Would you like to learn a new language or enhance your language skills? Whether online or on campus, for your (study-related) stay abroad, your studies, for recreational or professional purposes – we have a suitable offer for everyone:
You can find the Language Center’s offers in ILIAS at the following link: https://t1p.de/t1m7s
Students and degree-seeking students
Study-related language courses
Please find an up-to-date overview of our language courses at this link.
Taking language courses at Bielefeld University
Students and doctoral students of HSBI may participate in language courses offered by the Language Centre at Bielefeld University as guest students. Please see the notes on how to register as a student of HSBI.
Please note: Students who are doing their doctorates in cooperation with Bielefeld University, please use your direct access to the Language Centre.
If you receive funding through ERASMUS+, you will automatically be given access to a free online OLSlanguage course in your destination country’s local and teaching/working language.
The language test is a mandatory part of the Erasmus+ programme. Please take the test for your respective teaching language before the start of your semester abroad and send a screenshot of the result to: international.office@hsbi.de.
You can use the professional online language courses developed by speexx to train and improve your skills in English, Spanish, French, Italian or German. The courses are available for self-study in ILIAS. In the ILIAS repository, you will also find other courses that you can take for free. The language courses can be found under Repository > self-study courses > Language Trainings or directly via this ILIAS link.
HSBI offers an orientation phase of approximately three weeks before the official start of the semester. These weeks include a free intensive German course and a cultural leisure programme.
Study-related German courses
Bielefeld School of Business offers study-related German courses at different levels. If the course is not fully booked by the faculty’s own students, it will be opened for students from other faculties.
Contact person Nermin Karaoglu Bielefeld School of Business Room B 329 +49.521.106-4840 nermin.karaoglu@hsbi.de
Online courses via speexx
You can use the professional online language courses developed by speexx to train and improve your skills in English, Spanish, French, Italian or German. The courses are available for self-study in ILIAS. In the ILIAS repository you will also find other courses that you can take for free. The language courses can be found under Repository > self-study courses > Language Trainings or directly via this ILIAS link.
With our self-study course “Intercultural Competence” provided in ILIAS, you can prepare for living and learning abroad.
Refugees
Preparatory German courses
As part of the DAAD project “NRWege ins Studium,” which is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science (MKW) of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, HSBI offers preparatory German courses at levels B1, B2 and C1.
The application period for places in the German courses is in January and September each year.
Bielefeld School of Business offers study-related German courses at different levels. If the course is not fully booked by the faculty’s own students, it will be opened for students from other faculties.
Contact person Nermin Karaoglu Bielefeld School of Business Room B 329 +49.521.106-4840 nermin.karaoglu@hsbi.de
Freshers’ Weeks
HSBI offers an orientation phase of approximately three weeks before the official start of the semester. These weeks include a free intensive German course and a cultural leisure programme.
Lecturers and researchers
English translation service
Translation into English and proofreading of non-scientific texts, e.g. forms, document templates, standard texts. More information at: Translation Service
Erasmus+ Staff Mobility
The Erasmus+ programme not only supports stays abroad for students, but also for guest lecturers and university employees’ further education and training measures in other European countries.
You can use the professional online language courses developed by speexx to train and improve your skills in English, Spanish, French, Italian or German. The courses are available for self-study in ILIAS. In the ILIAS repository you will also find other courses that you can take for free. The language courses can be found under Repository > Self-learning courses > Language Trainings or directly via this ILIAS link.
Employees
English translation service
Translation into English and proofreading of non-scientific texts, e.g. forms, document templates, standard texts. More information at: Translation Service
Erasmus+ Staff Mobility
The Erasmus+ programme not only supports stays abroad for students, but also for university employees’ further education and training measures in other European countries.
You can use the professional online language courses developed by speexx to train and improve your skills in English, Spanish, French, Italian or German. The courses are available for self-study in ILIAS. In the ILIAS repository, you will also find other courses that you can take for free. The language courses can be found under Repository > Self-learning courses > Language Trainings or directly via this ILIAS link.
