Foreign Languages Centre
Important change to language course enrollment starting in the summer semester 2026
- Repeated enrollment in foreign language modules is not possible.
- Registration for the exam and access to the Moodle course of the original enrollment semester remain possible.
- Oral partial exam components cannot be carried over to later semesters and must be completed again.
- Regular classes during the semester may only be attended by first-time enrollees.
For students who wish to repeat a module, intensive courses for repeat students are offered for selected modules during the lecture-free period. Semester-long courses cannot be attended again due to capacity constraints.
Eight languages taught at different levels
During your studies, you can improve your language skills in the subject-specific languages English, French, Russian, Spanish and German up to advanced level (CEFR C1/C2) or learn another foreign language. Arabic, Italian and Japanese are taught up to basic level (CEFR A1).
HTW Berlin is one of the few universities in Germany with its own Foreign Languages Centre and offers language courses with subject-specific specialisations in the fields of business (B), technology (T) and design (D) as well as general language (G) in eight languages:
| B | T | D | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | • | |||
| German as a foreign language | • | • | • | • |
| English | • | • | • | • |
| French | • | • | ||
| Italian | • | |||
| Japanese | • | |||
| Russian | • | • | ||
| Spanish | • | • |
In addition to the semester-long courses, intensive courses are offered which can be counted towards degrees if they conclude with an examination.