HM partner schools abroad require proof of English competence, and generally they accept the DAAD test. Those who plan to attend universities within the EU may be able to take another free test, but should obtain information from the International Office (IO).
The International Office will post a list of partner schools that require the DAAD test, in addition to an overview already on their website of which universities accept which tests.HM community members who do not plan to go abroad with an IO program will be accepted only one week before a test date if there are still remaining spaces, and never in November. This is also true for anyone wishing to take the test a semester earlier than their deadline

Dates for winter semester 2020/2021 DAAD tests:

• January 15, 9.00 until ca. 11.15;
• February 05, 12, 9.00 until ca. 11.15;

 
Please do not sign up for a preferred date more than 2 weeks in advance (alternative date may be later). Do not wait till you feel better prepared or you may not get a place at all. Either your English is adequate now, or you will not be able to improve much in another few weeks anyway -- Punkt.
 
Send your HM email address (ONLY HM email!) to pamela.price0@hm.edu, along with your preferred date and an alternative date that falls within the next month, also your department of study. Please do not clutter your mail with official phrases or more info about yourself.
 
You will receive a confirmation within a week of your mail if you have followed all above directions, then more info about how the test will run about a week before your date. If you think you did everything right but do not get a confirmation, then write again -- technology does sometimes fail!
 
No info about the contents of the test or how to prep is given in advance as Hochschule students should already have at least a low B2 level. If you do not, you will need to find ways to improve it yourself as this is only a testing service.
 
Attention all DAAD test takers! please do not write to the FK13 Sekretariat concerning DAAD matters as they have nothing to do with it. Your only DAAD contact in FK 13 is the email address. If you have tried this address with no success, you are probably not using your HM email account. Emails from all other accounts are simply deleted. In addition, during the oral interview every test taker is clearly told that the certificates are sent to the central International Office and the students should contact the IO. Perhaps failure to understand that means a problem in English understanding.

Das DAAD-Sprachzeugnis weist Ihre jeweiligen Kenntnisse in den Bereichen Hörverständnis, Leseverständnis, schriftlicher und mündlicher Ausdruck aus.
Der mündliche Test besteht aus einem Prüfungsgespräch von ca. 30 Minuten, in dem Sie Fragen zu einem fachbezogenen Text und zu einem selbstverfassten Aufsatz (1 Seite, Arial 12) beantworten müssen.

Den Text zum Leseverständnis (in der Regel ein Zeitungsartikel aus El País , BBC oder El Mundo ) können Sie vor der Prüfung 15 Minuten lang vorbereiten. Den Aufsatz - ein Motivationsschreiben zu Ihrem Auslandsprojekt - bereiten Sie als Hausarbeit vor und bringen ihn zur Prüfung mit.

In dem Motivationsschreiben legen Sie Ihr Auslandsvorhaben und Ihre Gründe dafür dar, beschreiben, was Sie bisher organisiert haben, wie Sie sich den Aufenthalt vorstellen und was Sie - besonders fachlich - dazulernen wollen. Letzteres ist wichtig, da auch Ihre fachsprachlichen Kompetenzen zu bewerten sind.

Anmeldung zur Prüfung:

Die Termine für den DAAD-Test finden nur in der Vorlesungszeit statt! Für die Anmeldung vereinbaren Sie bitte mindestens zwei Wochen im Voraus einen Termin per E-Mail Dr. Begoña Prieto-Peral oder Dr. Luz Emilia Minera Reyna. Dazu benötigen wir Ihren Namen, Ihre Studiengruppe, Matrikelnummer, eine Telefonnummer und Ihre HM-E-Mail-Adresse.

Termine und Ort der Prüfung im Wintersemester 2020/2021 (nur in der Vorlesungszeit!):

Frau Prof. Dr. Begoña Prieto-Peral
Dienstags, 14.30 bis 15.30 Uhr
Dauer der Prüfung: ca. 25 Minuten.

Frau Dr. Luz Emilia Minera Reyna
Donnerstags, 14.00 bis 15.00 Uhr
Dauer der Prüfung: ca. 25 Minuten.