The Welcome Centre, in cooperation with the Language Centre, offers DaF (Deutsch als Fremdsprache – German as a Foreign Language) courses for international academics and doctoral students every semester. The courses are adapted to your language level. We additionally do our best to consider your time constraints while planning. To overcome language barriers as fast as possible, the Welcome Centre offers German courses at three different levels: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced.
Information on the Welcome Centre's current German courses can be found here.
Additionally, the regular course programme of the Language Centre can be taken into account. Furthermore, you can take private courses at the Volkshochschule in Passau.
Please feel free to contact us anytime and we will inform you about the different possibilities to participate in German classes.
Dear international academics,
We would like to invite you to register for our Welcome Centre German Courses during the Winter Semester 2024/25.
There are three different levels of German courses available:
| Level | Name | Date | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Beginner | Johanna Bucur | Tue, 15 Oct 2024 – 04 Feb 2025, 16:00–18:00. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 – 05 Feb 2025, 16:00–18:00.
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Intermediate | Herwig Kempf | Wed, 06 Nov 2024 – 29 Jan 2025, 16:00–19:00. with an early closure on: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 and 17 Nov 2024, 16:00–18.15.
| HK 14d R 122 |
Advanced | Dr. Sabine Rößler | Thu, 17 Oct 2024 – 30 Jan 2025, 16:00–18:15. | HK 14d R 127 |
Please note that not all the classes are held weekly. Check the detailed dates on the course schedule, once you have access to it on Stud-IP.
Since the classes are designed to be quite open, participants can also take part in just one of the two sessions per week, for example. However, if you would like to receive a certificate of attendance, we recommend that you attend classes regularly. If you would like the certificate of attendance please contact the Language Centre at the end of the course.
The German courses are free of charge. Please contact us if your spouse is interested in taking part in the German courses too. They will receive a user name to access the course on Stud-IP.
Please let us know if you have children and need childcare during the German course. We will try to work with the University's family department to make this possible.
To register, please send an email to Samantha Pallack (samantha.pallack@uni-passau.de) indicating which course level you would like to attend (beginner, intermediate or advanced), please also cc researchmobility@uni-passau.de .
We would like to inform you about the possibilities of obtaining an official German language certificate for your residence permit etc. Officially suitable certificates are the Goethe-Zertifikat, the TestDaF and the telc.
We hope this overview helps you to find the certificate that's right for you. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Welcome Centre Team.
To practice conversing in German in an informal setting away from language courses, there are two regular language cafés in Passau.
Café Deutsch takes place every second Thursday from 17:00 to 19:00 in the common room of the Gemeinsam Leben und Lernen in Europa Association (Lederergasse 1). The exact dates are always published one month in advance in the flyer on the website.
There is also a language café every Thursday from 20:00 at RIO (Lederergasse 50). Various tables are opened there for several languages.
Feel free to try out the offers, alone or with friends and family. Everyone is welcome, regardless of their language level!
