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Placement Test for the Kolleg für deutsche Sprache und Kultur (KSK)
and Entrance Examination for the Studienkolleg

1. Basic information

Please note:

• Before attending the German language courses at the →Kolleg für deutsche Sprache und Kultur, students take a written placement test.
• Admission to the subject-specific core courses ("Schwerpunktkurse") at the →Studienkolleg is regulated by means of a written entrance examination.
• The placement test and the entrance examination are identical. Both exams are mandatory.
  

2. What is the exam format?

	Part I: Grammar (grammatical structures, 45 min)
	The grammar tasks are typically arranged in levels of ascending difficulty: basic level (A1, A2) → intermediate level (B1, B2) → advanced level (C1). You may be asked to fill in missing word parts or sentence elements, do transformation tasks, and syntax exercises
	→Sample Exam: Grammar (PDF document)
	Part II: Either Listening Comprehension (30 min for completing the tasks, not including listening time) or Writing (guided written expression, 45 min)
	The second part of the exam will be either (A) a listening comprehension or (B) a writing test. You cannot choose between the two variants. Variant A: Listening Comprehension A non-fictional text comprising approximately 30 lines which does not require subject-specific background knowledge will be read aloud twice while students may take notes. The individual tasks will require you to answer questions on the text and/or give an account of the most important facts. Variant B: Writing You will be asked to express yourself coherently and independently about a given topic by way of description, comparison, or comment. The task may be based on an illustration or a graph.
	→Sample Exam: Writing (PDF document)

3. How is the exam assessed?

• Parts I and II of the exam count equally (50/50).
• The placement test for the German language courses at the KSK will be assessed following a specific grading points system. You will be assigned to the course level (A1 to C1) matching your test performance.
• The number of students in the different subject-specific core courses ("Schwerpunktkurse") at the Studienkolleg is generally restricted to 20 each. Admission to these courses requires German language skills at a level of B2/C1.