Please make sure that you have at least a language level of either English B2 or German B1 regardless of whether you are studying in the Bachelor's or Master's programme. No official language certificate is required. However, out of your own interest to ensure that your stay abroad at Bielefeld University is satisfactory, we ask you to comply with the requirements.
Most of the classes at the Faculty of Educational Science are held in German. This means that you will need to have adequate language skills (German level B1) in order to participate in the classes and to ensure that your stay in Bielefeld is productive for you. Nevertheless, the faculty offers some courses in English every semester so that international students can earn at least 30 ECTS.
German language courses
For information on language courses, please see the website of PunktUm.
The Faculty of Educational Science offers a wide range of courses in English.
The courses are published individually for each semester.
The courses for the winter semester are always published from mid/end of June.
The courses for the summer semester are always published from January onwards.
Please find the current course offer (English) here:
Please note that no specific ECTS are assigned to the courses at Bielefeld University. Obtaining ECTS depends on the module within which a course is studied. Courses can be assigned to different modules with different numbers of ECTS.
You can find the module search here.
A Learning Agreement is a contract between you, your home university and the Faculty of Educational Science at Bielefeld University, in which the crediting of the courses is regulated. It gives students the opportunity to have the courses they attend at the Faculty of Educational Science credited for courses at their home university.
Bielefeld University uses OLA (Online Learning Agreement).
A "traditional" Learning Agreement may only be sent as an exception.
winter semester: from mid/ end of June
summer semester: from January onwards
Only after these dates it will be possible to conclude a meaningful Learning Agreement for the respective semester.
Please note that we can only conclude meaningful Learning Agreements for one semester, as our courses are only published for the respective semester. Therefore, if you spend two semesters at Bielefeld University, you will have to submit a final Learning Agreement for your second semester at a later date.
There is a recommended maximum of 30 ECTS per semester.
Courses offered by other faculties:
If you would like to attend courses of the other faculties at Bielefeld University, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org so that the responsible coordinators can be asked for approval.
In order to complete your Learning Agreement, you need to contact our Academic Coordinators and discuss with them the crediting of the courses in Bielefeld for the courses at your home university. Please take into account the responsibilities as mentioned in the table below.
Country | Academic Coordinator | Contact |
Austria | Joana ERNST | click here |
Croatia | Dr. Katharina HERDE | click here |
Cyprus | Dr. Antoanneta POTSI | click here |
Czech Republic | Dr. Katharina HERDE | click here |
Denmark | Dr. Ann-Christin FAIX | click here |
England | Dr. Ann-Christin FAIX | click here |
Estonia | Joana ERNST | click here |
Finland | Dr. Ann-Christin FAIX | click here |
France | Kristina SCHRÖDER | click here |
Greece | Dr. Antoanneta POTSI | click here |
Hungary | Dr. Katharina HERDE | click here |
Italy | Kristina SCHRÖDER | click here |
Latvia | Joana ERNST | click here |
Lithuania | Joana ERNST | click here |
Luxembourg | Joana ERNST | click here |
Norway | Dr. Ann-Christin FAIX | click here |
Poland | Dr. Katharina HERDE | click here |
Portugal | Kristina SCHRÖDER | click here |
Romania | Dr. Katharina HERDE | click here |
Spain | Kristina SCHRÖDER | click here |
Sweden | Dr. Ann-Christin FAIX | click here |
Switzerland | Joana ERNST | click here |
Türkiye | Kristina SCHRÖDER | click here |
Please always contact email@example.com regarding your Online Learning Agreement.