Lake Constance Summer School - Lern together - shape the future

The intensive language course comprises 76 teaching units in both online and face-to-face format:

Blended Format from 28.07. - 22.08.2025:
Online:               28.07. - 01.08.      4 lessons per day - from 13:00 - 16:00 (CEST - UTC+2h)
Face-to-face: 04.08. - 20.08.    4 lessons per day -form 09:00 - 12:30 plus workshop, excursions, etc.

The Lake Constance Summer School program offers: 

• intensive German lessons - for efficient and sustainable improvement of language skills 
• Company presentations, experts interviews, study- and job-related training via MediaTec, cultural excursions, sport events and culinary adventures.

The Lake Constance Summer School is suitable for students of all subjects with an interest in the German language and German-speaking countries.  

Intensive Language Course:
Levels A1.1. (beginners) to B2.2 (advanced) with a maximum of 12 participants is carried out by lecturers who have a university education in German as a foreign language and relevant teaching experience.

Join a diverse community of international students at the Lake Constance Summer School, organized by the Lake Constance Arts & Sciences Association. Our dynamic team offers an intensive German language program enriched with interactive workshops, exciting excursions, and unforgettable social events.

Placement:
In order to find you the course group which you fit in most, we ask you to do a placement test before the course starts but also to give us detailed information about your language learning biography and your learning goals.

Content:
While our main focus is on improving your everyday German communication skills, we also provide grammar explanations, vocabulary lists, and pronunciation exercises. If you‘re preparing for an exam, your study program, or a new job, please let us know – we‘re here to tailor the learning experience to your needs.

Total of course teaching hours: 76 hours

Credits: 6 ECTS credits

Graded or non-graded certificates of participation with 6 ECTS credits.
Full credits are conditional on regular class attendance, homework assignments completion and participation in written and oral examinations.

* Please check in advance with you home university whether thes ECTS-Credits are vailid.

The Lake Constance Summer School does not offer accommodation. However, we can support you as follows: 

Options:

1. B&B Hotel Konstanz

Optionally you can reserve a room with your registration with the following conditions:

Double room: approx. 65,00 per night per person / plus tax 5,6%
Singel room:  approx. 79,00 per night per person / plus tax 5,6%

The reserved accommodation costs must be transferred to the University of Konstanz account at least six weeks before the start of the course.  

2. Private Accommodation:
You are also welcome to look for cheaper accommodation in Constance yourself. Further information on alternative accommodation options in Constance can be found here.

3. Hotels:
You also have the option of searching for Hotels in Constance

Fees for students of the partner universities of the Lake Constance Arts & Sciences Association and other universities

Course Fees:
490,00 Euro - partner universities 
590,00 Euro - other universities 

The fee includes the following services: 
76 lessons, placement test, teaching material, language certificate and the accompanying cultural programme.

Accommodation costs are not included in the course fee.
 

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Application:

The online applications are open between 10. February and 31. May 

In order to prepare our language classes, please complete the Goethe Institute’s online placement test and enter your result in the registration form. Likewise, we require a language biography.

The number of participants for the course is limited. We therefore recommend that you register as soon as possible. Please use the registration form.

Payment Information:

The payments are open on the 4th of April and the deadline is the 15th of June.

Transfer instructions: 

• Account holder: Universitaet Konstanz
• Address: Universitaetsstrasse 10, 78457 Konstanz, GERMANY
• Bank name: BW-Bank Konstanz
• Bank address: Bodanplatz 6-8, 78462 Konstanz, GERMANY
• IBAN: DE92 600 501 01 748 650 1274
• BIC/SWIFT: SOLADEST
• REFERENCE: 861/13 - Surname, Name - W4 Summer School 2025

Please make sure you provide the correct reference. Only correctly referenced payments can be properly processed! Here is an example of a payment reference by the participant Max Mustermann:
861/13 - Mustermann, Max - W4 Summer School 2025

If your payment is late or missing, your registration will be discarded.

Please note also: The bank transfer fees has to be added on the amount required for payment of the course fees. Credit card payments are subject to extra charge of 4% of the payable amount.

Cancellation and refund of the course fees
The refund is possible if the cancellation is made no later than four weeks (28. June) prior the start of the Summer School.

Credit Card payments
Credit Card Payment Form

Travel documents:
Valid passport with visa (non-EU/EEA students coming to Germany).
An appropriate letter of invitation can be issued to apply for a visa. 

Valid passport for all other nationals, including EU citizens!

If you have further questions regarding the visa for your studies in the following semesters in Germany, Switzerland, Austria or Liechtenstein, please contact the International Office of your future Wissenschaftsverbund Vierländerregion Bodensee partner university.

Find an overview of which nationalities have to apply for a visa here.

Health insurance:

Students from EU/EEA countries and Switzerland are automatically insured through their
EHIC card (GHIC for students from the UK). Students with non-EU/EEA nationality are requi-
red to take care of sufficient health insurance coverage for Germany themselves.

Who we are:

The Lake Constance Arts & Sciences Association supports and facilitates cooperation between 25 higher education institutions around Lake Constance, across Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. World-leading research universities, universities of applied sciences, teacher training colleges, as well as music and art academies work together under our auspices, creating mutual synergies from their individual strengths and perspectives.

Our mission:

We develop innovative solutions for the region in transnational cooperation with industry and other non-academic partners. Close collaboration in these projects leads to long-term partnerships: we see our diverse approaches as a strength as we learn from one another and exploit new opportunities in knowledge transfer.

Social impact is at the centre of all our projects; be it in the form of innovative products and services, new societal alliances or evidence-based policy advice. To this purpose, our researchers work together with companies, policymakers and civil society. All partners are united in their understanding that the greatest challenges do not stop at state borders or system boundaries, and that the best results arise in collaboration between diverse stakeholders.

Lake Constance Arts & Sciences Association