Language courses - German
German courses this semester
Click here to see the course overview for this semester and to register for a course:
- Complete programme
- Courses for academic staff & researchers
- Courses for German as a second language
- Courses for YUFE-students
How to register
All students should complete this form:
and send it together with your enrolment certificate (Immatrikulationsbescheinigung) and your language certificate to this email address.
If you would like to register for a beginners course, please send the registration form together with your enrolment certificate (Immatrikulationsbescheinigung) to this email address.
You will automatically receive further information about your registration before the course is due to start. Please note that places on the course will be allocated only to applicants who have submitted all their completed registration documents by the deadline stated.

General information
Course fees
A fee is usually payable for General Studies courses. Detailed information on course fees and possible reductions can be found here.
Eligibility
Our German courses are usually open to:
- students at Bremen University, HSB, HfK and HSBHV
- ERASMUS students enrolled at Bremen University, HSB, HfK and HSBHV
- (visiting) scholars at Bremen University, HSB, HfK and HSBHV
Contact us
Looking for some more information about our courses, placement tests or the registration process?
Course formats
Regular courses (15 weeks in the winter or summer semester)
- 2 SWS of face-to-face teaching and approx. 60 hours of independent study
- 4 SWS of face-to-face teaching and approx. 120 hours of independent study
Note: 1 SWS = 45 minutes per week for 15 weeks

Summer schools
Our international summer schools offer much more than just a language course. Click here for more information about the SZHB summer schools.

Course material
Course material
The webpage for the course you have booked contains details of the material you will need for your course.
Further study material is available in the Goethe-Institut's multi-media resource section of the Language Resource Centre (LRC)
For analog material: to the online catalogue for the LRC
For digital material: to the Moodle platform of the LRC
Additional online materials from the Goethe-Institut