# International Study Centre

**Source**: https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en
**Parent**: https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/ksk

- [Downloads

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- [Studienkolleg

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- [Kolleg für deutsche Sprache und Kultur (KSK)

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- [Studienkolleg Entrance Exam / KSK Placement Test

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Studentinnen im Seminar

## Courses

The International Study Centre (ISZ) of Heidelberg University offers specialized courses for prospective students with non-German educational qualifications, international exchange, bachelor's and master's students, and international postdocs, doctoral students, staff and alumni.

- [Studienkolleg](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/studienkolleg)
- [Kolleg für deutsche Sprache und Kultur](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/ksk)
- [Semester Courses for Master's and Exchange Students](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/sbk)
- [Online German Courses for Postdocs, Doctoral Students, and Staff](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/gawi)

[All courses](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/courses)

Hörsaal INF

## Examinations

If you want to study in Germany, you must meet certain linguistic and subject-specific requirements. The International Study Centre (ISZ) of the University of Heidelberg offers you examinations that allow you to officially prove the required knowledge and skills.

- [Placement test for the College for German Language and Culture (KSK) and entrance examination for the Studienkolleg](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/entrance-stk-ksk)
- [German Language Examination for University Entrance ("DSH")](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/dsh)
- [Assessment Examination ("FSP")](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/fsp)

[All exams](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/examinations)

Max-Weber-Haus with students

## About us

The International Study Centre is a central teaching facility of Heidelberg University with two main sections: the Studienkolleg (Im Neuenheimer Feld 684) and the Kolleg für deutsche Sprache und Kultur (Max-Weber-Haus, Ziegelhäuser Landstr. 17).

- [Purpose of the International Study Centre](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/purpose-of-the-isz)
- [Max-Weber-Haus](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/max-weber-haus)
- [Directions](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/your-way-to-us)

[Learn more](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us)

## News

[Max-Weber-Haus, 12 March 2026, 6:00 pm

### "Mare Nostrum": Reflexions on Flight und Migration](https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/kunstwerk-mare-nostrum-reflexionen-zu-flucht-und-migration)

[Heidelberg and Mannheim, November 2025

### ISZ Students at the 74th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg](https://meinfilmfestival.blogspot.com/)

[Heidelberg & Neckarsteinach, 18 October 2025

### Semester Hike Winter Semester 2025-26](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/semester-hike-winter-semester-2025-26)

[Heidelberg, 8 October 2025

### Stumbling block installation in commemoration of Prof Dr Gerta von Ubisch](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/stolperstein-gerta-von-ubisch)

[Around Heidelberg, Summer semester 2025

### Excursions in and around Heidelberg](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/discovering-germany)

[Heidelberg, 19 May 2025

### French order of merit for our longtime choir director and lecturer Franz Wassermann](https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/node/50870?op=Log%20in)

[All news](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/news)

## Links

[With access to the online ticket pre-sale

### News from the Choirs of the International Study Centre](https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/capellacarolina/index_en.html)

[Deutsch](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/de/internationales-studienzentrum)[Contact](https://www.isz.uni-heidelberg.de/en?overlay=contact)