Learning German FAQ

The Akademie für Fremdsprachen can provide its students with rooms and apartments not far away from the teaching site (see Accommodation).

If you want to live in a different part of the city, or have different accommodation requirements, then we are glad to be of assistance. We will provide you with a list of youth hostels and accommodation services, which arrange rooms and apartments, furnished or unfurnished, for short or long periods of time.

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If you are not a citizen of the EU and intend to stay in Berlin for more than 90 days, you require a visa. You should enquire in good time at the German embassy or the German consulate in your home country, in order to find out which is the correct visa for you. You can also find information on the Website of the Federal Foreign Office.

If you require a visa for study in Germany, you must present your university application at the German embassy in your home country. For this reason, you must get in touch with the university where you wish to study in advance. On the pages of www.hochschulkompass.de you will a find a list of all the German universities, with details of the courses they offer.

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You can get by on approximately €600 - 750 per month, including accommodation and public transport. In Berlin there are many good-value restaurants, and the cafeteria of the Berlin University of the Arts is not far away from the teaching site of the Akademie. There you can buy a cheap lunch - in the warmer seasons you can even eat on their outdoor terrace. There is a choice of two meals (for €1.85 or €3.13). The choice of meals changes every day, and one is always vegetarian. Students of the Akamedie are always welcome at the cafeteria.

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The Akademie für Fremdsprachen works together with the insurance company Care Concept, which offers our students very comprehensive and favourably-priced health insurance. You can find out more at the secretarial office of the Akademie. You can take out insurance here.

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First of all you need to get in contact with the university where you intend to study. The International Office of the university will then determine whether the qualifications with which you left school are sufficient to start straight away in your chosen course of study. If your prior qualifications are not sufficient, you will first have to complete a Foundation Course and sit the assessment exam (www.tu-berlin.de/zuv/studkol/). In case of doubt the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Sport (www.senbjs.berlin.de) decides whether your prior qualifications are sufficient. You can get extensive information about study in Germany under www.deutsche-kultur-international.de.

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Besides the academic requirements, linguistic requirements must also be fulfilled. In order to complete a course of study, you must have level C1 language skills, which are generally achieved by the end of secondary education. At the Akademie that works out at about 900 to 960 hours of intensive tuition. In the past years, thousands of students of the Akademie für Fremdsprachen have followed this course of language study, and consequently been able to successfully sit one of the language exams of the universities.

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