At the Sachsen preparatory college, you can take specialization courses for the assessment test, DSH courses, course-related German courses as part of German for exchange students or other preparatory courses as part of the introductory course. We present these courses to you.

You can only study at the preparatory college in Saxony after you have gone through an admissions process. Find out what requirements you have to meet, how the entrance test works and what result you achieved in the entrance test.

At the preparatory college in Saxony, you can also do this after independent, external preparation, i. H. take the assessment test (FSP) or the German language test for university entrance (DSH) without attending the courses at the preparatory college in Saxony.

Profile

Our job is to prepare international applicants for a degree at a university in Saxony. The students are the focus of our efforts in order to offer them both interdisciplinary and subject-specific language support and to facilitate the start of a successful course of study. This core idea is also reflected in the history of our college.

Our range of services

At the preparatory college, we mainly look after international applicants in specialized courses or in a DSH course. The DSH course prepares you for the German language test for university admission (DSH) and is subject to a fee. In the specialization courses, international applicants prepare for taking the assessment test depending on the desired field of study. These courses last two semesters and are free of charge.

Students who have successfully passed the assessment test or the German language test for university admission at the end of a winter semester can take part in a Propädeutikum in the following summer semester.

In addition, there are courses for students at Leipzig University as part of the Deutsch im Studium . You will also be offered module courses on cross-faculty key qualifications.

Our story

The Saxony preparatory college is the institute at the University of Leipzig where international applicants prepare for a course of study, especially at a Saxon university. We give you an overview of the development of our institute and its predecessor, based on the period after the Second World War.

• 1951: German lessons are given to 11 applicants from Nigeria.
• 1956: The Institute for Foreign Studies at the then Karl Marx University is founded.
• 1961: The Institute for Foreign Studies is renamed the Herder Institute.
• 1991: The preparatory college in Saxony is spun off from the Herder Institute as a central facility of the University of Leipzig.
• 1992: The preparatory college in Saxony begins to work closely with the Sprachinstitut interDaF e. V. at the Herder Institute of the University of Leipzig.
• 1993: In the following twelve years, the preparatory college in Saxony, in cooperation with the  Otto Benecke Stiftung e. V. Two-year special courses (Abitur courses for late resettlers).
• 1997: In this year, the preparatory college in Saxony begins to participate in the summer language courses for foreign students.

organized by interDaF

• 2005: The preparatory college in Saxony takes over the study-accompanying German lessons (now: German during studies) for international students at the University of Leipzig from the Herder Institute.
• 2008: Since this year, the preparatory college in Saxony has been offering international students at the University of Leipzig a range of modules for key cross-faculty qualifications.
• 2016: The preparatory college in Saxony has been offering language courses for refugees as part of the Integra program since this year in cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service.
• 2017: Since this year, the preparatory college in Saxony, in cooperation with the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art, has been offering language courses to complete a foreign university entrance qualification as part of measures for the integration of asylum seekers and refugees. This measure is co-financed by taxes on the basis of the budget passed by the Saxon state parliament.