International Study Centre Saar (ISZ Saar)

At ISZ Saar you can:

• take an intensive German language course to prepare for the DSH language proficiency test. (Prerequisite: a recognized higher education entrance qualification from your home country in accordance with the relevant anabin guidelines),
   
• without a direct university entrance qualification (HZB) apply for the International foundation programme (VSI) with the three programme options MINT, Humanities or Business Science and Economics, which includes a initial preparatory phase at the ISZ Saar and a subsequent higher education access phase at the Saarland University,
   
• take in-sessional German language courses either to acquire the language skills you need to achieve your potential in your academic studies, or to earn elective credits, or, if you are an Erasmus or other exchange student, to simply improve your proficiency in German,
   
• attend one of our pre-sessional short intensive courses in German as a foreign language (‘Erasmus courses’) to help you study successfully during the coming semester,
   
• take one of our specialist German language courses for doctoral students,
   
• learn German from the beginner level upwards and practice it in German courses for university staff,
   
• join the tandem language exchange programme that ISZ Saar runs in cooperation with the Welcome Center and the university’s Language Centre (SZSB),
   
• register for one of the courses and workshops in the field ofinternational academic culture (Wissenschaft und Wissenschaftskulturen international).

How to contact us

You can reach the ISZ Saar secretariat on Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12.30 p.m. to 2 p.m. by phone at +49 (0) 681 - 302 2850.

In order for us to better process your enquiries by e-mail, please decide which contact address is right for you. Please contact if you have questions

• as already enrolled participants of the DSH and VSi^MINT courses (Preparatory courses):
  Ms Barthel-Weyand info-isz(at)uni-saarland.de
• for German language and special skills courses during the semester (In-sessional courses and short-intensive courses):
  Ms Koch: deutschkurse(at)isz.uni-saarland.de
• for in-sessional workshops from International academic culture:
  Ms Koch, Ms Gisch wissenschaft-international(at)isz.uni-saarland.de

If you have any questions regarding your application to the UdS or enrolment in study-preparatory DSH and VSI courses, please only contact the team of the Admissions Office (e-mail: studium(at)uni-saarland.de)