placement certificate: Credit certificate of prior course or result of placement test (scan in or photograph certificate).

You will receive an e-mail in receipt of your registration application.

Should you choose to fax your registration documents, please use the number provided in Contact. We cannot accept non-form registration documents.

Please check whether you will need to pay a fee for your course. Further information is available under the conditions of participation section here on this page (Please scroll down.).

The registration period for the pre-semester German intensive courses March/April 2025 begins on

7th March 2025, 12 pm via the online registration form (end: 17th March 2025, 12 pm).

Please note: Students with prior knowledge of German registering for the first time have to complete a placement test before registering themselves using the online registration form. Further information available under the section on placement on this page. Further information on the German courses is available on the virtual learning platform SprachCommSy.

Please take note of any changes in the course program that may take place at the beginning of the registration period.

>>>Go to the course program here...

German language courses are aimed at Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus and guest students participating in other programs at the partner universities of Universität Hamburg, the HafenCity University Hamburg and the University of Fine Arts (HFBK). Academic staff and doctoral students at these partner universities are also very welcome!

Course fees are detailed in the table below. Please note the conditions for students from other universities.

Four participant categories determine course fees:

1. Students / Erasmus students at Universität Hamburg
2. Doctoral students at Universität Hamburg
3. Students at other institutions (e.g. HCU, HAW, HfbK), interns and trainees
4. Staff students at Universität Hamburg, students doing contact studies

Overview of course fees (effective as of 1 January 2025) by category and teaching units:

Teaching units	28	Place allocation / course
Group A	free	preferential treatment up tomax. number of participants
Group B	EUR 48
Group C	EUR 88	in case of free places up to 2 per category
Group D	EUR 148

If classes start between the 1^st and 15^th of the month your account will be debited with the fee via SEPA Direct Debit(SDD) on the 8^th of the following month. If classes start between the 16^th and the end of month your account will be debited with the fee via SDD on the 23^rd of the following month.

Should you wish to withdraw from a language course, you have to do so by submitting your withdrawal to the office team. Withdrawals submitted to instructors will not be acknowledged or processed. Also non-appearance does not constitute withdrawal.

As a paying participant please note the following:

• Students may cancel up to three days before the start of the course. Cancellations have to be submitted in writing to a.krussig"AT"vhs-hamburg.de or about our contact form.
• Students who withdraw after the course begins may only receive a refund (and in some cases only a partial refund) in the following cases:
  • confirmation by responsible physician of illness or other extenuating circumstances
  • proof that your course schedule has been altered

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