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Placement and 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 economics and business studies, the following binding course assignments are made on the basis of the placement test results:

Placement test resultsCourse descriptionInformation and registration
50-59 pointsUNIcert II/1 EAP***6 LP/ECTS
(Apply for a place via PULS)
60-69 pointsUNIcert II/2 EAP***
Prepares for UNIcert II exam (Level B2)
6 LP/ECTS
(Apply for a place via PULS)
70-79 pointsUNIcert III/1 (Wiwi/Sowi**)6 LP/ECTS
(Apply for a place via PULS)
80-100 pointsUNIcert III/2 (Wiwi*)
Prepares for UNIcert III exam (Level C1)
6 LP/ECTS
(Apply for a place via PULS)
90-100 points or UNIcert III CertificateUNIcert IV/1 (EAP***)6 LP/ECTS
(Apply for a place via PULS)
Course offered in the winter semester 
Only after completion of IV/1 EAP***UNIcert IV/2 (EAP***)6 LP/ECTS
(Apply for a place via PULS)
Course offered in the summer semester 

* Wiwi: English for Economics and Business Studies
** Wiwi/Sowi: Englisch for Economics and Business Studies and for the Social Sciences.
*** EAP: English for Academic Purposes / Englisch für akademische Zwecke

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

Information on the placement tests