General Terms and Conditions for students with mandatory language proficiency requirements at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (PhF)

Legal basis

The modules for UZH students in study programs with mandatory language proficiency requirements at the PhF are offered by the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich on behalf of the UZH Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (PhF). These modules are therefore subject to the Framework Ordinance (RVO) of the PhF dated 27 August 2018:
These modules can be repeated once and are regarded as definitely failed after a second unsuccessful attempt.

If the failed module is a compulsory PhF module, the student will be excluded from further study, according to §33, and will be blocked from the subject, according to §34 of the PhF RVO. If the failed module is to be accredited towards a study program at a different faculty, then the RVO of that faculty comes into force.
 

Enrollment

Please enroll during the enrollment period on the Language Center website. The closing date for enrollments is listed in each course description.

Once you have received a confirmation email from the Language Center, your enrollment is binding.

Your course is free of charge if, at the time of enrollment, it is a compulsory or core elective module or a requirement in your study program. However, if the course is not a compulsory or core elective module or a requirement in your study program at the time of enrollment, a course fee will apply. Course fees will not be refunded if you change to a study program with mandatory language proficiency requirements at a later date.
 

Withdrawal

You can withdraw your enrollment until the end of the enrollment period.

Withdrawals must be made in writing by email to the Language Center Secretariat. Verbal and/or written withdrawals made directly to course lecturers are not valid.

For the "Basic Latin" module, there is an additional withdrawal deadline in the second half of the course, on consultation with the lecturer. The exact deadline will be announced at the start of the module.

Course cancellations and substitution of lecturers

The Language Center reserves the right to cancel courses at short notice if enrollment numbers are too low, if a lecturer is unable to teach a course, and/or for other significant reasons. 

Some courses may be given by lecturers who are not listed in the course description if, for example, there are several parallel courses or if a course is taught by a substitute lecturer.

DISCLAIMER: This is a translation of the original German version. In cases of discrepancies, the German original will prevail.