Language Instruction and English-taught Courses

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While, overall, our degree programs are offered in German, for a number of courses the instruction language is English. Please refer to the table below to find the corresponding courses. Please note that the table is slightly updated each semester

We highly encourage international exchange students to achieve at least an A2/B1 CEFR level of German language proficiency before participating in an exchange program in Germany. However, KIT also offers excellent language courses before and during the lecture periods for international students (more information is provided by the KIT International Students Office).

To fulfill the language requirements of the KIT – Department of Business and Economics, you will need:

  • a B1 CEFR level of German language certificate, if only courses taught in German will be attended or
  • a B2 CEFR level of English language certificate, if only courses taught in English will be attended or 
  • both language certificates (a B1 CEFR level of German and a B2 CEFR level of English), if courses in both languages will be attended.

Please note that English is not spoken everywhere in Germany/at KIT. Thus, participation in the pre-semester German course offered at KIT is mandatory to all applicants, who don’t have any/sufficient German language proficiency. For more information please see: https://www.intl.kit.edu/istudies/3171.php.

English-taught Courses at KIT-Department of Business and Economics