Language Proficiency
In addition to showing that they satisfy curricular prerequisites, applicants to mdw programmes of study must also verify their language proficiency; this applies especially to applicants whose first language is not German. The language proficiency verification requirement can also apply to an applicant’s English skills if English is a language of instruction in their chosen programme of study.
The curriculum of each programme specifies the point in time—either prior to admission or by the beginning of one’s third semester of study at the latest—by which such skills must be verified. Furthermore, the Rectorate determines in consultation with the respective studies commissions what level of language proficiency must be verified in what way:
Language Proficiency Verification Requirements by Programme of Study (valid from SS 2024 Onward)
All details concerning these requirements can be found in the current version of the mdw Rectorate’s Language Proficiency Directive.
An archive of annexes to the Language Proficiency Directive can be found here (at the moment partially available in German):
- Language Proficiency Verification Requirements valid from WS 2023 Onward (pdf)
- Erforderliche Sprachnachweise für Zulassungen ab Sommersemester 2023 (pdf)
- Erforderliche Sprachnachweise für Zulassungen ab Wintersemester 2022 (pdf)
- Erforderliche Sprachnachweise für Zulassungen ab Wintersemester 2021 (pdf)
- Erforderliche Sprachnachweise für Zulassungen ab Wintersemester 2020 (pdf)
- Erforderliche Sprachnachweise für Zulassungen im Sommersemester 2020 (pdf)
- Erforderliche Sprachnachweise für Zulassungen im Wintersemester 2019 (pdf)