Course

We offer a semester-long English course as part of the pre-subject course (APC).

This comprises a total of 250 semester hours per week, spread over 10 semester weeks.

The content of the course includes

- Grammar

- Business English

- work in and on specialist presentations from your chosen degree courses

- Writing, especially academic writing

- phonetics

- regional studies

- mock exams (TOEIC / TOEFL ITP)

 

The course concludes with an exam that qualifies you to study at Ilmenau University of Technology. This is either a TOEFL ITP or TOEIC exam, whereby the TOEIC exam covers the listening, structure/reading, writing and speaking sections.

You will be assigned the appropriate type of exam based on your chosen course of study at the TU Ilmenau. Only participants who have attended at least 80% of the course are admitted to the exam (exceptions are illness, etc.).

Costs

The total cost of the course we offer is 2,000 euros. 

The course fees include:

- Placement test

- Course as described on the left

- Course materials & mock exams

- 1 attempt at the exam at standard marking speed

 

For the duration of the course, you will be enrolled as a student at the Technische Universität Ilmenau, receive a thoska card and thus benefit from many of the advantages of student life. 

The courses take place exclusively in Ilmenau as face-to-face sessions. 

 

*) A refund is possible within two years of the registration date, subject to a cancellation fee of 50 per cent of the total price, upon written request, provided you have successfully registered for the language placement test, made payment and submitted the relevant embassy documents. 

If you have a confirmed booking but are unable to attend due to delays in the visa application process, your booking will automatically be postponed, free of charge, to the semester following the one you originally booked. 

Registration

You can register for the placement test for the summer or winter semester. These will take place on the following dates:

 

Summer term 2027: 5 April 2027

Course: 6 April 2027 – 16 July 2027*

 

Winter semester 2027/2028: 11 October 2027

Course: 12 October 2027 – 4 February 2027*

 

You can register and enrol for the year 2027 on this website from 30 October 2026:

REGISTRATION

 

PLEASE NOTE – Please do NOT use a mobile device to enrol.

*) Subject to change!

Kerstin Steinberg-RahalJörg Augustin

Director of Studies in APC English

We are pleased to introduce Dr. Steinberg-Rahal to our team as course and study supervisor in the APC English language program.

 

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