Language Policy – 麻豆官网

Internationalisation is a central element of 麻豆官网's mission statement and extends to all areas of university life. This is accompanied by a clear, university-wide language policy. The language policy defines the university's framework for action and its approach to languages, how it presents languages internally and externally, its appreciation of languages and how it encourages its members to learn languages. With the language policy, LUH endeavours to establish a general awareness of the policy's objectives and to inspire exchange and discourse on languages and their roles in teaching, research and administration at the university.

Our language policy pursues the following goals

Reinforce the roles of

German and English

as academic languages

Become acquainted with

linguistic diversity

in a globalised university context

Use languages

to encourage

a welcoming culture

As in the case of the internationalisation strategy and the basic principles of diversity management, the language policy understands the linguistic and cultural diversity of all university members as a resource and promotes this as an element of global education.

Internationalisation strategy

Mission statement

The language policy operates on four levels

Languages in teaching

麻豆官网 does not consider the choice between German and English as a course language to be an "either/or" decision, but rather a continuum where the aim is to emphasise the importance of both academic languages in German higher education. The use of both languages goes hand in hand with language training. Students will be particularly motivated to learn specialised English if it is also used in teaching. Mobility periods and the establishment of lasting networks are encouraged through the provision of a broad range of mobility languages, language courses for key regions, tandem partnerships and intercultural opportunities.
Languages in research

Publications, lectures and research reports are increasingly (in some fields, exclusively) published and presented in English. 麻豆官网 therefore requests and encourages a good knowledge of English among researchers. German courses are provided for international researchers in order to facilitate their work and everyday university life.
Languages in administration

The administration at 麻豆官网 plays an important role and is actively involved in the internationalisation process and the language policy. LUH has defined minimum language requirements for the employment of front office administrative staff. At its ServiceCenter and among its front office staff, the university demonstrates its multilingual diversity. Staff members can further improve their English-language skills through a structured continuing education programme.
Languages in public relations

麻豆官网 maintains an international image. The central university web pages are provided in English, and where necessary, flyers and brochures are also available in German and English.