Our semester evening program is a continuing education course (ULG) offered by the University of Klagenfurt. The course “German as a Foreign and Second Language” offers German classes for students with non-German language backgrounds, enabling them to acquire German at the standard levels described in the Course Aim Regulation of the European Council and the European Language Portfolio. Courses take place in the winter and summer semester (each semester spans 4 months) and consist of 2 x 3 teaching units (1 TU = 45 minutes) per week. Most of the courses take place from 5 to approx. 8 p.m. For the succesful attendance of a course 9 ECTS credits are awarded.
The overall grade is based on the students’ performance during the course (effective classroom participation as well as passing the midterm test) and of the final exam at the end of the semester. We also grade the four language skills (speaking, reading, listening, writing) separately. Please note that a negative grade (5 = failed) in one of the language skills automatically results in a negative overall grade.
Grading Scale: 1 Excellent – 2 Good – 3 Satisfactory – 4 Passed – 5 Failed.
Only course participants who are legally enrolled (full payment of ALL fees by the specified deadlines) and who have not missed more than three sessions are entitled to a final certificate. If you must miss lessons for well-founded, important reasons, please contact us immediately. We will try to find a solution. Important reasons are those that are likely to prevent you from continuing the course (e.g. illness, family commitments, unforeseeable or inevitable events).
If you complete a course with “failed”, you can only advance to the next level if you either
Changing classes is possible within the first week after the beginning of the semester and only in consultation with the course management. If you drop out, interrupt your course or don’t attend at all, no course fees will be refunded without exception. Therefore, please only sign up if you’re sure you can actually participate.
You will be assigned to the appropriate class based on the results of the placement test that takes place at the beginning of the semester. The placement test consists of an oral part (interview with our language trainers) and a written part (computer-based).
Placement test: NOT REQUIRED
NO TEST IS NEEDED if
Placement test: REQUIRED
If none of the options 1 to 4 apply, you are required to take the placement test. Make sure to sign-up beforehand, as the test is only open to those already registered. In any case, please come to the office beforehand or contact us by phone or email.
For information on when the tests are held please refer to Dates + Deadlines.
€ 510.00 per semester including learning materials, placement test and final certificate.
Please only sign up if you’re sure you can actually participate. The course fee must be paid upon registration and is not refundable.
In addition to the course fee, the compulsory contribution fee of the Austrian Student Union (ÖH) must be paid within the specified deadlines. Please note: if the ÖH fee is not paid or is not paid in time, the registration will be invalid and you are no longer allowed to attend, regardless of the fact that you’ve paid the course fee. How can I pay the fee?
Registration and admission takes place as an extraordinary listener (according to vacancies)
All persons from the age of 17 can be admitted, provided that there are enough free course places available. Please note that only one language course can be taken in a semester. Registration must be made within the specified registration deadlines, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the language course office, east building, 2nd floor, room # O.2.04.
If possible, try to complete the registration within the first two weeks of the scheduled period. We only have a certain number of course places available per semester. It can therefore happen, that the courses are fully booked, even if you try to register within the registration deadlines. We have waiting lists during the registration period. If you have your name listed, you will be informed immediately – if this happens – of an available course place.
If you register for the first time*, the following steps are necessary. Please read the instructions carefully. This will save you and us a lot of queries and unnecessary correspondence. *Attention: If you are currently inscribed at AAU or if you were inscribed in the past, follow the steps indicated under SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATION.
Please fill in the online application on the AAU website. Immediately after submitting the online application, the University of Klagenfurt will automatically send you a confirmation email*. In addition to the link to the AAU intranet, it contains your username. You set the password yourself when you log in for the first time.
*Please also check the spam folder of your mailbox if necessary. This email is extremely important!
Only after you have added the university course “German as a foreign and second language” to your studies can we localize you on the intranet and report your final registration to the admissions and examination office.
When all requested documents were received and checked by us, please arrange for the payment of the course fee:
Beneficiary: University of Klagenfurt
Name of bank: Raiffeisen Landesbank Kärnten
Address of bank: Raiffeisenplatz 1, 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
IBAN: AT42 3900 0000 0251 5039
BIC: RZKTAT2K
Reference: Your full name | AL 2878200027
👉 Make sure that the payment is made without bank charges occuring for the beneficiary!
