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General Languages

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Course certificate

We issue certificates to students who successfully complete one of our language courses.

You can gain ECTS credits in the elective area of your studies if you take one of our courses and you can also acquire language skills relevant to a stay abroad.

Possibility of crediting the language course during your studies

ECTS is a credit point system reflecting a student's workload in terms of ECTS credits or credit points. Students at the University of Hamburg can earn two to four credit points in their program's elective area for courses (semester or intensive courses) for which they have an eighty-percent attendance record and in which they have passed exams in accordance with ECTS regulations. The number of credit points depends on course level and number of classes. The schools determine whether to recognize given language courses in the area of general professional skills.

Please click the overview of evaluation and credit-point system (pdf) for detailed information about course requirements and the number of possible ECTS credit points for respective course levels.

Please note: Your respective exam office or departmental office is responsible for documenting ECTS credit points in STiNE. Credit points earned at a specific level of any given target language may only be recognized once. Proof of proficiency for B1/3 is recognized for courses offered by the Language Center at the University of Hamburg.

Overview of ECTS credit points