For international staff, visiting scholars, postdocs and doctoral candidates
If you work or do research at TUM during the day you can learn German in the evening in our program "DaF for Staff". The courses are cost free and run over eight weeks.
Offer
Each evening-course lasts 8-weeks independently of the semester schedule. All courses are free of charge. They take place online or in presence at the campus Munich, Garching or Weihenstephan. This information can be found in the table behind the course level.
Program 2023
| Mon, Wed 18-20:15 | Tue, Thu 18-20:15 | Thu 18-20:15 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Time: 09.01.-03.03.23 Registration Period: 12.12.-31.12.22 | A1.1 online A2.1 online | A1.2 online | C1 Conversation Course online | |
| Course Time: Registration Period: 06.03.-23.03.23 | A1.1 online B1.2 online B2.1 online | A1.2 online B1.1 online B2.2 Munich | ||
| Course Time: Registration Period: 01.05.-19.05.23 | A2.1 Munich B2.2 online | A1.1 online A1.2 online A2.2 online B1.2 online | ||
| Course Time: Registration Period: 07.08.-24.08.23 | A1.1 online A2.1 online B2.2 online | A1.2 online A2.2 Munich B1.1 online B1.2 online B2.1 online |
Subject to changes
Course participation
The program is open for international TUM staff, visiting scholars, postdocs and doctoral candidates. Participation is limited. Please note that you can only participate in this program if you are a member of TUM.
If you already have knowledge of German, please check your language level using our placement test or alternatively the test at https://hueber.de/menschen/einstufungstest. (It is not necessary to send your test result to the Language Center.) You can also choose a course either one level up from your most recently completed course in German, provided the course was at the TUM or based on a certificate issued according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
Course Registration
Application begins 4 weeks before the starting date and ends 1-2 weeks before the course is scheduled to begin.
Please apply for a course using our application form. Please use your TUM-ID (the letter-number combination, not the mail address!) and the password (as in TUMonline) to log in. If there are more than 25 people interested in a course, the decision will be made by lot. No more first-come, first-served process. So the time of your registration no longer counts.
Please note: FRMII staff members who do not have a TUM-mail-address please send us an email with your course request and the required confirmation letter within the registration period to sprachenzentrum@tum.de (subject: DaF for Staff).
