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) supports you in improving your foreign language skills. You will receive the access automatically by mail after your acceptance for ERASMUS (approx. May/June). OLS includes:

• a compulsory language test before your stay to measure and document your language skills
• a free language course to improve your language skills - you will be invited automatically after the first language test.

Currently, the online language support is available in the following languages:
Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish.

Further information

Special features of ERASMUS worldwide

Unfortunately, the online language support (OLS) is not available for an exchange within the framework of ERASMUS worldwide.