Language Placement Tests

To participate in a language course or just to learn your language level you can assess your language proficiency. All information can be found on the following page.

All of our placement tests can be completed in the SLZ on your own laptop. Please note that if you want to take the English placement test, you will also need headphones that are compatible with your laptop.

If you need the placement of your language skills to apply for studying abroad, you find the corresponding information on the page Certificate of language proficiency for studies abroad.

Placement in English and French

  • is suitable for all language levels (adaptive test: Dynamic Placement Test for English and Ev@lang for French)
  • can be taken once a semester, is valid for two years, and is free of charge for Leuphana students
  • can be used, for example
    • for course registration at Leuphana if needed
    • for individual purposes
    • for the application for a stay abroad. In this case, for French, the test will be followed by an additional placement interview. Further information can be found on the page Language proficiency for studies abroad.
  • This placement test cannot replace official certificates such as TOEFL or TOEIC for English, which are required in several programs.

Attention: please bring your own laptop and compatible headphones 

How to register?

No registration needed. Just join us during the opening hours of our Self-Access Center.

Further questions?

Write an email to our tutors via slz@leuphana.de.

Placement in Spanish

individual placement through test and interview, if necessary

  • Written placement test in the form of a C-test (cloze text in the target language). You can take this test in our Self-Access Center.
  • In the case of an application for studies abroad, the test will be supplemented by an additional placement interview. For more information, please refer to Language proficiency for studies abroad.

Placement in Italian

Individual placement through written test and interview

  • written test based on the course textbook. You can take the test in our Self-Access Center (SLZ).
  • interview with the responsible teaching staff after finishing the written test. Contact Valentina Concu for this. 

Placement in Swedish

Individual placement through written test and interview

  •  written Test, assessed by the Folkuniversitet Göteborg. The test can be found here.
  •  interview with the responsible teaching staff after finishing the written test.

Registration