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Mission statement of the International Study Center / Language Center

Our language training in the general and technical language and technical communication courses is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and is implemented with steep progression and an action-oriented, intercultural approach to teaching.

As a university language center, we are committed to the quality criteria of the Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren an Hochschulen e.V. (AKS). The UNIcert® certificate as a seal of quality also certifies university-specific foreign language training for some languages and language levels, which students and staff can use as an additional qualification in their academic and professional context.

Languages and intercultural competence are the gateway to the world and have an importance that can hardly be overestimated, both for studies and careers as well as for personal development. The aim of the Language Center is to support participants in developing their intercultural skills through our language training and key qualification courses so that they can successfully master the challenges of a globalized world. The Language Center sees itself as a place of intercultural exchange. With our numerous programs, we are an important part of the internationalization efforts of the University of Kassel.

This is achieved both by integrating international students on the German campus and by preparing German students, university staff and international guest researchers for their academic and professional careers in global contexts at the University of Kassel and for study and research abroad - a win-win situation for all sides.

As further support for intercultural exchange, we arrange language tandem partnerships, buddies and sponsor families for international students in Kassel and offer certificate training to become an intercultural mentor on the one hand and an excursion program for international students to learn German on the other.

With a scientific language course and advisory program, we support international students by helping them to help themselves in their academic and scientific development during their studies.

The Language Center makes a significant contribution to the University of Kassel's efforts to provide refugees with access to higher education in Germany. This is currently being done through intensive German courses for refugees, which are funded by the German Academic Exchange Service as part of the INTEGRA program.

The togetherness!

Our organization is shaped not only by its goals and framework conditions, but also and especially by the people who work for it or take advantage of its services.

It is therefore important to us, as employees of the Language Center, that we as a team, including our student assistants and freelance lecturers, maintain an open and respectful relationship with each other and with our course participants. We want to create a motivating, inspiring and challenging learning environment with an open-minded and tolerant atmosphere.