Intercultural Skills
Experience international diversity from the comfort of your own home! From the 2023/24 winter semester onwards, Ostfalia will be offering the Certificate of Intercultural Competence (ZiK). This extracurricular programme is aimed not only at our national and international students, but also at all teachers and staff who wish to develop their international and intercultural skills.
How do you obtain the ZiK? Students can apply for the certificate easily at the Language Centre, and teaching staff and employees can do the same at the International Relations Office.
Immerse yourself in new cultures, develop your skills, and receive a valuable certificate to recognise the skills you have acquired.
Students
Students
The path to ZiK is very simple for students: after successfully completing three of the four modules, you can easily apply for your certificate at the Language Centre. ZiK aims to strengthen your language and intercultural skills, preparing you for life and work in a globalised environment.
Prepare to discover the world – ZiK will make this experience even more exciting and colourful!
You can view the modules here (external link, opens in a new window).
Teaching Staff
The internationalisation of teaching presents our teaching staff with exciting challenges – and this is where you come in!
You can enrich your teaching by incorporating international (English-language) components into your courses, collaborating with international colleagues, or teaching at one of our partner universities. Your contribution is vital for the internationalisation of teaching!
You can view the modules here (external link, opens in a new window).
Would you like to obtain the 'ZiK' certificate? No problem! Simply complete compulsory module 1, ‘Intercultural Skills’, and select a course from optional modules 2 or 3, then submit your application.
Convinced? Simply send your completed application to zik@ostfalia.de and help us to expand the international dimension of our university!
Employees
The increasing internationalisation of our university not only opens up exciting contacts with international students and lecturers, but also a wealth of projects with partners from all over the world. This development brings new challenges for our university administration teams – whether in terms of intercultural sensitivity or linguistic finesse.
We are convinced that strengthening your intercultural skills through (inspiring) training and exchange with international colleagues helps to avoid communication misunderstandings and conflicts.
You can view the modules here (external link, opens in a new window).
That's why the ‘ZiK’ certificate is waiting for you! Complete the compulsory module 1 – ‘Intercultural Skills’ and choose a course from the optional modules 2 or 3 to achieve your goal.
Convinced? Then simply submit your completed application to: zik@ostfalia.de. We look forward to your participation!
Application
You can find the application here.
You can find the application form for students on the Language Centre website.
Do you have any questions?
Your contact persons:
Corinne Motard-Schäfer (opens your email program) - 05331 939-10920
Andrea Moysén-Mason (opens your email program) - 05331 939-10930
