Admission Exam English

The admission exam is aimed at prospective Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students at FH Aachen and serves to assess and evaluate their knowledge of English. If you need to demonstrate your English skills in order to be admitted to your prospective Bachelor’s or Master’s degree course at FH Aachen, please contact your faculty to see whether the language centre’s admission exam is recognised as a proof of language skills.

The examination fee amounts to €50. A registration fee of €20 will be added. Registration is possible via the online registration form on the website of Sprachenakademie Aachen

Exam structure

The standardised test is made up of three components:
1. Reading comprehension and general language use – 45 minutes
2. Writing – 30 minutes
3. Speaking – maximum 10 minutes


The individual components of the exam are designed as follows:

Reading Comprehesion

In this section of the test, you are expected to answer 15 multiple-choice questions relating to two different texts.

 

General Language Use

The goal of this section of the test is to demonstrate your ability to use the right vocabulary, tenses and idiom depending on the situation. In total, the exercise consists of 50 sentences featuring blanks that you must fill in so that each sentence is correct in terms of both grammar and meaning.

 

Writing

In this exercise, you will write a short essay (around 200 words) on a pre-determined topic. The focus is on the formulation of an opinion, the defence of a particular point of view, the comparison of different viewpoints and so on.

 

Speaking

In the oral exam, you are first presented with a diagram that you have to explain. Based on this description, a discussion between the examinees will follow.

 

Dates and Registration

The test will take place on the following dates at Buchkremerstr. 4/6 in Aachen:

January 2025
ZEN25-31501
08.1.2025 (registration deadline: 17.12.2024)

March 2025
ZEN25-31503
12.3.2025 (registration deadline: 27.2.2025)

June 2025
ZEN25-31506
11.6.2024 (registration deadline: 30.5.2025)

August 2025
ZEN25-31508
11.8.2025 (registration deadline: 14.8.2025)

September 2025
ZEN25-31509
24.9.2025 (registration deadline: 11.9.2025)

The examination fee is EUR 50.00. In addition, there is a registration fee of EUR 20.00. To register, please fill out the online form.

Online registation form on the website of Sprachenakademie Aachen