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Courses for exchange students
As an exchange student, you can attend interdisciplinary and inter-faculty courses at Saarland University: you can therefore take courses from other subjects in addition to your own. In addition, you can also attend German courses, other language courses, certificate courses and personal development courses. However, if you would like to take courses from other subjects, you must ensure that you meet the requirements for participation (e.g. language skills, subject knowledge, level of study). Some subject areas are subject to special restrictions and are exempt from this regulation (medicine, pharmacy, psychology, computer science).
Course offers
The complete course catalog of Saarland University can be found on the LSF page.
The courses for the coming semester are published here a few weeks before the semester begins. You can also view courses from previous semesters if the upcoming semester has not yet been published. Many courses are repeated every semester or every year.
Some courses do not provide full details of ECTS credits and course content. Please contact the departmental coordinator or the lecturer.
Saarland University offers a variety of German courses for different levels. In addition to general German courses, we also offer specialized courses on topics such as regional studies, business and technical language, grammar and others. There is a special course offer for doctoral students. You can take a maximum of two German courses! Depending on the course, you can receive 3 or 6 ECTS.
There is also a four-week intensive language course for exchange students before the start of each semester.
Intensive language course during the semester: for students of some cooperation partners (not Erasmus) it is possible to attend an intensive German course for the duration of the semester. You will be informed in advance by the program coordinator!
Saarland University's Language Center offers a variety of different language courses at different levels every semester. You can usually obtain 3 ECTS credits for a course. For some language courses (EN/FR/ES/IT) you have to take a placement test.
Proof of German language skills is essential for the following subjects:
- Medicine (B2 CEFR)
- German studies (B2 CEFR)
- Psychology (at least B1, more likely B2 CEFR)
In other subjects, no proof of a language certificate is required, but if you would like to attend German-language lectures, we recommend knowledge at level B1 or higher. So that you can follow the lessons and take exams.
Bachelor:
With a few exceptions, the language of instruction in most Bachelor's subjects is German.
The basic lectures in Computer Science are mostly held in English. This means that the lecturer in the lecture speaks English and many of the materials are also in English.
English studies and some of our certificates are also offered in English.
Master:
The language of instruction in the Master's depends on the subject, but there is a large selection of English-language courses.
Here you will find the various English-language courses offered in individual subjects. This is not the complete range of courses. In our guide to the course catalog, you can read how to find English-language courses in the course catalog.
Anglistik (English studies)
Rechtswissenschaften
Cluster for European Research