Welcome to the Language Centre of the University of Erfurt!

Team
Languages
SPC service in C03-LG1 with opening hours
Registration for the language courses in the winter semester 2025/2026 & placement tests during the STET

Enrolment in the language courses takes place in three phases:

1st phase (16/09/2025, 10:00 - 01/10/2025, 18:00)
For students who have already successfully completed one of our language courses and would like to continue at a higher level (from A2).

2nd phase (09.10.2025, 16:00 - 10.10.2025, 18:00)
Registration for students without previous knowledge (A1 courses) and again for all courses from A2.

3rd phase (17.10.2025, 16:00 - 21.10.2025, 18:00)
Free remaining places will be opened for enrolment.

Further information on enrolment: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/sprachenzentrum/organisation/service/anmeldung-zu-den-sprachkursen

Note for students from other Thuringian universities: If you receive a course place after confirmation from the lecturer (please contact them by email), please enrol as a secondary listener: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung-einschreibung/zweithoerer and apply for access to the Moodle learning platform via rz@uni-erfurt.de.

Placement tests:

No placement test is required for pure beginner courses (A1) (no previous knowledge required). However, if you have previous knowledge of a foreign language, you must take a placement test. This applies to German as a foreign language (DaF), English, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish. For all other languages, please contact the respective lecturers regarding the placement tests. The placement tests will take place during the STET week from 6-10 October 2025.

Our Profile

Our Profile

We are a central service that supports you in learning 14 different foreign languages and German Sign Language. We also run courses in voice training, organise interesting student events and offer a wide range of additional activities for students and employees.

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Our newsletter

Our newsletter, <sprachbo>, is published twice a year and covers, amongst other things, the latest news, projects and events, training courses and conferences, staff updates, and shares amusing anecdotes from the language courses.</sprachbo>

  • Summer Term 2026 edition: DE / EN
  • Winter Semester 2025/26 edition: DE / EN
  • Summer Semester 2025 edition: DE / EN
  • Winter Semester 2024/25 edition: DE / EN
  • Summer Term 2024 edition: DE / EN

What we offer

What we offer

  • We support the humanities departments by offering language practice and cultural courses.
  • We offer language courses for students from all faculties.
  • We provide advice on the recognition of international certificates or academic achievements from semesters spent abroad. Further information can be found here.
  • We organise language courses for employees.
  • We provide voice training programmes for teacher training students.
  • We bring together students of different nationalities in tandem programmes and writing workshops here
  • We offer students planning a semester abroad the opportunity to take a free English proficiency test that is accepted by our partner universities. Further information can be found here.
  • We enrich cultural life at the university through music, diversity and intercultural exchange.

Our team

Our team

Our team consists of a management team, employees, adjunct lecturers and student assistants.

Our partners

Our partners

Our internal partners are:

  • Faculty of Philosophy and Economics, Law and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Catholic Theology
  • International Office
  • ESE
  • MWK
  • e-Teach

Our external partners are:

  • Thuringian colleges and universities
  • AKS
  • FaDaF
  • Cercles

  • Eszi

     

Our organisation

Here you will find all the key organisational information that characterises the Language Centre’s work. Simply click here.

Our schedule, projects and events

01.10.2026

Start of enrolment for language courses

Enrolment takes place via the MOSES and Moodle platforms. You can find information on this in the relevant language under ‘News’.

05.10.2026

Student Orientation Days 2026

Please do come and visit us at our information stand on 5 October 2026 in Foyer C03 to find out more about our language courses!
If you’re planning to spend a semester abroad in the winter semester 2027/28, do have a look at our leaflet.

Fyler EST STET 2026
06.10.2026

Placement tests from 6–8 October 2026

Languages: English, Spanish, French

07.10.2026

Russian Placement Test

08.10.2026

Information stand at the Welcome Fair at the KIZ

Please do pop in and find out more about our language courses!

Contact

Sprachenzentrum (SPZ)
Head: Dr. Susanne Hoppe, Assistant: Annika Fingerloos
(Language Centre)
+49 361 737-2700
sprachenzentrum@uni-erfurt.de
German Courses (DaF)
Frau Kraut-Stuber | Frau Markov
(Language Centre)
+49 361 737-2725 or -2713
daf@uni-erfurt.de
Student assistants at the Language Centre
Issuance of notes and certificates
(Language Centre)
C03 – teaching building 1 / C03.03.38
+49 361 737-2705
Postfach 90 02 21, 99105 Erfurt
spz.service@uni-erfurt.de

Teachers

You can find contact information about our teachers here by scrolling down.

Latest news

Changed opening hours during the lecture-free period

Please note: Some of the University of Erfurt’s learning and support services have altered opening hours or are closed during the lecture-free period.

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Farewell to Dr. Hakan Cangır and Çiğdem Alparda Cangır

After five years of successful collaboration, the Language Centre and the Professorship of Applied Linguistics will say goodbye to their lecturer from the Turkish government Dr. Hakan Cangır and his wife Çiğdem Alparda Cangır. They will leave Erfurt…

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Photo competition

Are you attending a Romance language course and would you like to share your photos from Romania with us? Take part now and win.

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New support for cases of racially motivated attacks

Students and employees of the University of Erfurt now have access to a new support service for cases of racially motivated attacks. The initiators are the International Office and the Diversity Officer, who now want to implement the offer as a…

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Events

28
Oct
Information Day: GO-OUT Raus in die Welt!
C21 – Centre for Communication and Information (KIZ) (Campus)
18
Nov
Senate
16
Dec
Senate
03
Feb
Senate
All Events