Required Language Skills

Depending on the courses that you wish to take at the University of Augsburg, you must provide the following proof of your language skills:
 

  • Academic courses taught in English (+ German language courses at the Language Center): English language skills at level B2
  • Academic courses taught in German: German language skills at level B2
  • Exclusively German language courses (no academic courses offered by university faculties): German language skills at level B1
     

Accepted Proof of Language Skills

The following certificates (issue date not older than 3 years) may be accepted:

 

English language skills at level B2 (CEFR):

  • TOEFL iBT (72 - 94)
  • TOEFL ITP (543 - 626)
  • IELTS (5.5 - 6.5)
  • TOEIC (400 - 485 listening, 385 - 450 reading)
  • Cambridge Certificate (minimum B2 First)
  • VEPT (minimum score of 57)
  • Duolingo English Test (minimum score of 105)
     
German language skills at level B2 (CEFR):
  • DSH (DSH1)
  • DaF (TDN3)
  • onSET (110 - 115)
  • DSD (DSD II)
  • Goethe / TELC / ÖSD (B2)
  • WeltWeit-Sprachnachweis* (B2)

 

German language skills at level B1 (CEFR):

  • onDaF (75 - 80)
  • DSD (DSD I)
  • Goethe / TELC / ÖSD (B1)
  • WeltWeit-Sprachnachweis* (B1)


*WeltWeit Language Certificate:
Are you unable to provide one of these official certificates? If this is the case, let your German professor proctor a short exam for the WeltWeit Language Certificate .

 

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