Placement and Registration for English Courses in the Winter Semester 2026/27

• Course catalogue: Available from 15 Sept. 2026 in PULS
• Placement test for students from all other disciplines - except law students - No prior registration required
  between 01 and 07 October (on working days), and for latecomers on 09. and 16. Oct.
  All information required for this test - including the link to the online test and the login password - will be provided on this site on 30 Sept. 2026, 18:00.
• Placement test for 2nd and higher semester law students - Registration required
  Please register here to gain access to the test and to receive further information about the placement tests for 2nd and higher semester law students on 29 and 30 Sept 2026: Link to test registration
• Placement test for 1st semester law students
  Law students in their first semester will receive information about the placement test, how to register for it, and the courses on offer during the Faculty of Law's orientation week ("Ersti-Woche").
• Registration for English courses via PULS: From 1 October 2026
• Admission to courses: From 8 October 2026
• Courses start for students admitted via PULS: Week from 12. October 2026
• Late registration and late admission: Until 19. October 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.