Preparatory language courses: In the beginning was the word

Are your language skills sufficient to follow the courses in the host country? To assess this, you should first check what the main teaching language is at your chosen university. In many European metropolitan cities, the language of instruction is now English.

To improve your language level, we recommend that you attend language courses in good time. You can find offers at all language schools and also at the TU Dresden or your host university.

• Language training at TU Dresden: Every student of TU Dresden can take 10 semester hours per week (= 150 teaching hours) of foreign language training free of charge.
• TUDIAS: The Institute of Advanced Studies of TU Dresden offers further language courses for a fee.
• Language courses at the host university: Many of the preparatory or study-accompanying offers are free of charge for exchange students.
• You want to improve your knowledge in an individual exchange with a native speaker? The Cultural Office of the International Office will be happy to help you.
• You can also find partners for a language tandem on the website of the ERASMUS Initiative Dresden.

Online language support: Fit for the journey!

The ERASMUS Online Language Support (OLS) helps you to improve your foreign language skills before, during and after your stay abroad. Not only do you have the opportunity to improve your knowledge of the language in which you are studying abroad, but with OLS you have a platform at your disposal for 3 years through which you can attend online language courses in 24 languages at different learning levels free of charge as well as acquire and deepen your language skills.
You will receive the access after your acceptance for ERASMUS (approx. May/June) by mail from the International Office.

Further information

Special features of ERASMUS worldwide

Online language support (OLS) is also available for ERASMUS worldwide exchanges. In addition to the above-mentioned languages, Arabic, Chinese and others are available.