Placement & Registration
Information on the placement tests
The prerequisite for taking all English courses at the University of Potsdam, without exception, is the placement test.
In English for Academic Purposes (EAP), the following binding course assignments are made on the basis of the placement test results:
Placement test results | Course description | Information and registration |
|---|---|---|
50-59 points | UNIcert II/1 EAP* | Info and registration via PULS |
60-69 points | UNIcert II/2 EAP* | Info and registration via PULS |
70-79 points | UNIcert III/1 EAP* | Info and registration via PULS |
80-89 points | UNIcert III/2 EAP* | Info and registration via PULS |
90-100 points | UNIcert III/2 Sowi |
Currently unavailable. Tentatively scheduled to be held again in the winter semester of 2024/25. |
Only after completion of | UNIcert IV/2 Sowi/Wiwi ** | Currently unavailable. |
* EAP: English for Academic Purposes / Englisch für akademische Zwecke
** Sowi/Wiwi: English for Economics and Business Studies and for Social Sciences / Englisch der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Registration
Winter semester: as of 09:00 a.m. on the first working day in October
Summer semester: as of 09:00 a.m. on the first working day in April