"The picture was taken in the fall of 2020, during my semester abroad in Umeå. It shows the house by the lake "Nydalasjön", where I often met up with other students around the campfire in the evenings. I also loved jogging around the lake."
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Hjärtligt välkommen!
Swedish is the native language of about 10 million people. It is the official language of Sweden and also one of the two official languages of Finland. Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse and is closely related to Danish and Norwegian. Swedish is characterized by its melodic accent and distinctive vowel system.
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TUMtandem registration winter semester
We offer Swedish courses from level A1 to B2.2 following the CEFR.
Not every course may be offered every semester.
Please determine your course level by taking our placement test.
Intensive courses (course levels may vary) take place during the semester break in spring and fall.
The intensive courses take place over a shorter period of time, but have more training units per week than the courses during the semester. The number of ECTS and the workload is therefore the same as for the semester-long courses.
Current dates and registration deadlines can be found on our homepage.
A - Nybörjare
isolerade kunskapsöar, motivationssteg, standardiserade situationer, kommunikation är det viktiga, ordförrådet är det intressanta, språket styr
B - Självständig
B1: man styr språket, tröskelnivå, grammatik och register smyger sig in, det mesta är gemensamt
B2: specialisering, utvidgning/breddning, kulturell medvetenhet, inte "riktigt svenskt"
C - Avancerad
kan leda/presentera/bidra, även utanför sitt område, klarar nya situationer, kan improvisera
You can find a complete overview of our course program in TUMonline.
Would you like to make contact with other TUM students or employees and at the same time improve your language skills in a flexible and practical way? At TUMtandem we will find a tandem partner for you within TUM and support your joint learning process. More information on TUMtandem
The summer semester 2020 marks the beginning of the first e-learning project between the Swedish area at the TUM Language Center and the German area, Language and Communication, at the KTH.
The online tandem is linked to specific topics relevant to students at both universities and takes place every semester in two selected courses at A2 and B level. After a successful start around application and internships in the other country, the past semesters continued with topics like innovation, startups, sustainability and motivation.
Cooperation with Swedish Chamber of Commerce
The German-Swedish Talent Program is an exclusive scholarship from the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany for Master students with a technical or economics-oriented degree program. Required are Swedish skills at A2 level.
www.handelskammer.se/de/talentprogram
"The German-Swedish Talent Program". ("Dialog": Annual magazine of the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce)
The German-Swedish Chamber offers a mentoring program for young professionals.
Every year in March we are taking applications (max. four) from TUM students from level A2 who want to apply for a scholarship for a summer course in Sweden.
If you are interested, please register Thunstedt(at)zv.tum.de
Report on the 2024 summer courses and more impressions from previous years:
Summer course 2024
Summer course 2023
Summer course 2022
Summer course 2019
In cooperation with University Stockholm (Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet/
Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism) the TISUS-Test can be taken each May and October at the TUM Language Center.
More inforamtion can be found at Stockholm University.
Information om Tisus finns på: https://www.su.se/tisus
Information om hur du förbereder dig inför Tisus: https://www.su.se/tisus/forbereddig
Här hittar du svar på de allra vanligaste frågorna om Tisus: https://www.su.se/tisus/FAQ
Prov- och anmälningsdatum: https://www.su.se/tisus/datum
The Virtual University of Bavaria (vhb) offers the online language courses "Klara, färdiga, gå" for Swedish. The courses can be a useful supplement to the Swedish courses at TUM.
Please note that the TUM Language Center currently cannot guarantee that ECTS will be awarded for these courses.
Courses of the vhb are free of charge for TUM students and registration is carried out using the TUM-ID.
More detailed information about the courses can be found in the course descriptions
Students interested in a career in ICT (information and communication technology) can register at Sweden ICT and get the opportunity to get in touch with exciting Swedish companies. The next event will take place on April 13, 2021.
The TUM language center cooperates with the Swedish Institute (Svenska Institutet).
For further information, please visit the website of the Swedish Institute.
- Textbooks by our Swedish teacher Petra Dai Javad
- Monica Bravo Granström, Christina Thunstedt: Mehrsprachigkeit als Katalysator: Fallbeispiel Schwedisch
- The TUM Language Center at the panel discussion with the Swedish Queen
- Studying in Sweden
- 10 Swedish words you need to know if you are studying in Sweden
- Swedish in the world: On Instagram #svenskanivarlden ISwedish students from different corners of the world share their impressions of their Swedish lessons and their relationship to Sweden. An initiative of the Swedish Institute, Stockholm (SI) in cooperation with Swedish lectorates in: Osaka (Ulf Larsson), Munich (Christina Thunstedt), Moskva (Anders Olsson), Vancouver (Lena Karlström), Bucharest (Björn Apelkvist) and Warsaw (Gabriel Stille)
Sustainable Study Trip to Sweden
As part of the TUM Project Weeks 2024/25, students in the German and Swedish courses at B2 level at the TUM Language Center engaged with the topic of sustainability using the example of national parks in Germany and Sweden.
The highlight of the project?
A study trip to Sweden – organized with support from TUM Global, PROMOS, and the Svenska institutet (SI). The students arranged their outbound and return trips in a particularly eco-friendly way: by train and ferry, completely avoiding flights. Go green!
In Stockholm, the group experienced the unique connection of natural sciences, culture, and multilingualism in a modern, future-oriented city. They also met with students from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology for an inspiring exchange of ideas, experiences, and perspectives.
This project shows how sustainability, education, and international exchange can go hand in hand. Thanks to everyone involved!
See also Thinking Green Travel Stories: stories from students who considered their CO2 footprint before their stay abroad and traveled in an environmentally friendly way. What motivated them, how did the trip go, what did they take away from their green journey – and what tips do they have for fellow students?
Project documents:
Studierendenreise Schweden Studentexkursion Stockholm Schema Rapport
Poster Nachhaltigkeit Fremdsprachenlehre Frågor och Svar Stockholm Instagram reel about the project Instagram
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