The University's Language Centre offers an extensive range of languages. The University of Passau stands head and shoulders above similary-sized universities when it comes to the language courses on offer and the outstanding expertise of our language teaching staff. So of you are interested in learning Chinese, Czech, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkish or indeed German as a foreign language – there is a language course for you here.
For many languages, the Language Centre offers additional advanced subject-specific language programmes. In these classes, you can learn specific terminology that suits your degree programme. At present, the University of Passau offers subject-specific language programmes (shortened 'FFA') in the following areas:
If you have been wondering why so many of our students opt to complete part of their degree studies abroad, the answer is: because they can! Our language courses give students the necessary linguistic pre-requisites to undertake study, research or work in faraway places such as Bolivia or Indonesia, rather than being confined to places where German or English is the main language.
