{"id":10000004,"date":"2022-03-16T12:05:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/studienvorbereitung-deutsch\/certificate_programme\/study-preparation-german\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:32:23","slug":"study-preparation-german","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/studienvorbereitung-deutsch\/certificate_programme\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"German Language Competence Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n
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Get to know and experience your future university and degree programme a year before you start studying! The certificate programme German Language Competence Course prepares you as a non-native German speaker with German language skills at least at level B1 for studying at FH JOANNEUM. You will complete the course with a certificate and the \u00d6SD exam \u2018Zertifikat Deutsch B2\u2019. This means you will meet the language requirements for most German-language Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes.<\/h2>\n

Get to know and experience your future university and degree programme a year before you start studying! The certificate programme German Language Competence Course prepares you as a non-native German speaker with German language skills at least at level B1 for studying at FH JOANNEUM. You will complete the course with a certificate and the \u00d6SD exam \u2018Zertifikat Deutsch B2\u2019. This means you will meet the language requirements for most German-language Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Abschlusszertifikat der FH JOANNEUM und \u00d6SD-Zertifikat Deutsch B2\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Current application period (for winter semester) until:<\/div>\n
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    \n On completion of the programme, you will meet the language requirements for many Bachelor\u2019s and some Master\u2019s courses at the Departments of Applied Computer Sciences and Engineering. \n <\/div>\n \n Read more\n <\/span>\n \n \n<\/svg> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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