UNIcert

What is UNIcert®?

UNIcert® is a nationally recognized, practice-oriented, and demanding training and examination system that is valid across languages and institutions.

UNIcert® gives the foreign language training that accompanies your studies a university-specific character by taking into account the special features of the participants, the objectives, and the working methods of the universities and technical colleges.

 

What advantages does UNIcert® offer?

  • cross-language
    One Certificate for all languages
  • cross-university
    All universities in Germany can join this system. 51 institutions already award UNIcert®
  • study-related
    UNIcert® is an additional qualification that can be acquired by all students – regardless of their subject – parallel to their studies.
  • learner-friendly
    Small learning groups (max. 25 participants) and the flexibility of the system favour didactic innovations and a pleasant learning atmosphere.
    qualifying
    The initiator and holder of the certificate is the Arbeitskreis der Sprachzentren e.V. (AKS).
    As an umbrella organization with over 100 affiliated higher education institutions, AKS guarantees the high standard and further development of the UNIcert® training system. UNIcert® thus represents a valuable additional qualification on the European job market.
  • clearly structured
    Four achievable levels with clear goals and each of the same scope.
  • compatible
    UNIcert® is comparable to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages.

UNIcert® at TU Dresden – an overview

Basic Level (8 SWS, 10 SWS or 12 SWS)

General academic orientation for the following languages: Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Czech

Level I (16 SWS or 20 SWS)

General academic orientation for the following languages: Chinese, French, Japanese, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Spanish

Level II (10 SWS)

French for general science orientation and business
Spanish for general scientific orientation
Russian for general scientific orientation

Level III (10 SWS)

French for International Relations
Spanish for International Relations