Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions for Participation in Language Centre CoursesFriedrich Schiller University Jena12 October 2026The present Terms and Conditions for Participation (hereafter referred to as ‘Terms and Conditions’) constitute a binding legal relationship between the Language Centre of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (hereafter referred to as ‘Language Centre’) and all participants who registered for a course offered by the Language Centre.By registering for a language course at the Language Centre, a person acknowledges and accepts these Terms and Conditions in their latest approved version.

  • 1. Scope of application

    a)       These Terms and Conditions apply to voluntary participation (fakultative Teilnahme) in Language Centre courses for:

    -            students of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena;

    -            students of other higher-education institutions;

    -            employees of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena; and

    -            external participants.

    b)       Students of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena who take a language course as a compulsory module (Pflichtmodul) or compulsory elective module (Wahlpflichtmodul) within the curriculum of their degree programme are subject exclusively to the study and examination regulations applicable to their respective degree programme For such students, only the provisions of these Terms and Conditions concerning course fees, fee exemptions, and the procedure for claiming such exemp-tions shall apply. In all other respects, these Terms and Conditions shall not apply, particularly with regard to examination registration.

    c)       Students of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena who enrol in a language course with the aim of obtaining the Latinum [a state-recognised qualification certifying proficiency in Latin, which is required for certain academic programmes in Germany] are primarily subject to the Examination Regulations of Friedrich Schiller University Jena for the conferral of the Latinum and Graecum, dated 17 June 2026, including any amendments adopted thereafter. For such students, only the provisions of these Terms and Conditions concerning course fees, fee exemptions, and the procedure for claiming such exemptions shall apply. In all other respects, these Terms and Conditions shall not apply, particularly with regard to examination registration.

  • 2. Course fee

    Participation in courses is generally subject to payment of a fee. Fees shall be charged in accordance with the General Schedule of Fees and Charges of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena of 25 June 2007, in the version currently in force. (Allgemeine Gebührenordnung und Entgeltordnung, AGEO), in particular Section 4 thereof.

    The applicable course fees are as follows:

    • Students of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and of other German higher education institutions, and doctoral/PhD students of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena holding student status:
    • 2 SWS - 40,- €
    • 4 SWS - 80,- €

    • Employees, external participants, and doctoral/PhD students of other universities (without FSU student status)
    • 2 SWS - 150,- €
    • 4 SWS - 300,- €

    The obligation to pay the course fee arises once registration becomes binding. Registration becomes binding:

    •  where it is not withdrawn no later than 15 calendar days before the start of the course in accordance with Section 4(3), sentence 2 AGEO; or
    •  where, after the course has commenced, the registered individual does not withdraw from the course within the first two teaching weeks via the campus management system (Friedolin) or, in the case of German as a Foreign Language (DaF) courses, by email to deutsch@uni-jena.de.

    Payment of the fee shall be made upon invoicing by the University to the email address provided by the registered individual. For students of the University, invoices shall be sent exclusively to the student's University email account.

    For participation within the curriculum of a degree programme or subject (Section 1(b)), exemption from the fee shall be granted only upon formal request. When submitting their request, course participants are required to provide evidence to the Language Centre that they satisfy the conditions for a fee exemption. Applications, together with all required supporting documentation, must be submitted to the Language Centre by email no later than the end of the third teaching week in a given semester. Applications received after this deadline will generally not be considered for the course in question. The Language Centre may, in exceptional circumstances, consider a late application where the participant was unable to meet the deadline through no fault of their own.

    If a course cannot be offered due to insufficient enrolment or for any other reason attributable to the Language Centre, no course fee shall be payable pursuant to Section 4(3), sentence 1 AGEO.

  • 3. Participation in courses

    Upon timely and binding registration and admission to a language course, the registered individual will be entitled to attend the course and to complete any required assessment.

    A registered individual shall not be admitted to a language course if they have outstanding fee obligations arising from previous Language Centre courses, provided that these obligations are due and payable, uncontested, and remain unpaid despite at least one reminder.

  • 4. Attendance

    Attendance is compulsory for Language Centre courses. For courses comprising 2 SWS (Semesterwochenstunden, i.e. weekly contact teaching hours during the teaching period of a semester), no more than three teaching periods of 90 minutes each may be missed per semester. For courses comprising 4 SWS, no more than six teaching periods of 90 minutes each may be missed per semester.

    Where the permissible number of absences is exceeded, the course shall be deemed not to have been duly completed and the participant shall not be eligible to sit the examination. In such cases, there shall be no entitlement to the issuance of either a certificate of attendance (Teilnahmenachweis) or a certificate of achievement (Leistungsschein).

    Any fee due or already paid shall neither be waived nor refunded in the event of insufficient attendance (Section 4(2) AGEO). Regular attendance may be documented by a certificate of attendance. Where a course is successfully completed through the required assessment, a certificate of achievement shall be issued. The Language Centre shall be entitled to withhold certificates of attendance and certificates of achievement until all outstanding course fees have been paid in full.

  • 5. Examination registration

    Where the prerequisites have been met (see Attendance), registration for the examination must be made with the course instructor no later than two weeks before the examination.

  • 6. Repeating an examination

    Students who do not pass an examination may resit it once. In doing so, they may retake either the entire examination or only the component they did not pass, while retaining credit for any component already passed. The resit may be taken at the regular examination date at the end of the subsequent course period without the need to attend the course again.

    This alternative examination date shall be determined in accordance with actual demand and subject to room availability, in consultation with the University's Hörsaalmanagement (centrally responsible for room allocation and scheduling). It shall be announced no later than two weeks in advance through the usual channels used by the University to communicate examination-related information.

  • 7. Equality clause (gender-inclusive language)

    Any references to persons, status designations, or functional titles in these Terms and Conditions apply equally to persons of all genders, irrespective of the grammatical form used.