Applicants who need to enroll for the Studienkolleg prior to their professional studies need to hold at least a B2 certificate proofing their German language proficiency.

An application at the University of Oldenburg is usually also possible without sufficient language proficiency for the professional studies. For these applicants we offer preparatory German language courses.

No preparatory German courses can be offered for the degree programs State Examination Medicine, Master of German Studies, Master of German as a Foreign Language/German as a Second Language, Bachelor of Pedagogic Acting in Migration Society, and for English-language degree programs.

Minimum requirements for language support in a preparatory German language course at the University of Oldenburg are German language skills on a A2 level. Together with your application, please hand in one of the following language certificates: 

• Certificate of participation in a German course at level B1
• Goethe-Zertifikat A2
• ÖSD Zertifikat A2
• Zertifikat Deutsch (telc Deutsch A2)
• TestDaF Level 3333
• DSD I: Deutsches Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz I

The preparatory course consists of intensive German language courses that prepares students for the DSH exam. The University of Oldenburg offers the DSH exam twice a year (February and July).