Registration for Language Courses

1. Students and doctoral students currently enrolled at TU Dortmund University

According to university regulations governing the Department of Foreign Languages (zhb), students enrolled at TU Dortmund University receive priority when it comes to the allocation of limited seats in any given course.
 

2. Cross-registered students at TU Dortmund University and independent auditors currently enrolled at TU Dortmund University

Cross-registered students at TU Dortmund University (i.e. from other universities - so called "Zweithörende") and those auditing the course (so called "Gasthörende") may only partake if seats are available. While cross-registered students (Zweithörende) may earn credits, those independently auditing a course (Gasthörende) may not (with the exception of Seniorenstudierende). Independent auditors do not need to take our placement tests.

Please note: The registration as guest students takes place via Dezernat Student Services of TU Dortmund University. Guest students must register for a specific study program in a department. Guest-student registration for the sole purpose of signing up for our language courses is not permitted.
 

3. Other groups

Employees of the TU Dortmund University: language courses for employees of the TU Dortmund University are offered through the Innerbetriebliche Weiterbildung

External groups of persons: External groups of persons are not admitted to the language courses of the Foreign Languages Division.

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Regulations for the Language Courses in the Department of Foreign Languages

If you are enrolled as a student or as a doctoral candidate at TU Dortmund University, you have access to our course platform with your university ID. Log in via the SSO access and scroll on the program page to the  language course of your choice. You also have the option to jump directly to individual languages using the filter menu. At the language course of your choice, click on the registration button. You will receive an automated registration confirmation.

Provided there are free course places, employees of TU Dortmund University can take part in the language courses offered by the Foreign Languages Division. If you are interested, please register with your university ID via the SSO access and contact us by e-mail for advice and activation of your account.

• Registration for our courses is possible within the designated registration period.
• Before the registration period starts, please check if you meet the registration requirements. If you do not meet the prerequisites (i.e. preceding course, placement test), registration to one or more courses is not possible (in that case you will find the course/s marked in red as well as the registration button/s deactivated).
• Placement tests run on designated test dates.
• Please pay attention to our regulations concerning the allotment of course places.
• Please check out the page on the acquisition of course certificates and carefully read the course descriptions on our course platform.
• Course data (time, location, tutor) are possibly subject to change until the start of the enrollment period (under specific circumstances even beyond that date).

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Course Registration

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Start of Semester - Information and Guidelines

• Se­mes­ter: 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
• Lecture period: 13 October 2025 – 6 February 2026
• Lecture-free days: 3 October 2025, 1 November 2025, 22 December 2025 - 2 January 2026

The course program is published on our course platform. Please take note of the course descriptions, which can be viewed / downloaded as PDF-files. Course descriptions as well as course dates (time and location) are subject to change until the beginning of the semester.

Registration Period:

Registration for the courses of the summer semester 2025 is possible from Tuesday, September 23, 2025 to Thursday, October 9 2025 (12:00 p.m.).

The courses will be gradually made available for registration on different days and at specific times. You can find the exact registration start dates in the specific details for each language.

Registration for Ancient Languages will be open from 23 September to 9 October 2025, 12.00 p.m. Courses will open for registration as follows.

23 September 2025

• from 11:00 a.m.

Registration for Romance languages will be open from 23 September to 9 October 2025, 12.00 p.m. Courses will be opened for registration in a staggered manner as follows.

23 September 2025:

• from 9.00 a.m. -- French
• from 9.30 a.m. -- Italian
• from 10.00 a.m. -- Spanish

Registration for English will be open from 23 September to 9 October 2025, 12.00 p.m. Courses will open for registration as follows.

23 September 2025

• from 11.00 a.m.

Registration for the other modern foreign languages will be open from 24 September to 9 October 2025, 12.00 p.m. Courses will be released for registration on a staggered basis as follows.

24 September 2025

• from 9.00 a.m. - Arabic, Chinese
• from 9.30 a.m. - Kurdish, Japanese, Dutch
• from 10.00 a.m. - Swedish, Russian, Turkish, Polish

Registration for PAULLA individual language learning counseling will be available beginning 24 September 2025. PAULLA counseling services will be open for registration as follows.

24 September 2025

• from 11.00 a.m.

Registration for the German courses is possible in the period from 26 September to 9 October 2025, 12.00 p.m. The courses will be opened for registration in a staggered manner as follows.

26 September 2025

• from 09:30 a.m. -- A1 + A1.2-Courses (inkl. Deutsch A1.2-C1 Aussprache und Intonation)
• from 10:15 a.m. -- A2-Courses + A2/B1-Courses  (inkl. Grammatik A2/B1)
• from 10:45 a.m. -- B1-Courses + B1/B2-Courses
• from 11:15 a.m. -- B2-Courses, B2/C1-Courses + C1-Courses

Registration for German Sign Language is possible as follows.

During semester:

24 September 2025

• from 11.00 a.m. - DGS I during the semester
• Registration ends on: 9 October 2025, 12.00 p.m.

Lecture-free period:

14 August 2025

• from 9:00 a.m. - compact courses in September 2025
• Registration ends on: 27 August 2025, 12:00 p.m. (DGS I) + 3. September 2025, 12:00 p.m. (DGS II)

26 Februar 2026

• from 9:00 Uhr - compact courses in March 2026
• Registration ends on: 11 March 2026, 12:00 p.m. (DGS I) + 18 March 2026, 12:00 p.m. (DGS II)