The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides information about the German language university entrance exam for foreign students (DSH).

DSH preparation is carried out within our Intensiv 8 course programm at the Goethe Institute Mannheim and the Carl Duisberg Centres in Dortmund and Cologne.

Provider: TestDaF-Institute.

This examination is for students with advanced knowledge of German and tests whether students are able to understand the language used in university contexts.

TestDaF is a central standardised examination of German as a foreign language, modelled on the US "Tests of English as a Foreign Language" (TOEFL). Tests may be taken at test centres in Germany as well as in applicants' home countries (world-wide test centres).

The Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations and the Goethe Institutes in Göttingen and Bremen are offering a TestDaF preparation course.

The Carl Duisberg Centres offer a special TestDaF examination training. Four times a year according to the schedule of the TestDaF Institute examinations are carried out in the Test Centres.

To be admitted to study any subject at a university in Germany, proof must be given of adequate German language proficiency. This proof can be given by passing one of the following exams: