DSH courses

The ISSK offers preparatory courses for the DSH exam.

DSH preparatory course part 1

The DSH preparatory course part 1 takes one semester and 20 SWS (16 SWS classroom teaching and 4 SWS multimedia learning). Multimedia learning means that students should, in addition to the classes in the classroom, revise and deepen the learned content of the course every week. The course ends in the DSH preparatory course part 1 exam.

DSH preparatory course part 1 examination

The DSH preparatory course part 1 ends in the final exam of the DSH preparatory course part 1. The examination lasts about 190-240 minutes and is split into three parts (reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and text production).

The final result is a combination of the three parts that are weighted as follows: text production: listening comprehension: reading comprehension: = 3:3:4.

A minimum of 67% is needed to pass the examination.

DSH preparatory course part 2

The DSH preparatory course part 2 takes one semester and 20 SWS (16 SWS classroom teaching and 4 SWS multimedia learning). Multimedia learning means that students should, in addition to the classes in the classroom, revise and deepen the learned content of the course every week.

Prerequisite for participation in the DSH preparatory course part 2 is either that the student has successfully passed the exam of the DSH preparatory course part 1 or that they can submit one of the certificates listed for application for the DSH preparatory course part 2.

The DSH preparatory course part 2 ends in the DSH exam.