Student Mobility: Study and Traineeship (Outgoing) – Language Proficiency Certificates – Erasmus+ (KA 131) (2021–2027)

General information:

A language certificate must not be more than 4 years old.

Please note: Placement tests taken at ZESS or other language course providers are not accepted!

Failure to provide evidence will be regarded as a failure to meet a requirement and will result in exclusion from the application process.

Required language level:

Information onZESS language examinations/tests and language courses offered by the Department of Romance Philology - Call for Applications 2027/28

General information:

A language certificate must not be more than 4 years old.

If you are unable to provide proof of language proficiency at the time of application, you must submit confirmation of an appointment to obtain such proof together with your application.

Please note: Placement tests taken at ZESS or other language course providers are not accepted!

Required language level:

• Proof of having passed a ZESS language course (e.g. via a FlexNow transcript) – please note the required language level for each language.
• ZESS language certificates for periods spent abroad, e.g. ‘DAAD or Erasmus+’ – please note the required language level for each language.
• Language certificates from the Department of Romance Philology
• UNIcert –” – please note the required language level for each language
• University entrance qualification with reference to the ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)’
• University entrance qualification without reference to the ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)’
• Abitur (G8 and G9): Proof of B2 level if the foreign language was studied up to the Abitur and an average mark of at least ‘good’ was achieved over the last four school years
• Abitur (G8): Abitur (G8): Proof of B1 level if the foreign language has been successfully studied for at least 6 school years up to Year 11
• Abitur (G9): Proof of B1 level if the foreign language has been successfully studied for at least 7 school years up to Year 12
• or the language to be demonstrated was studied as a subject up to and including the year of graduation – please note the required language level for each language
• Other evidence in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), e.g. adult education centre, language school – please note the required language level for each language.
• Confirmed work placement abroad (at least 1 month), including a note stating that the working language was English, French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish.

• „Cambridge English: “Preliminary“ (PET)
• „International English Language Testing System“ (IELTS Academic) at least Band 4 (B1)
• „Test of English as a Foreign Language, paper-based test“(TOEFL PBT) at least 487 Points (B1)
• „Test of English as a Foreign Language, internet-based test“ (TOEFL iBT) at least 57 Points (B1)
• „The European Language Certificates“ (TELC) at least B1
• „Duolingo English Test“ at least B1

• „Diplôme approfondi de langue française” (DALF) at least B1
• „Diplôme d’études en langue française“ (DELF) at least B1
• „The European Language Certificates“ (TELC) at least B1
• German-French Higher Education Agreement of 4 November 1988 (applies to bilingual schools or German-French grammar schools, at which French or German is taught up to the Abitur and French or German is taken as an examination subject in the Abitur/Baccalauréat) “Under the terms of the agreement… the mark achieved in French as an advanced subject as part of the general university entrance qualification exempts the student from the language examinations required for enrolment at French universities.”

• „Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera“ (DELE) at least B1
• “The European Language Certificates” (TELC Español) at least B1
• „Diploma Internacional de Español“ (DIE) at least B1

• CILS Uno – B1, CILS Due – B2, CILS Tre – C1; Certificate in Italian as a Foreign Language
• CELI – B1; CELI3 – B2; CELI4 - C1; Certification in the Italian Language
• PLIDA-B1, PLIDA – B2; Dante Alighieri Society

• DIPLE – Diploma Intermédio de Português Língua Estrangeira