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The Language Center offers placement tests in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, and Portuguese. These tests are designed to determine your appropriate course level and place you in the right class. Please read all of the following information carefully!
The placement tests in English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish can be taken between 8:00 a.m. on September 28, 2026, and 10:00 p.m. on October 8, 2026.
Registration is not required. The tests can be taken in ILIAS during the specified time period.
Link to ILIAS.
The placement tests for Russian and Portuguese will take place in person during Orientation Week.
Portuguese: October 7, 2026, 3:00–5:00 p.m., Room NK 320
Russian: October 7, 2026, 3:00–5:00 p.m., NK 322
No registration is required! If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Marcia Muraco Schobesberger (Portuguese) or Ms. Liubov Gordienko (Russian).
Do you already have some knowledge of the language?
If so, you must take a placement test before registering for a language course.
Are you starting a language with no prior knowledge?
In this case, no placement test is required. You can register directly for a Level 1.1 beginner course.
Have you already successfully completed a language course at the Language Centre?
Then you can register for the next higher course level without taking another placement test.
The English placement test is divided into three subject areas. Please select the test that corresponds to your field of study:
Students taking a Business English course will be assigned to either the Upper-Intermediate Level (B2) or the Advanced Level (C1) based on the results of their placement test.
Please note that both Upper-Intermediate 1 and Advanced 1 are designed as introductory language courses and do not require any prior knowledge of business or economics. This means that both Upper-Intermediate 1 and Advanced 1 are suitable for and can be taken by first-semester students.
Students studying Computer Science and teaching degree programmes should take the Cultural Studies placement test.
Registration for ALL language courses is possible from September 28, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. until October 8, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.
Please check in advance whether you are required to take a placement test.
Information page on placement tests
Places will be allocated by random allotment on October 8, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. The allotment applies to all language courses.
As places in the language courses are allocated by lottery, late registration is only possible if there are still places available in the courses. Since many courses are very popular, late registrations may not be accommodated due to a lack of available places.
Late registration is possible after the allotment, from October 9, 2026, until November 1, 2026.
Registration is required for all language courses! Registration takes place via Stud.IP.
Students who have not yet received their exam results from the previous semester can still register for the next higher course level.
