German-as-a-foreign-language courses for international students

Please register for the placement test by September 30, 2025 :

If you are a student of Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal please use the following link:

Please provide your full name and use your students e-mail address (...@stud.h2.de).

Registration for h2 students

External students have to register by E-Mail as follows:

studium-generale@h2.de . We need the following information from you: 

• Family name
• First name
• Gender: female/ male/ divers
• Name of your degree programme
• Certificate of enrollment or something that satisfactorily show that you are a student
• preferred placement date (appointment 1 or 2)

After successful participation in the mandatory placement test you will receive your binding course assignment by e-mail notification.

• Mandatory participation in the placement test at the beginning of October;
  this does not apply to students who have successfully passed a DaF exam at the previous summer semester at University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal or have participated in the Late Summer School in September.

Mandatory participation in the placement test at the beginning of the respective semester

Exceptions:

• this does not apply to students who have successfully passed a DaF exam at the previous  semester at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences or Otto-von-Guericke-University  (submit original proof).

• this also excludes students who participated in the Late Summer School at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences in September shortly before the start of the semester and received their placement in this context.

• Students with no previous knowledge of German can register directly for the A1 course by email.

face-to-face classes at the Magdeburg campus or online classes, depending on the course offered with 1 x 2 / 2 x 2 / 3 x 2 or 4 x 2 lessons per week

The courses are managed via Projekte.Moodle. Therefore, participants must register to Projekte.Moodle. A description can be found on the right on this page.

Assignments and enrolment in the courses is carried out by the DaF-coordination.

max. 18 persons (course starts with a group size of at least 5 participants)

Graded certificates of achievement will be issued free of charge at the end of the course upon successful and regular attendance -at least 75% attendance.

• If all requirements are met, you can access your DaF grades in the electronic grade overview in the examination office. This only applies to students at University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal.
• If all requirements are met, you will receive a graded certificate with a recommendation of the corresponding ECTS points.
• If you do not meet the requirements, you will receive an ungraded certificate of attendance if you attend regularly.
• If certificates are lost, we charge a fee of 20.00 EUR for the duplicate.