The Language Centre is one of the central facilities of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. We offer language courses to students and employees of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Franz Liszt College of Music, as well as to students from other universities and guests.
Despite Corona: We are available for you!
Currently, the doors of the Language Centre are closed. Please get in touch with us by email instead if you need any advice or documents.
We have worked hard on being able to offer you an online format of our language courses and have been online since 20 April 2020.
For the whole Summer Semester, all courses are offered in an online format only via the university's learning platform Moodle.
However, we are very glad about the huge interest in our courses: More than 1,100 students have signed up.
Make sure to visit our website regularly to catch up on the latest news.
We hope to be able to welcome you in person in the Winter Semester 2020/21, and we are looking forward to seeing you. Unfortunately, it is too early to say if and to what extent face-to-face teaching will be possible.
Summer Semester 2020
The international and national situation regarding the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) is currently changing continuously and very dynamically. Please check the information provided by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar regularly to keep yourself updated.
Please take care of yourselves and others and reduce your number of personal contacts to an absolute minimum.
German as a Foreign Language
At the Language Centre you can learn German at all levels (A 1 - C 1). Many courses take place during the lecture period .
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-Three-week intensive courses for exchange and fulltime students are offered in March and September.
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For student applicants who would like to study in Weimar or at another German universiy, we offer preparatory intensive courses (prep courses) leading to the Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang (DSH).
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English
Most of our English courses are taught at the intermediate and advanced level (B1-C1). Students may choose between General and Business English courses, or can opt for a Specialist Language Skills course. Our current English language programme consists of more than 20 courses.
French
We offer French courses at all levels (A1-C1). We also offer a C1 advanced course for students in the European Media Culture degree programme.
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Italian
Our Italian courses are taught at the beginning and intermediate level. If there is sufficient demand, we can also offer advanced courses and skill-based courses.
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Swedish
We are the only language centre in Thuringia with a full-time Swedish language instructor. This allows us to offer beginning and lower-intermediate level Swedish courses each semester.
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Spanish
Our Spanish courses provide beginning and lower-intermediate language training. If there is sufficient demand, we can offer advanced and skill-based courses as well.
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Other languages
Our instructors at the Language Centre provide instruction in other languages, most of which are taught at the beginning and lower-intermediate levels. Currently we are offering courses in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese and Russian.
In case we cannot offer the language you would like to learn, you can use the facilities of the Language Centres at the universities of Erfurt and Jena.
Language Coaching Sessions
If you need foreign language help with university assignments (term papers, presentations, CVs, motivation letters etc.), then come to one of our Language Consultation Sessions. There you will find staff members from the Language Centre who will be happy to help you.
We offer drop-in language coaching for all students with study-related texts at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Sign in for a personal slot on our Doodle list [ENGLISH] or Doodle List [German].
Dates for English Coaching: Tuesdays 11:00 - 12:30
On 2 May, 9 May, 16 May, 23 May, 30 May, 6 June
Location: Room 318 Language Centre, Coudraystraße 13a (4th floor) with Dr. Elizabeth Watts
For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Watts for English.
Dates for German Coaching: Thursdays 2:00 - 3:30 pm
On 4 May, 11 May, 18 May, 1 June, 8 June, 15 June
Location: Room 319 Language Centre, Coudraystraße 13a (4th floor) with Dr. Daphne Seemann
For more information, please contact Dr. Daphne Seemann for German.
Tandem Programme
Learning a language “in tandem” means practicing a foreign language one-on-one with a native speaker.
As a tandem partner, not only do you gain inside information about your partner’s culture and home country, but you have the chance to experiment and practice your language skills in authentic communication situations.
For more information and registration details, visit the Tandem Programme website. If you have any questions, suggestions or problems, please contact tandem[at]uni-weimar.de
Bauhaus Summer School
The Bauhaus Summer School takes place every August and offers intensive two- or four-week language courses for German and English. For more information, visit the website of the Bauhaus Summer School.