English language proficiency

Applicants who apply for a study programme taught in English have to prove their English language proficiency.

Please submit evidence of your English language proficiency with your application.

If the language certificate cannot provided, a registration for the respective language test needs to be submitted before the end of the application deadline. In case of admission you have to provide the English language certificate when submitting the application for enrolment to the Student Service Center (in the first half of August). If this evidence is not provided, your admission to study at the HafenCity Universität (HCU) will lose its validity.

 

Recognized evidence of English language proficiency

Below you will find all recognized evidence of English language proficiency at the HCU.

 

  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as an internet-based test (TOEFL iBT) with at least 88 points or as an Institutional Testing Program (TOEFL ITP) with at least 570 points
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Academic Test with at least band 6.0
  • TELC - at least level B2
  • Cambridge Preliminary English Test + Grade A (PET)
  • Cambridge First Certificate in English + Grade B or C (FCE)
  • Unicert II
  • Pearson PTE Academic with at least 70 points
  • A certificate of academic achievement from at least one year of full-time study in an English-language degree programme
  • A certificate of the Fachhochschulreife or a certificate of class 12 or 13 of the gymnasiale Oberstufe with the grade good (grade at least 2.3 or 10 grade points in the points system of the German gymnasiale Oberstufe) for the subject English or
  • General school attendance for at least five years with English as language of instruction
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as internet-based test (TOEFL iBT) with at least 88 points or as an Institutional Testing Program (TOEFL ITP) with at least 570 points
  • Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - at least level B
  • Cambridge Certificate in Proficiency English (CPE) - at least level C
  • International English Language Testing System - Academic Test (IELTS) - at least Band 7
  • TELC - at least level C1
  • Proof of a functional stay of minimum one year in an anglophone country
  • Proof of minimum four semesters in an anglophone study-programme
  • General school attendance for at least five years with English as language of instruction
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as an internet-based test (TOEFL iBT) with at least 88 points or as an Institutional Testing Program (TOEFL ITP) with at least 570 points
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Academic Test with at least band 6.0
  • TELC - at least level B2
  • Cambridge Preliminary English Test + Grade A (PET)
  • Cambridge First Certificate in English + Grade B or C (FCE)
  • Unicert II
  • Pearson PTE Academic with at least 70 points
  • A certificate of academic achievement from at least one year of full-time study in an English-language degree programme
  • A certificate of the Fachhochschulreife or a certificate of class 12 or 13 of the gymnasiale Oberstufe with the grade good (grade at least 2.3 or 10 grade points in the points system of the German gymnasiale Oberstufe) for the subject English or
  • General school attendance for at least five years with English as language of instruction