Placement and Registration for English Courses in the Summer Semester 2026

• Course catalogue: Available from 15 March 2026 in PULS
• Placement test for students from all other disciplines - except law students  
  between 01 and 08 April, and for latecomers on 10. and 17. April
  All information required for this test - including the link to the online test and the login password - will be provided on this site on 31 March 2026.
• Placement test for law students
  Registration required.
  Please register here to gain access to the test and to receive further information about the placement tests for first-semester law students on 30 and 31 March 2026: Link to test registration
• Registration for English courses via PULS only: From 1 April 2026
• Admission to courses: From 9 April 2026
• Late registration and late admission: Until 20. April 2026
• Courses start for students admitted via PULS: Week from 13. April 2026

Important Information about Participation in English / Key Competences Courses

1. Participating in a course is only possible when students have taken a placement test and then registered for and been successfully admitted to the course via PULS (unless you are a member of staff).
2. Participating in language courses is generally free of cost for students who are enrolled at German universities as well as University of Potsdam exchange students.
3. Fees for UNIcert exams and DAAD language certificates will be charged in accordance with the Zessko Schedule of Fees (Gebührensatzung des Zessko).

Students in the teacher-training Bachelor degree programme, Erasmus, Master, and PhD students as well as members of staff can be admitted to courses only when the size of the group does not exceed 20 students. Admission to the course then takes place, if possible, in the first week of the lecture period.