After successfully completing the course, you will be able to confidently master the linguistic requirements of the assessment centre. You will have useful phrases, appropriate expressions and convincing communication strategies at your disposal to help you present your strengths clearly and confidently. You will also be prepared for intercultural differences and their linguistic implications, enabling you to act confidently and convincingly in various exam situations, such as group discussions, role plays and presentations.

Language: German

Date & Time:

04.09.2025, 10:00 - 13:00

11.09.2025, 10:00 - 13:00

18.09.2025, 10:00 - 13:00

25.09.2025, 10:00 - 13:00

Stud.IP Number: 450909

Credits: 4 ECTS

After successful participation, participants will be able to apply fundamental future skills such as adaptability, problem-solving, and digital literacy to selected professional situations. They can respond flexibly to selected new challenges, tackle complex problems in a structured manner, and make informed use of technological developments (e.g., AI tools). In the process, they will learn to work both independently and in a team and to take a critical and ethically sound view of modern work processes.

Language: German

Date & Time:

09.09.2025, 09:00-17:00

10.09.2025, 09:00-17:00

Stud.IP Number: 452160

Credits: 4 ECTS

This Workshop develops key academic writing skills and promotes critical engagement with AI tools like ChatGPT. Participants learn to formulate clear research questions, structure their arguments, and manage writer's block. Practical exercises support a reflective and confident writing process.

Online course

Languages: English & German

Date & Time:

19.09.2025, 09:00 - 14:30

20.09.2025, 09:00 - 14:30

Stud.IP Number: 451669

Credits: 4 ECTS

How do I actually write a job application? What should I include in my resume? How do I write my cover letter? What makes a good letter of motivation? If you're asking yourself these questions, then this workshop is just right for you! We'll discuss different ways to make your application documents appealing. You'll also have the opportunity to work on your own applications and give and receive mutual feedback. Please bring a specific job / internship offer or a specific position you would like to apply for.

Language: German

Date & Time:

19.09.2025, 18:00 - 20:00

20.09.2025, 11:00 - 15:00

22.09.2025, 11:00 - 13:00

Stud.IP Number: 454779

Credits: 4 ECTS

Today, well-thought-out marketing combines emotion with information. Target groups are reached through skilful storytelling – i.e. credible stories – and bound to brands or products. Whether for a company website, a blog or in print magazines, professional copywriters are paid to achieve this effect. But what means do effective texts use beyond simple emotional messages? Using specific tasks and texts they have written themselves, workshop participants learn which basic strategies help to convince clients and readers alike. The focus is on topics such as content marketing, headlines with a bang and the question of what intercultural competence has to do with psychology.

Language: German

Date & Time:

06.10.2025, 10:15 - 16:45

07.10.2025, 10:15 - 16:45

Stud.IP Number: 450906

Credits: 3 ECTS

This course introduces students to writing skills that are important for studying and everyday life at a German university, such as summarizing, describing, arguing, and comparing. Selected text types relevant to studying and everyday university life are examined and practiced in terms of their structure and linguistic design. In addition, idioms and grammar necessary for writing texts in a university context are covered. To earn credits, students must attend both the basic and advanced courses and complete the portfolio.

Language: German

Date & Time:

06.10.2025 - 09:15 - 12:45;

28.10.2025 - 09:15 - 12:45;

10.10.2025 - 09:15 - 12:45

Stud.IP Number: 450453

Credits: 3 ECTS

As texts are increasingly being written for publication on the Internet, students need to be proficient in writing text types geared towards the Internet. With this key professional skill, students learn about web-specific text types and examine the linguistic structure of these text types, e.g. the linguistic design of hypertexts. They put what they have learned into practice in a wiki.

Online course

Language: German

Date & Time:

09.10.2025, 16:00 - 20:00

16.10.2025, 16:00 - 20:00

23.10.2025, 16:00 - 20:00

Stud.IP Number: 455558

Credits: 3 ECTS

Upon completion of the module, students will be familiar with various types of journalistic texts related to information and opinion, as well as their characteristics. In a first step, the various types of journalistic texts will be analysed and discussed. Subsequently, students will draft their own texts. They will be enabled to present facts in such a way that they can be understood by a broad target audience. In addition, they will be able to prepare and write texts specifically for the media.

Important: Participation in all workshop sessions is mandatory! In order to earn credits in the area of key competencies, students must attend both the basic and advanced workshops and complete the portfolio. 3 credits Module SK.IKG-ISZ.53a.Mp Portfolio with tasks for analysing and designing information- and opinion-related text types. 6 credits Module SK.IKG-ISZ.53b.Mp Portfolio with tasks for analysing and designing information- and opinion-related text types as well as individual journalistic contributions.

