Language certificates for the study programme
Language certificates for the study programme
Foreign language skills for successful studies
In principle, sufficient knowledge of English is required for all degree programmes at the university. English skills are necessary for all fields of study in which primary and secondary literature on current research results must be read.
The Language Centre offers general English courses every semester to refresh existing knowledge, as well as special offers to deepen specific skills, such as Presentation Skills, Vocabulary or Academic Discourse.
The subject-related language skills of Latin and Greek are organised by the corresponding study programmes.
For further information on language certificates and language skills, please refer to your respective admission regulations for your subject. If you come across language certificate clauses there that are not immediately obvious to you, please contact us!
Teaching degree programmes (M.Ed. R., M.Ed. Gym)
Extract from the MaVo Lehr, Annex 4
Teaching degree at primary schools
a) German:
one foreign language
b) English:
one further foreign language
c) Catholic religion:
subject-related basic knowledge of Latin
Teaching degree at Hauptschulen and Realschulen:
a) German:
one foreign language
b) Catholic religion:
subject-related knowledge of Latin
c) English, French, Dutch:
one further foreign language
Teaching degree at grammar schools:
a) Greek, Latin:
Graecum, Latinum and a newer foreign language
b) German:
two foreign languages
c) Protestant religion:
Graecum or subject-related knowledge of Greek or Hebraicum or subject-related knowledge of Hebrew and
Kleines Latinum or subject-related knowledge of Latin
d) History:
Latinum or subject-related knowledge of Latin and
a modern foreign language
e) Chinese, English, French, Dutch, Russian, Spanish:
another foreign language
f) Catholic religion:
Graecum or subject-related knowledge of Greek or
Hebraicum or subject-related knowledge of Hebrew and
Minor Latinum or subject-related knowledge of Latin
g) Philosophy:
subject-related knowledge of languages
Teaching qualification for special education:
(a) German:
one foreign language
b) English:
another foreign language
Teaching degree at vocational schools:
a) History:
Latinum or subject-related knowledge of Latin
b) Catholic religion:
subject-related basic knowledge of Latin
Proof must be provided by:
1. school leaving certificate
2. certificate of the extended secondary school leaving certificate I after four years of instruction in the respective language (at least sufficient),
3. certificate of completion from an adult education centre (B 2),
4. successful participation in a course at the university that imparts at least the knowledge described in number 2,
5. certificates of at least two years' attendance at a foreign school in the respective language,
6. other certificates that prove knowledge corresponding to the level mentioned under number 2.
Subject-related basic knowledge and subject-related knowledge of Greek, Hebrew or Latin are proven by successful participation in courses offered by the university, by proof in accordance with numbers 1 to 6 or by proof of the Graecum, the Hebraicum, the Kleines Latinum, the Latinum or the Grosses Latinum. Proof must be provided by the end of the Master's degree programme at the latest."
Access regulations
Many degree programmes - especially Master's programmes - require certain foreign language skills (usually English) when applying for a place. Please find out in good time what requirements your desired degree programme will place on you. The Language Centre cannot give you any information on this.
You can find the language requirements under the headings Admission Regulations and Language Skills on the information pages for your desired degree programme.