Focus course G/S

Focus course G/S for humanities and linguistics courses

The lessons in the core courses prepare you for the assessment test. The courses are divided into the subject areas of technology, medicine, economics*, social sciences and language*, depending on the desired course of study.

Successful completion of the G course entitles you to study humanities or German studies. Applicants for the S course also attend the G course.

Examples of disciplines:
German, history, art, music, literature and others

After you have applied to a university in Lower Saxony and passed the entrance test, you will begin your specialization courses.

The training at the Niedersächsisches Studienkolleg usually lasts one year (2 semesters). A semester can only be repeated once. Colleagues with very good performance in the 1st semester can be admitted early to the 2nd semester or to an accelerated course. This saves you a semester. At the end of the college training, the aptitude test (Feststellungsprüfung) takes place.

At the Niedersächsisches Studienkolleg, English is taught at two levels: B1 and B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference GER. The assignment to the course levels takes place after the admission test with the help of an internal placement test at the beginning of the subsemester. The course participation at the respective level at the end of the course and after successful participation is listed on the final certificates of the assessment test. In principle, we expect a minimum language level of B1, i.e. an advanced beginner's level, for admission to the preparatory college. If you do not yet have English skills at least at level B1, we strongly recommend that you acquire the appropriate English skills beforehand.