German Intensive Courses in Hamburg
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As the virus continues to keep us busy within our daily (school) life, we have put all of the important information together here: our hygiene concept, our terms and conditions, information about the current situation in Hamburg as well as conditions of entry into Germany.
Our German intensive courses will help you get into the German language and culture swiftly and successfully. Our keen and excellent language trainers teach in small groups and give expert support for the four language skills listening and reading comprehension, writing, and especially, speaking. They use teaching books especially designed for your particular language learning level, adding other up-to-date training materials.
At levels A1 to B1 our courses run for 20 class hours weekly.
In order to prepare you best for your studies or your professional career, we run our courses at levels B2 and C1 for 25 class hours per week. That way, along with a thorough grammar instruction, you have more time to train the intricacies of the German language on your way to proficiency.
HINT: One level takes 8 weeks to finish at our school.
Here you can find our placement test for levels A1 to B1.
Course Dates
Our courses start every 4 weeks. You may join any time after a placement test and a free test session.
Beginners may start at the following dates:
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11.01.2021 |
course break |
course break |
12.04.2021 |
10.05.2021 |
07.06.2021 |
05.07.2021 |
02.08.2021 |
30.08.2021 |
27.09.2021 | 25.10.2021 | 22.11.2021 |
There are no intensive classes on public holidays and in two short term breaks:
14.12.20 - 08.01.21, 08.02.-09.04., 13.05., 24.05. and 20.12.21-07.01.22
Please click on the following image to see our course calendar 2021 (PDF):
Accommodation
Are you looking for accommodation for the time of your language course? We will obviously be there to help you. You have the choice between a single room in private household or a hotel. There's more information here.
VISA
If you need to apply for a visa, you can hand in our booking confirmation with your application. TANDEM Hamburg's German intensive classes qualify for issuing a residence permit (visa) for language studies in Germany. You'll find some more details here.
Our TELC and TestDaF exams
Being an authorized examination centre we have aligned our German language courses with the examinations for the telc Deutsch A1, telc Deutsch B1, telc Deutsch B2, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule and the TestDaF. Our language trainers hold an invigilator's license and have extensive experience with TestDaF preparation courses. Thus they are well familiar with these tests will use content that is relevant of the exams in class.
HINT:
The telc exams for B1 and B2 are run on a regular basis on the last day of each term, and, on special dates, the telc exams for A1 and C1 Hochschule . You can add these to your booking at a special price, if you wish.
Schedules, Prices and Payment options
All information can be downloaded here as a PDF.
Intensive 20 (A1 to B1)
• 20 class hours of 45 minutes per week,
• Normally 5 – 12 participants (on occasion 14) but due to Corona situation 5 – 8 participants (on occasion 10)
• Monday to Friday from 09:30 – 12:45 p.m. (on occasion from 2:00 – 5:15 p.m.),
ATTENTION: A1 courses always run from 2:00 – 5:15 p.m.
• Option: telc Deutsch A1 exam on special dates
• Option: telc Deutsch B1 exam on the last day of term
Prices:
One time service fee (incl. the first course book)* |
40.00 € |
Further course books every half level |
17.99 € - 18.99 € |
1 week
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180.00 € |
2 weeks |
320.00 € |
3 weeks |
440.00 € |
4 weeks SPECIAL
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520.00 € |
5th to 7th week |
140.00 € per week |
8 weeks SPECIAL
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1040.00 € |
9th to 11th week |
140.00 € per week |
12 weeks SPECIAL |
1560.00 € |
13th to 15th week |
140.00 € per week |
16 weeks SPECIAL |
2080.00 € |
17th to 19th week |
140.00 € per week |
20 weeks SPECIAL |
2600.00 € |
21th to 23th week |
140.00 € per week |
24 weeks SPECIAL |
3120.00 € |
Option: telc Deutsch A1 |
90.00 € |
Option: telc Deutsch B1 |
170.00 € |
* Our service fee covers your first course book, further materials and the cultural program (excl. travel costs and entrance fees)
Group course + single
• Your choice of single lessons in addition to your group class
• On offer starting from 2 single class hours
• Can be booked as Bildungsurlaub
Prices:
Everyday and
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Technical language |
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45 mins. |
38.00 € |
44.00 € |
Our services
• Placement test at the beginning of your course
• Individual placement counselling
• Individual care and advice
• Regular progress check
• Final TANDEM exam after finishing a level
• Detailed exit confirmation
• 1 extracurricular activity per week
Intensive 25 (B2 and C1)
• 25 class hours of 45 minutes per week,
• Normally 5 – 12 participants (on occasion 14) but due to Corona situation 5 – 8 participants (on occasion 10)
• Monday to Friday from 09:30 – 1:40 p.m. (on occasion from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.)
• Option: telc Deutsch B2 exam on the last day of term
• Option: telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule exam on special dates
Prices:
One time service fee (incl. the first course book)* |
40.00 € |
Further course books every half level |
20.99 € |
1 week
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225.00 € |
2 weeks |
400.00 € |
3 weeks |
550.00 € |
4 weeks SPECIAL
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650.00 € |
5th to 7th week |
175.00 € per week |
8 weeks SPECIAL
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1300.00 € |
9th to 11th week |
175.00 € per week |
12 weeks SPECIAL |
1950.00 € |
13th to 15th week |
175.00 € per week |
16 weeks SPECIAL |
2600.00 € |
Option: telc Deutsch B2 |
170.00 € |
Option: telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule |
185.00 € |
* Our service fee covers your first course book, further materials and the cultural program (excl. travel costs and entrance fees)
International Payments
Students with international bank accounts and credit cards
Students with an international bank account or credit card (from outside of the Euro zone) can pay their fees and deposits through TransferMate in their own currency, with no currency conversion fees and beneficial exchange rates. If you normally incur bank charges when paying from an overseas bank account to the College account, then you may find TransferMate is more economically favourable for you:
• No International sender/receiver fees
• Preferential exchange rates
• 24 hour online tracking of all payments
• 24 hour Customer Service
• Allows you to pay in your local currency & to a local bank account
• TransferMate also accept Alipay, Tenpay and UnionPay
Please Note:
If you choose to pay by a different method of payment which results in TANDEM Hamburg incurring bank charges, we will recover the cost from you.
Read more on TransferMate in this PDF file