International German Language School 2026

Three-week intensive summer school in Mainz for university students who want to begin learning German or improve existing German skills through language classes, intercultural training, excursions, and specialist lectures.

Academic requirements

At least 18 years old at the start of the Summer School; officially enrolled at a university (proof needs to be sent during the application process).

Minimum GPA

No fixed minimum GPA is published on the current official programme page.

German requirements

No knowledge of German required.

Accepted bachelor fields

No prior bachelor's degree was stated as required on the reviewed official JGU summer-school pages. The reviewed official pages state that participants must be at least 18 years old at the start of the programme and officially enrolled at a university.

APS Certificate

No

Thesis required

No

Tuition fee

Course-based fee; the reviewed official JGU fees page states EUR 990 total.

ECTS credits

4

Funding info

Tuition: Course-based fee; the reviewed official JGU fees page states EUR 990 total.

The reviewed official JGU summer-school pages state that participants improve German-language ability from CEFR A1 to C1 while building intercultural competence and familiarity with studying in Mainz.

• 1

  MA German as a Second and Foreign Language / Deutsch als Zweit- und Fremdsprache

  Trier University

  Trier · Master of Arts · German

• 2

  International German Summer Course B2/C1 + Language Project Academic German

  Bielefeld University

  Bielefeld · Certificate · German

• 3

  Linguistics (MA)

  University of Göttingen

  Göttingen · Master of Arts · English

• 4

  German-French Studies

  University of Bonn

  Bonn · Bachelor of Arts · German, French

• 5

  Franco-German Master of Arts in Linguistics: Digital, Applied, Structural (LiDAS) / Sciences du Langage (SDL)

  University of Siegen

  Siegen · Master of Arts · German, English, French