Language: German

Date & Time:

10.10.2025, 09:00-12.30

17.10.2025, 15:00-18:00

24.10.2025, 09:00-12:30

30.10.2025, 14:00-17:00

07.11.2025, 14:00-15.30

Stud.IP Number: 454774

Credits: 3 ECTS (Modul SK.IKG-ISZ.53a.Mp); 6 ECTS (Modul SK.IKG-ISZ.53b.Mp)

Language: English

Date & Time: 16.10.2025, 14:00 - 15:00

In this module, you will learn various reading strategies and apply them to efficiently comprehend academic literature.In the next step, you will learn how to process the literature appropriately in order to integrate it functionally into your own academic texts.

Languages: German & English

Date & Time:

17.10.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

21.10.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Stud.IP Number: 454776

Credits: 4 ECTS

This module is aimed at students who wish to prepare complex specialist content for a broader audience with an interest in the subject, as will be necessary in their future professional lives. The aim is for participants to familiarise themselves with the characteristic stylistic elements and linguistic realisation of popular science texts so that they can use them consciously when writing for a broader specialist audience. To this end, scientific text types are compared with selected popular science text types in order to highlight the characteristics and reading effects of the latter. Furthermore, students will productively apply the stylistic devices and linguistic elements they have learned by adapting their own scientific texts into popular science texts and making them available to a readership.

Language: German

Date & Time:

24.10.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

14.11.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Stud.IP Number: 454780

Credits: 3 ECTS

In this workshop, you will learn how to express yourself in scientific language in German-language academic texts. To this end, we will first analyze the characteristics of scientific language in authentic texts. The focus will be on expressions that are used in most scientific texts, regardless of the subject area. You will learn in which contexts these expressions are used and what functions they have in the text. You will also practice using such scientific language formulations in your own academic texts.

Language: German

Date & Time:

07.11.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

28.11.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Stud.IP Number: 451534

Credits: 4 ECTS

This course introduces students to writing skills that are important for studying at a German university, such as summarizing, paraphrasing, academic argumentation, analysis, and evaluation. Selected types of academic texts are studied and practiced in terms of their structure and linguistic design. In addition, idioms and grammar relevant to writing academic texts are covered. To earn credits, students must attend both the basic and advanced courses and complete the portfolio.

Language: German

Date & Time:

07.11.2025, 09:15 - 12:45

14.11.2025, 09:15 - 12:45

21.11.2025, 09:15 - 12:45

05.12.2025, 09:15 - 12:45

12.12.2025, 09:15 - 12:45

19.12.2025, 09:15 - 12:45

Stud.IP Number: 4504359

Credits: 3 ECTS

The aim of this seminar is to show you how to write posts that are suitable for social media. You will learn how to write interesting headlines, teasers, tweets and posts. You will learn about the attributes that make a publication more viral. Through practical exercises, group work and case studies, by the end of the seminar you will be able to make your audience curious on social media and get them to click and share.

Language: English

Date & Time:

08.11.2025, 09:30 - 15:30

09.11.2025, 09:30 - 15:30

Stud.IP Number: 4507821

Credits: 3 ECTS

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Online event

Language: English

Date & Time: 11.11.2025, 17:00 – 19:00

Link: Rights and Obligations in the Job in Germany

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This workshop teaches basic text type skills for term papers, portfolios, and other relevant formats in the humanities. First-year students learn how to structure academic texts, use sources, and clearly formulate their own arguments. The workshop takes a product- and process-oriented approach.

Language: German

Date & Time:

12.11.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

03.12.2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Stud.IP Number: 451672

Credits: 4 ECTS

The workshop teaches targeted communication strategies for professional and efficient interaction in the workplace. Participants strengthen their argumentation and conversation skills, learn to deal constructively with differences of opinion and promote intercultural sensitivity. They also receive tools for dealing confidently with feedback and independently developing their professional language skills.

Language: German

Date & Time:

21.11.2025, 10:00 - 13:00

22.11.2025, 10:00 - 13:00

23.11.2025, 10:00 - 13:00

Stud.IP Number: 451673

Credits: 4 ECTS

This Workshop develops key academic writing skills and promotes critical engagement with AI tools like ChatGPT. Participants learn to formulate clear research questions, structure their arguments, and manage writer's block. Practical exercises support a reflective and confident writing process.

Online course

Languages: German & English

Date & Time:

21.11.2025, 09:00 - 14:30

22.11.2025, 09:00 - 14:30

Stud.IP Number: 451669

Credits: 4 ECTS

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Language: English

Date & Time: 22.11.2025, 10:00 – 12:30

Link:Work Experience in Germany: Workshop

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The workshop is aimed at first-year students and those with little writing experience. It teaches the fundamentals of academic writing in German, including handling sources, paraphrasing, citing, and avoiding plagiarism. Participants will also gain insights into the writing process and different academic text types. The required German language proficiency for participation is at least B2/C1.

Languages: German & English

Date & Time:

28.11.2025, 18:00 - 20:00

29.11.2025, 11:00 - 15:00

30.11.2025, 11:00 - 13:00

Stud.IP Number: 451671

Credits: 4 ECTS

Languages: German & English & other

Date & Time: 28.11.2025, 14:00 – 19:00

Link: Game afternoon: Games around the world