Application Requirements

Language Requirements

Please note that English is not spoken everywhere in Germany/at KIT. Thus participation in the pre-semester German course offered at KIT is highly recommended to all applicants, who don’t have any/sufficient German language proficiency. The language certificates must not be older than exactly five years by the application deadline.

Your official certificate should clearly show:

• The language level you have reached,
• the test result achieved (grade or score),
• the issuing date and
• the issuing language institute (stamp/signature/verification code)  

The following language certificates are not accepted:

• Online placement tests 
• Certificates of attendance 
• Certificates without language level

The following departments at KIT:

• Department of Architecture (ARCH),
• Department of Civil Engineering, Geo and Environmental Sciences (BGU),
• Department of Chemical and Process Engineering (CIW),
• Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ETIT),
• Department of Mechanical Engineering (MACH) and
• Department of Economics and Management (WIWI)

require applicants to have:

• 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. Only for the ETIT faculty: a A2/B1 CEFR level of German and a B2 CEFR level of English.

The following departments at KIT:

• Department of Informatics (INFO)

require applicants to have:

• a B1 CEFR level of German language certificate (mandatory requirement) and additionally
• a B2 CEFR level of English language certificate only if courses taught in English will be attended.

The following departments at KIT:

• Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (GEIST-SOZ),
• Department of Mathematics (MATH) and
• Department of Physics (PHY)

require applicants to have:

• an A2/B1 CEFR level of German language certificate (mandatory requirement) and additionally
• a B2 CEFR level of English language certificate only if courses taught in English will be attended.
• For German Studies: a B2 CEFR level of German language certificate. 

The following department at KIT:

• Department of Chemistry and Biosciences (CHEM-BIO) 

requires applicants to have:

• a C1 CEFR level of German language certificate if courses taught in German will be attended or
• B2/C1 CEFR level of English language certificate if courses taught in English will be attended.