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)
  • can be taken once a semester, is valid for two years, and is free of charge for Leuphana students
  • can be used, for example
  • This placement test cannot replace official certificates such as TOEFL or TOEIC for English, which are required in several programs.
  • takes place in SLZ (5.104)

Attention: please bring your own laptop and compatible headphones for the English placement test.

How to register?

No registration needed. Just come to us during our opening ours.

Further questions?

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

Placement in Spanish

individual placement - C-Test (fill in the blanks)

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