Experience German for specific purposes: B2/C1
German for specific purposes is aimed at international students, doctoral students, Paderborn University academics and exchange students from partner universities who use German as a foreign language at university and in their professional environment.
Detailed course descriptions and registration options can be found in PAUL under "Sprachkurse ZfS".
| Course dates | Course description | Course no. |
| Mon, 08.09.25 - Thu, 02.10.25 14:00 - 17:30 | Intensive German B2.2 | L.ZfS.50172 |
| Mon, 20.10.25 - Mon, 15.12.25 14:00 - 17:30 | Semester course German B2.2 - Bridge to university studies | L.ZfS.50272 |
| Fri, 31.10.25 - Fri, 06.02.26 09:00 - 10:45 | Have your say! Communicating and presenting in your own field of study. | L.ZfS.50401 |
| Mon, 27.10.25 - Mon, 02.02.26 16:15 - 18:00 | Reading, listening to and discussing German-language press topics. | L.ZfS.50402 |
| Mon, 27.10.25 - Mon, 02.02.26 11:15 -13:00 | Writing with and without AI. From the idea to the text. | L.ZfS.50403 |
A language level of at least B2.1 in German is required.
- If you already have some knowledge of German but have not yet completed a German course at Paderborn University, you must take a placement test before enrolling.
- The test takes place online via KOMO: detailed instructions.
- Please note the deadlines on KOMO.
- Students who can present a language certificate from an officially recognised language school/institution (Goethe Institute, TestDaF Centre, ?SD, Telc, DSH), which is not older than three months and certifies the level achieved according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), can be exempted from the placement test. Please contact us for this.
If you have any further questions about the German courses for study and work that have not been answered above, please send us an e-mail to: deutschkurse@upb.de
You will receive the UNIcert? Certificate II or III - German for Study and Work if you
- take a compulsory placement test*.
- successfully complete two to four courses in the field of German B2|C1 for study and work, depending on your placement result:
- Placement result B2.1 à 4 courses;
- Placement result B2.2 à 3 courses;
- Level C1 or higher à 2 courses.
- register for and pass the UNIcert? exam on time after consulting your teacher. The UNIcert? examination German for study and work is a scaled examination. This means that you will receive a UNIcert? II or III German for Study and Work certificate depending on the points you achieve.
* As an alternative to the placement test, you can have your previous knowledge recognised as equivalent by the examination board for the UNIcert? course. To do this, you must submit a language certificate from an officially recognised language school/institution (Goethe Institute, TestDaF Centre, ?SD, Telc, DSH) to the examination board. This language certificate must not be older than three months and must certify the level achieved according to the CEFR.
Further information about UNIcert? can be found at: www.uni-paderborn.de/zfs/unicert.
