The degree programme at the PH Heidelberg is taught in German - a good knowledge of German is very important.
If you did not graduate from a German or German-language school (abroad), you must provide proof of your German language skills when applying - with the German Language Test for University Admission (DSH). You can find out everything you need to know about it here.
In order to prove your German language skills, you must take the German Language Test for Higher Education (DSH). In certain cases, exemption or exemption is also possible.
The DSH tests your ability to study in the following areas:
- Listening comprehension
- Reading comprehension and academic language structures
- Text production
- Oral expression
The DSH certificate evaluates your performance in the written and oral examination and indicates the overall result as DSH-3, DSH-2 or DSH-1 (entry level).
To study at the Heidelberg University of Education, you need at least a DSH-2 result.
You can take the DSH exam at various universities. You submit the language certificate digitally during the online application process at Heidelberg University of Teacher Education.
You are exempt from the German language test if you can provide proof of one of the following documents:
- German Language Diploma of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs - Second Level
- a certificate from the "Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung" (ZOP)
- the major or minor German Language Diploma of the Goethe-Institut
- German Language Test II of the Munich Language and Interpreting Institute
- German language examination under the organisational and content-related responsibility of a preparatory college or a department of German as a foreign language at a German or foreign university
- the certificate of successful completion of the "telc Deutsch C 1 Hochschule" examination
- Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache für Studienbewerber:innen (TEST-DAF) with a sufficient result (a minimum grade of 4 is required in all areas)