DaF - German as a Foreign Language - Courses - Non-Degree Courses

The comprehensive curriculum covers language levels A1 to C2 and helps students improve their German while building on the skills they already have. Our German courses cover a wide range of essential skills, such as reading, listening, writing, and speaking. At the same time, we want students to experience German culture up close. To this end, we offer classes on cultural studies and literature and film seminars.

A special class ist “Babylon”, the international theater class at the Department of German as a Foreign Language. Students can also improve their German by making use of our Department’s online classes or the online courses offered by the Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (vhb).

Courses in winter semester 2024/25:

► Study-accompanying German language classes

Our non-degree German courses take place during the lecture period of each semester.

For information about timetables and classrooms for specific courses, please refer to the course catalog of UR.

Courses in winter semester 2024/25:

► Study-accompanying German language courses

Please note that there are two categories of courses:

• Face-to-face courses, which take place in a class room on campus at a specific time. Individual sessions of theses courses may be held in a digital format.
• Online courses without a fixed date (indication of the rhythm of the courses: "n.V." = by arrangement with the teacher), most of which are conducted in an asynchronous mode. In these courses, you can learn largely autonomously and independently of time and receive tutorial support from a teacher. In some of these courses there are also virtual meetings with the teacher via Zoom. In these sessions via Zoom the focus is on your questions and you can practice your oral language skills. The dates for the synchronous meetings are set in consultation with the course participants during the first week of the course.

Our non-degree program is aimed at international students or Erasmus and other exchange students at Universität Regensburg and OTH Regensburg.

In order to be admitted to our non-degree courses, applicants need to prove that they are enrolled at Universität Regensburg (student ID).

If capacities are available, international PhD students, visiting scholars and staff of UR can also participate in the non-degree German courses.

It is not obligatory to take a placement test. If you are not sure which course level to take, you can level yourself and get some orientation with the following freely available tests:

• Cornelsen placement test (level-based)
• Klett placement test (cross-level)
• Sample test of onSET-Deutsch
• Placement test of Deutsche Welle

In addition, appointments for the onSET-Deutsch will be offered at the ZSK test center.

The enrollment is possible via SPUR (► Study Accompanying Courses).

Interested parties without a student account at the University of Regensburg (e.g. visiting  scholars, PhD students, UR employees and OTH students) must first complete a self-registration in SPUR before they can register for courses.

Please find a full guide on how to register here.

Please note:

• Registering for a course does not mean you are automatically admitted to this course. Applicants are admitted after the deadline has passed. Please check the Students' portal SPUR a day before the course starts to find out if you are admitted.
• Admitted students who do not show up for the first course session without an excuse will lose their place on the course.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please reach out to studienbegleitung.daf@ur.de.

After successfully completing a course, students get a "Schein" with ECTS credits and grades. In general, students are awarded 1.5 - 2 credit points per one weekly hour per semester (SWS = 1 semester period per week) for attending one of our non-degree courses. The criteria for getting ECTS credits are as follows:

• regular attendance (at least 75%)
• active participation in class
• successful completion of all the required course assessment (e.g. tests)

Thespecific number of ECTS that can be earned in a course is indicated for each course in the course catalog.

Students also earn a final grade that is independent of the ECTS credits they are awarded. This grade has no influence on the number of ECTS credits that students obtain.

Non-degree German courses are free of charge for regular students as well as exchange students enrolled at Universität Regensburg or OTH Regensburg.