Registration

Students who have already received confirmation of admission to a preparatory German course (DSH course) from FAU have to sit a placement test before registering. Prospective students can register by 15 March for the test in spring and by 15 September for the test in autumn, using the registration form sent out by the Admissions Office. Please refer to the German as a Foreign Language website for more detailed information.

Students who are already enrolled at FAU (including exchange students) can register to take German courses alongside their degree. To register for such courses, students book an individual appointment online which they must attend in person.  Please refer to the Department of German as a Foreign Language website for further information.

Students learning a language for academic or special purposes who want to or are required to attend an English course must take a placement test first.
In the Bachelor’s degree programmes in Political Science (as first subject) and  Biology, all students must take a placement test.

As the test result is used to decide which level of course the student should attend, the test is not graded as ‘passed’ or ‘failed’. No grades or points are allocated for the placement test. After it has been corrected, students are given a ‘level’: E1, 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.

The placement test may be repeated once, but only before the first course has been taken. As soon as one course has been taken, all other courses have to be attended in the prescribed order.

Registration for English courses for specialist legal language training and subject-specific courses (legal and business English) in the degree programme in Business Law takes place via StudOn.

Students should register via StudOn for English courses at the School of Business, Economics, and Society in Nuremberg.

Prospective students of English and American Studies have to complete the qualification assessment process. The qualification assessment process is an examination with several parts which prospective students of English and American Studies have to pass before starting to study. This process is not a placement test. It is an admission test which has to be passed for admission to a degree programme in English Studies or American Studies.

Students should register for the qualification assessment process online. Appointments are made available once registration opens. Appointments take place in the lecture-free period, generally at the end of July and the end of September.

Students without prior knowledge can register straight away in Oktis for elementary course I. Students who have learnt the language before must first take a placement test.

Students of French Studies require a knowledge of French equivalent to three successive years at school or level B1. They can then register directly in Oktis without taking a placement test. Students of French Studies who do not have the necessary proficiency in the language can attend French courses alongside their main degree programme. They are then treated the same as students of French for Academic and Special Purposes and must take a placement test.

Students who would like to take an Italian course alongside their main degree programme can register via Oktis. Students who have learnt the language before (e.g. at school) must take a placement test before registering. The result determines which level of course the student takes.

Students without prior knowledge should register directly and without a placement test for elementary course I. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis. Applicants on the waiting list should come to the first lesson together with those with have already been allocated a place.

Students of Italian Studies are entitled to a place in the relevant language courses. However, for administrative reasons it is still necessary to register via Oktis.

The examination regulations for the Bachelor’s degree in Italian Studies stipulate that students require proficiency in Italian equivalent to level A2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) before starting to study. Students must take a placement test to prove this level of proficiency. Intensive courses are generally offered before the beginning of the winter semester (September–early October) for prospective students of Italian who do not have the necessary prior knowledge.
Registration takes place in August. Please contact Paola Cesaroni Meinzolt if you have any questions or would like advice.

Students who have no prior knowledge of Spanish should register directly for elementary course I via Oktis. If you have learnt Spanish before, you must take a placement test and then register for a course according to the results of the test. Students who have already taken a Spanish course at FAU and would now like to take the follow-on course do not have to take a placement test.

As a rule, it is important to register for a course in good time, as only 25 people can be admitted to each course. Up to five people can be added to the waiting list. Everyone on the waiting list should attend the first lesson together with everyone who has been allocated a place.

Students who would like to take a Spanish course at the School of Business, Economics, and Society in Nuremberg should register via StudOn. Places are allocated via a lottery.

The examination regulations for the Bachelor’s degree in Spanish Studies stipulate that students require proficiency in Spanish equivalent to level A2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) before starting to study. A placement test has to be taken to prove that students have this level of proficiency.
Students must register for language courses via Oktis. The registration system suggests suitable courses and students can register accordingly.
Any students who are native speakers of Spanish should contact José Juan Ventura Usó in good time before commencing studies.