Placement Test for the Kolleg für deutsche Sprache
und Kultur (KSK)
and Entrance Examination for the Studienkolleg
Overview
- Basic information
- What is the exam format?
- How is the exam assessed?
- When and where does the
exam take place?
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? (updated December 14 2023)
| | Part I: Grammar and Vocabulary (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
verb forms, word or sentence elements, to do C
tests, exercises dealing with syntax or the
reconstruction or transformation of texts. |
|
| →Sample Exam: Grammar (PDF document) | |
| | Part II: Writing (45 min) |
|
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 a graph/diagram, caricature, or photograph. |
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| →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.
4. When and where does the examination take place?
| ☀ Summer semester 2024 | |||
| Examination | |||
| Mon, | Apr 08 2024 | 08:30 am | Neue Universität, lecture halls |
| Publication of the examination results | |||
| Thu, | Apr 11 2024 | 03:00 pm | →online |
| ❄ Winter semester 2023-24 | |||
| Examination | |||
| Mon, | Oct 09 2023 | 08:30 am | Neue Universität, lecture halls |
| Publication of the examination results | |||
| Wed, | Oct 11 2023 | 03:00 pm | →online |
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