FAQ
You can register for language courses at the OTH Language Centre (SZ) from around 1 August for the winter semester and 10 February for the summer semester.
Yes, more detailed information on external participation can be found here.
The Language Centre can only issue certificates of the UNIcert® language programme for UNIcert® courses, e.g. the English UNIcert® II, III courses. The German courses are not part of this language programme; if you need proof for your application, you can add the grade confirmation from Primuss together with a copy of the module description of your course to your application.
A language course will only take place if there are enough (at least 8) registrations. Should the number of participants shrink considerably within the two lecture dates, we reserve the right to cancel the course.
If a language course does not take place, those who have registered will be informed in good time.
All room and time details of the language courses are published in the timetables.
We ask for your understanding that we do not admit native speakers to our courses. Our teaching staff are in close contact with the Students’ Office on this matter and will not admit native speakers to the examination.
With the exception of the A2.2 course, for which there are special conditions, language courses taken at the Language Centre cannot replace the language certificate required for admission to studies.
Students from all four faculties of our university take part in our SZ courses. Each faculty or degree programme has different requirements for credit accreditation, so we would ask you to first check the module handbook of your degree programme and, if necessary, ask the Students’ Office whether a language course can be accredited to your degree programme.
Please note that it is generally not possible to join a course after the second lesson.
Our language courses are taught exclusively face-to-face.
No, our English courses are reserved exclusively for students on German-language degree programmes. As a rule, English courses are not creditable for English-language degree programmes.
As a rule, yes, but there are also courses that students from other degree programmes can take as compulsory elective modules or „Vertiefung” modules. These students then have priority for course participation. We regulate it in such a way that we reduce the registration list in the online registration accordingly, i.e. instead of offering 25 free places, we only offer 15, because 10 places must be secured for specific study groups such as e.g. WPM.
Our language course groups have a maximum of 25 course participants.
Then you can still sign up on the waiting list („Nachrückerliste”).
Online registration is active from 1 August to 1 October and from 10 February to 15 March.
The UNIcert® training programme lasts several semesters, as it consists of various modules that are offered alternately in the winter and summer semesters. If you are aiming for a UNIcert® certificate, you must achieve a minimum participation rate of 75%. Furthermore, all skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension and text production) of each module should be taken and passed with a minimum grade of 4.0.