HTW facilities
HTW Library
The HTW Library provides students with access to print and electronic information sources. Each campus has its own library.
Goebenstraße campus: Room 5405
Tel.: +49-(0)681/5867.121
Waldhausweg campus: Room A-K-12
Tel.: +49-(0)681/5867.538
Language courses
Despite its proximity to France and Luxembourg, incoming students should not expect staff in local government offices, banks or shops to have sufficient language skills to be able to provide assistance in a foreign language. You may find that help is available in the popular foreign languages French and English, but it is unlikely to be the case for other languages. With few exceptions, German is the language of instruction at the HTW.
International and exchange students from partner institutions should therefore have a sufficiently good command of German to allow them to benefit from their chosen programme of study. We recommend that students should have had between 350 and 600 hours of tuition. This corresponds to level A2/B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) (see: http://culture2.coe.int/portfolio - Levels). If you would like to assess your current proficiency in German, an online placement test is available at: www.goethe.de/cgi-bin/einstufungstest/einstufungstest.pl.
Intensive German course for ERASMUS students
The International Office offers a preparatory intensive German course for ERASMUS students:
21 Sep to 9 Oct 2009
Mon–Fri, 9 am – 1 pm
For more information or to apply for the course, please contact:
Andrea Roth, a.roth@htw-saarland.de
German courses during the summer and winter semesters for HTW international students
The International Office offers German language courses for international students that run during the summer and winter semesters. These courses can be used to consolidate your language proficiency and to acquire specialist skills.
Summer semester 2009: from 22 April 2009
Winter semester 2009-10: from 14 October 2009
Wed, 2 pm - 3.30 pm
Goebenstraße 40, Room 7108
For more information or to apply for the course, please contact:
Andrea Roth, a.roth@htw-saarland.de
Evening language courses
German evening courses (typically 4 hours per week) are a useful supplement to the German language courses offered at the HTW. Information on the courses offered and the addresses of language schools in Saarbrücken can be obtained from the International Office.
Self-study
International students at the HTW can pursue interactive self-study at the multimedia language lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Multimedia Language Lab
Prof. Dr. Christine Sick
Goebenstraße 40, Room 7005
Tel.: +49-(0)681/5867-420 or -421
Wed, 1.30 - 4.30 pm; Fri, 1 - 3 pm
The multimedia self-study program 'Einblicke' (level A2/B1) is installed on the two PCs in the middle row immediately in front of the teacher's desk.
- Module: 'Arbeitswelt' ('The World of Work')
- Module: 'Studium' ('Studying')
- Grammar trainer (with over 200 grammar exercises)
- Speech trainer (over 400 speech exercises and 350 situational exercises)
- Vocabulary trainer (over 500 vocabulary exercises)
