Score with your German skills
100% online
Study independently of location with a high degree of flexibility.
Purpose-driven and specialised
The courses are designed to equip you with the language skills needed to study or work in Germany. Language instruction is tailored to academic contexts and subject-specific terminology.
Accessible worldwide
Benefit from global availability and accessibility.
High teaching quality
Courses are taught by carefully selected and highly qualified instructors. The GJU language programme is certified, based on a proven teaching concept, and delivered by one of the world’s largest and most reputable German language centres.
Although our English-taught online degree programmes do not require any prior knowledge of German, learning the language can significantly enhance your academic and professional opportunities. German language skills may allow you to transfer to a related German-taught degree programme or continue your studies in Germany, for example in a German-taught master’s programme.
In addition, German proficiency can open the door to an internship semester in a German company and help you stand out in the local labour market. Over time, strong German language skills can also support your successful integration into the German labour market.
What to expect
The online German courses are fully digital modules developed by the German Language Center (GLC) at GJU and follow the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). All learning activities—both asynchronous and live online sessions—are fully digital, allowing you to participate from anywhere in the world. All examinations are conducted online by GJU.
While the courses do not lead to an external language certificate, they provide strong preparation for recognised exams such as the TestDaF. You may choose to take external certification exams independently or sit the TestDaF in person at the GJU TestDaF Centre.
Language levels and study progression
The German language programme gradually leads you to CEFR level B2 over two years, starting in the Pre-Year.
Academic Year 2026/27:
- Semester 1 (Oct 2026–Jan 2027): A1.1
- Semester 2 (Feb 2027–Jun 2027): A1.2 and A2.1
- Summer term (Jul 2027–Aug 2027): A2.2
Academic Year 2027/28:
- Semester 1 (Sept 2027–Jan 2028): B1.1 and B1.2
- Semester 2 (Feb 2028–Jun 2028): B1.3 and B2.1
- Summer term (Jul 2028–Aug 2028): B2.2
...will attend 56 hours of live online classes per level. In order to ensure that students from different time zones can attend, two different time slots will be offered.
Students are required to purchase the coursebooks for the respective level themselves (Netzwerk neu by Klett publishing house: Kursbuch, Übungsbuch, and Intensivtrainer).
...or later will attend a blended learning format, with 90% asynchronous learning based on online material specifically developed by GJU language experts for this purpose, as well as tutoring, and 10% live online sessions available at two different time slots, which will also be recorded to ensure access for all students.
From level B1.3, students are required to purchase the coursebooks for the respective level themselves (Netzwerk neu by Klett publishing house: Kursbuch, Übungsbuch, and Intensivtrainer).
How do I sign up?
You can only sign up once you have applied for the Pre-Year to either Engineering Science or Health and Environmental Psychology via the THWS Campusportal.
Information regarding the registration for the German classes will be published here and on the GJU website in due course.
What are the fees?
450 JOD per course
The German language programme consists of six courses, staring with level A1.1 and bringing you up to level B2.2 within two years. The fee for each of these six courses is 450 JOD, not including the coursebooks required for some of the courses (for more information on the coursebooks, see ‘How and when do the classes take place?’).