Bachelor Degree Courses: Linguistic entry requirements for

Berner Fachhochschule
Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften HAFL
Bachelor Degree Courses:
Linguistic entry requirements for candidates who
are not native speakers of German or French 1
Candidates who
did not do their Matura or Berufsmatura in Switzerland (general or vocational
post-compulsory secondary school qualification, ISCED level 3 or 4 respectively) and
are not native speakers of German or French
must, before beginning their studies, provide evidence that they have sufficient language
skills to be able to study their degree subject in the language they have chosen. Level
B2/C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (also known
as the European Language Porfolio) is the minimum requirement.
For candidates who wish to choose German as their language of study, the following
certificates will be accepted as evidence of sufficient language skills:
-
Test DaF (Level B2/C1)
Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang (DSH) (Level B2/C1)
Goethe-Zertifikat C1/Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (ZMP) (Level C1)
Goethe Institute Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung (ZOP) (Level C2)
Goethe Institute Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom (Level C2)
Goethe Institute Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom (Level C2)
TELC (The European Language Certificates) Deutsch (Level C1 or C2)
Austrian German Diploma (ÖSD) Mittelstufe Deutsch (Level C1)
Austrian German Diploma (ÖSD) Wirtschaftssprache Deutsch (Level C2)
More specific information about these examinations (required level/grade, providers,
sources of information) can be found in the overview attached.
Candidates may also be admitted if they can prove that
they have passed a language entrance examination for admission to a Swiss
university
or
they have already successfully completed a tertiary-level course in the language in which they wish to study at the SCA.
In addition to proficiency in the language of study, candidates are expected to have sufficient skills in the second national language, French, as French is one of the teaching
languages at the SCA. In order to be able to follow the modules in the first year of study,
candidates should have at least level B1 of the European Language Portfolio, ideally level
B2.
1 These entry requirements are only for candidates who wish to graduate from the HAFL, they do not apply to
guest and exchange students.
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Overview: Language certificates which will be accepted as evidence of sufficient language skills for German as a language of study
Certificate
Level/Grade Required
Providers
Test DaF
An averaged score TestDaF-Institut Worldwide; currently
of TDN 4; no indino test centres in
vidual subtest to
Switzerland
be under TDN 3.
DSH (Deutsche Sprach- An overall grade of Universities in
prüfung für den Hoch- DSH-2 or DSH-3.
Germany
schulzugang)
Goethe Zertifikat C1 /
Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (ZMP)
A minimum of
‚gut’.
Universities in Germany
Sources of Information
http://www.testdaf.de
http://www.dshgermany.com/
Goethe Institute Goethe Institutes in
Goethe Institute Germany and
worldwide; in Switzerland, examination
centres in Basel, Biel,
Fribourg, Geneva,
Lausanne, Lugano,
Neuchâtel, Sion, Zurich
http://www.goethe.de
TELC-Institut
Worldwide
www.telc.net
Various examination
centres in Austria,
Europe and Asia; currently no exmination
centres in Switzerland
http://www.osd.at
ZOP, Kleines or Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom
Pass.
TELC
Pass.
ÖSD Mittelstufe
Deutsch – Level C1
An overall grade of Austrian German Diploma
‚gut bestanden’.
ÖSD – Wirtschaftsspra- Pass.
che Deutsch – Level C2
Examination Centres
Recommendations for acquiring sufficient language skills
You can find advice about how to prepare for the above-mentioned examinations on their
websites. If you do not yet have the language skills necessary to pass one of these examinations, you have also the possibility to do self-study by distance learning. Go to
http://www.deutsch-uni.com to find distance-learning courses which aim to enable students to study in German.
If you have any further questions, please contact Mägi Brändle at [email protected]
Mägi Brändle
Zollikofen, July 2015