Within the set deadlines you must also pay the fee of the Austrian Student Union (ÖH).
👉 Very important: Make sure that the payment is made without bank charges occuring for the beneficiary!
Log in to the campus portal campus.aau.at. Click “Meine Visitenkarte” and then “Studienbeitragsdaten”. There you’ll find your personal reference number which you must indicate when effecting the payment (this is absolutely necessary!). It takes up to 4 bank days until the payment will be visible:
For a subsequent registration we need:
Which of these classes you will be in will be decided either by the placement test or the result you achieved in the previous semester. You can’t choose the class!
Course # 521.001
Teacher(s):
Anna Eva Kerschhackl, BA
Nina Reiner, BA
Monday: 17 – 20
Wednesday: 17 – 20
Course # 521.002
Teacher(s):
Katrin Strauss, BA MA
Mag. Elisabeth Vergeiner
Monday: 17 – 20
Wednesday: 17 –20
Course # 521.003
Teacher(s):
Mag. Petra Antoni
Hannes Höbinger
Tuesday: 17 – 20
Thursday: 17 – 20
Course # 521.004
Teacher(s):
Christopher Lamprecht, BA MA
Monday: 17 – 20
Wednesday: 17 – 20
Course # 521.005
Teacher:
Mag. Mag. Werner Schlick
Monday: 17 – 20
Wednesday: 17 – 20
Course # 521.006
Teacher(s):
Mag. Kerstin Santner
Tuesday: 17 – 20
Thursday: 17 – 20
Course # 521.007
Teacher(s):
Mag. Waltraud Hassler
Tuesday: 17 – 20
Thursday: 17 – 20
Course # 521.008
Teacher(s):
Hannes Höbinger
Monday: 17 – 20
Wednesday: 17 – 20
Course # 521.009
Teacher(s):
Mag. Petra Antoni
Monday: 17 – 20
Wednesday: 17 – 20
The 25S schedule will be soon available.
Click here for the Campus map to find out where exactly classes are held.
Most room names are made up of three parts. The format is “building.floor.room”. The first part specifies the building in which the seminar room is located: N = north wing. The second part, on which floor the room is located and the third finally designates the number of the room. “N.1.42”, for example, indicates the north wing, 1st floor, room # 42.
Erasmus+, Joint Study, Multiple & Double Degree etc.
If you informed the International Office (you will be contacted directly by them), that you would like to take a German class, they will reserve a course place for you. This place, however, is only reserved until the end of the registration period. If you decide not to attend, please inform us immediately so that the course place can be allocated to another student.
Please note, that after the registration deadline we’re unable to offer you a course place.Therefore, make sure to register in time!
For incoming students the International Office offers the course place at a reduced fee. You only pay a low cost contribution, the remaining amount is paid by the university. Please note, that the special offer can only be redeemed once, i.e. if you already attended a course at the low rate, for an additional one you will have to pay the regular fee.
Scholarships on intensive courses for Joint Study students are granted by the International office. If you’re interested in taking intensive classes prior to the semester, please contact incoming.exchange@aau.at.
If you are an international student outside an exchange program at the University of Klagenfurt, you may also be able to attend the course on special terms. There is an allotment of discounted course places per semester which is allocated on a first come first served basis. Please contact dia@aau.at for more information.
There might also be discounts for international staff of the University of Klagenfurt. Please make an inquiry directly to the department you’re working for.
If after the registration you drop your course or don’t attend at all, NO course fees will be refunded! Therefore, if you’re not sure you can attend, do NOT register! The (non-refundable) course fees are payable upon registration. We only accept cash payments.
In addition to the course fee, the contribution of the Austrian Student Union (ÖH) must be paid within the specified deadlines. There are no tuition fees. Attention: If the ÖH fee is not paid or is not paid in time, the registration will be invalid and the course will be excluded immediately, regardless of the fact that the course fee has already been paid. How can I pay the fee?
For the registration you will need:
Language Center “German in Austria”
University of Klagenfurt
Universtitätsstraße 65 – 67
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
A U S T R I A
Tel: (+43) 463 24180
Fax: (+43) 463 24180-3
dia@aau.at
