The medium of instruction for the MIP program is English. There is no mandatory requirement for German language before enrolling to the program.
It is strongly recommended to participate in a German intensive course prior to the beginning of the first semester lectures in MIP. This is a prerequisite for continuing at the International Centre with the modules German as a Foreign Language I and II (so called extensive courses) in the first and second semester respectively. For each of the two courses 3 ECTS-credits can be acquired. For details please see the information on the intensive and extensive courses.
Students, who can prove German knowledge at the level A 2.1 (CEFR standard: Common European Framework of Reverence for Languages) by submission of a qualified certificate prior to the beginning of the MIP program do not need to continue with any further German courses unless they wish to. These students have to acquire 6 ECTS-credits from key qualification modules until the end of their studies in the MIP program.
You can choose from courses which belong to the interdisciplinary key competences (all details see below) or continue with German classes at the University's language centre which can also be recognised as key qualification modules.