Two-week intensive online courses (German) in September 2025

Registration: The registration period for the intensive language course (German) in September 2025 is from 18 August, 12 pm to 09 September, 12 pm 2025.

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The following language courses (German) in the winter semester 2025/26 will take place as semester-long weekly courses in face-to-face classes on site at HCU, Henning-Voscherau-Platz 1.

The semester-long courses, like the intensive courses during the lecture-free period, comprise 45 teaching units (UE) per course.

Please register via the web application of the Hamburger Volkshochschule. The registration period for the intensive language course (German) in September 2025 is from 18 August to 9 September 2025.

The following documents are required for registration:

• Certificate of enrolment
• Placement certificate: you may submit the certificate of a previous course or anything not older than 12 months.
• If you do not have such a certificate, you may submit an online placement (screenshot, scan), e.g. Cornelsen online test (free of charge).
• You do not need a level certificate for a beginners' course A1 or A1.1.

Please note:

• For identification reasons, please be sure to use your HCU email address for registering.
• Courses will only take place in case of a minimum number of participants.
• Registration is only possible via the web application of the Hamburger Volkshochschule.
• After having successfully registered, you will receive an e-mail invitation about one week before the start of the course

* Students of HCU as well as visiting students of HCU have priority in the allocation of places.

You will be sent an invoice displaying the course fee after courses having started. The standard payment method is direct debit (please make sure to inform us, when using a different way of payment).

Debit
Please note: An IBAN within the EU is required for direct debit. Unfortunately, a debit from a bank account with an IBAN outside the EU is not possible for technical reasons.

Bank transfer
Alternatively, you may pay the course fee via bank transfer. Please make sure to write the course number and your full name when transferring to the following account:

Name: Hamburger Volkshochschule
Bank: Hamburger Sparkasse
IBAN: DE34 2005 0550 1280 1678 81
BIC: HASPDEHHXXX

Cash payment
The course fee may also be paid in cash. Please make an appointment via e-mail to Mrs Policke: l.policke(at)vhs-hamburg.de
The address is: Bildungskontor VHS Hamburg; 6th floor, Mönckebergstr. 17, 20095 Hamburg.

Please note!
Payment for language courses directly to HCU Hamburg is NOT possible. Payment is only possible via the account of the Bildungskontor of the Hamburger Volkshochschule (see above).

The registration for a language course at the HCU is binding!
If you are not able to attend the course, please make sure to contact Mr Alexander Krussig by mail (a.krussig(at)vhs-hamburg.de) as soon as possible. A cancellation without payment obligation is only possible up to three days before the beginning of the course.
After the course has begun, a (partial) refund of the course fee is possible if there is a valid reason with proof for the withdrawal.
Valid reasons are:

• Illness confirmed by medical certificate or another serious reason;
• verifiable change in timetable.

This regulation cannot be granted if you cancel after the first three sessions of the course.

Certificate

• Upon successful completion of the language course, you will receive a certificate of achievement (PDF) from the Hamburger Volkshochschule.
• You will receive the certificate of achievement
  • if you have been present for at least 80% of the course duration,
  • have completed additional coursework (e.g. term paper)
  • and have successfully passed the finale exam.
• If you have any questions about your certificate, please address Alexander Krussig at the Bildungskonter of the Volkshochschule Hamburg, E-Mail: a.krussig(at)vhs-hamburg.de

Credit Points / ECTS

• Participation in a language course can be accepted as academic achievement.
• You will receive 4 ECTS credits for a course of 45 teaching units, provided that you
  • were present for at least 80% of the course duration,
  • have completed additional coursework (e.g. term paper) 
  • and have successfully passed the final exam.
• For all questions on the subject of "Recognition of academic achievement", please contact the Examination Office at Hafencity University Hamburg.