discover foreign languages – broaden your horizons
With our offer of language courses as part of Studium Generale we support you in expanding your world.
Our language courses
Are you planning a stay abroad, for example at one of our international partner universities? Then take advantage of the opportunity to improve your language skills in advance or build up new ones: With our language courses. Because a foreign language is not just another building block on your CV with which you later apply: with a foreign language you make friends, get to know other cultures and broaden your horizons. At our university, you have the opportunity to choose from a variety of different language courses: Whether Russian, Spanish or Japanese - whether beginner, advanced or even subject-related. Here you will experience language as the "key to the world" (Wilhelm von Humboldt).
Next start of the language courses from 22.10.2024 – registration possible from 30.09.2024 via Campusnet.
- Registration 30.09.2024 – one week before the course starts
- Registration for the winter courses
Language courses will be offered digitally and as a in-class lecture. More information can in the language course overview.
registration for the winter courses
The offer is aimed exclusively at students of the SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg and pupils of the cooperation schools.
The courses take place weekly and last 90 minutes each. The course duration is 10 weeks. If you attend at least 80% of the course, you can take an exam. Here it is possible to receive ECTS points, which correspond to about 1-2 ECTS. The ECTS points can be recognized individually on request via the examination office of your faculty.
The courses are free of charge - the only costs are for your own textbook and workbook.
FAQs
Registrations are usually released about 3-4 weeks before the course starts. The exact announcement will be published on the website.
To register for our language courses, please follow these steps (remember: registration for our language courses is only possible via CampusNet):
- Log in to your CampusNet and go to 'My studies'.
- From the menu on the left, go to 'Register Language Courses and Studium Generale'.
- From the list of modules and courses to register for, select 'Further Courses'.
- You will now see an overview of all current Language Courses (& Studium Generale Courses).
The language courses are held three times a year with a duration of 10 weeks each.
- Autumn course – Block I and II
- Winter course – Block III and IV
- Spring course – Block VI and VII
Independent deregistration via Campusnet is only possible within the time frame announced on the website (at least 4 days before the start of the course). However, you can cancel your registration during the first two weeks if you are unable to attend the course on time. Please send a short e-mail to Studium-Generale.hshd@srh.de.
No, the lecturers trust in your self-assessment. However, if it becomes apparent in the first lecture that the course does not have the appropriate level, you can change accordingly, provided that a course with the appropriate language level takes place.
No, our university is not certified. The lecturers conduct their courses according to the language levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR-Levels).
Yes, if you want to take an exam at the end of the course and if you want to have your credit points recognized, you need to attend at least 80% of the course (including the exam). With a course duration of ten weeks, you must therefore attend eight dates.
As soon as the maximum number of participants is reached, you will be put on a waiting list in Campusnet. You will also be informed before the course starts. As there may be collisions with the regular schedule during the first two weeks and there are cancellations, there is a possibility of skipping the course. In this case you will receive an e-mail from us about free places.
All external lecturers have a university e-mail address. This is usually as follows: vorname.nachname@extern.srh.de. In addition, you can contact them directly via MS Teams (in the context of your digital lecture in MS Teams). Many lecturers will also provide you with their private e-mail address. If the lecturer does not respond, please contact Studium-Generale.hshd@srh.de - we will establish the contact for you.
If you fail the exam, we will gladly confirm your participation in the course upon request. However, it is not possible to have the credit points recognized by your faculty.
Please send a short e-mail to Studium-Generale.hshd@srh.de.
Since the summer semester 2024, certificates have only been issued on request. After a successful completion of a language course, please contact: