English/Key Competences


Registration for English Courses in the Summer Semester 2023

  • Course catalogue: Available from 16 March 2023 in PULS.
  • Placement test for law students on 30 and 31 March.
  • Registration for courses via PULS: From 3 - 12 April 2023.
  • Placement test for all other disciplines (except law) from 3 to 12 April 2023.
  • Admission to courses: From 13 April 2023.
  • Late registration and late admission: From 14 April 2023 via PULS.
  • Late placement tests on 14, 17, and 21 April, then again in October 2023
  • Courses start for admitted students: Week from 17 April 2023.


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.