Premium Course
General German + Conversation 28 lessons per week
- Course title
- Premium Course
- Course hours
- 09:00 - 14:30
- Course days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- School admin. fee
- €50.00

- Lesson duration
- 45
- Course certificate
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 17
- Average number of students
- 12
- Course materials
- €30.00 Mandatory and not included
Levels: Pre-Intermediate - Level A2, Intermediate - Level B1, Upper Intermediate - Level B2, Advanced - Level C1, Proficient - Level C2
The Premium Course is the ideal possibility to acquire and improve German knowledge very fast. Especially if you plan to stay only for a short period of time, you can still reach more learning goals than in other types of courses. This is not at all surprising – after all, the Premium Course covers 28 lessons per week and is the most comprehensive group course we can offer. The specialty of the Premium Course, however, is that it combines a dynamic group atmosphere with an utmost individual learning flexibility: We expect your contributions, your personal suggestions and ideas, you tell us what you need to study, what you want to learn, or where you still feel having some problems.
Far more than in all the other courses, in the Premium Course you and the other students will become the main characters in class, because the course focuses on your participation and relies on your contributions. The educational concept intends to motivate you using the language automatically and intuitively – both in normal, almost everyday situations and in different contexts of professional, work and university situations. In the afternoons, we focus on your individual requests and on your needs regarding additional explanations, practice and exercises: How exactly did this work – the dative case, the passive voice and subjunctive? What are the names for these parts of the car or the computer? What are the linguistic terms for argumentation? You’ve got 4 lessons per week to figure that out!
Timetable
If you decide taking a Premium Course you are studying very intensively and are spending more time at the institute – after all, you’ve decided to make fast progress and to improve your German language in a very short time! You will see – your success is going to reward you. It also feels good to realize after only a couple of days how much more familiar you became already with the language and how much more confidence you have gained. Your instruction will end at 2:30 pm. The rest of the day belongs to you …you deserve it! Sometimes, mostly during the summer months, when the school has reached a maximum capacity, we also offer instruction – usually scheduled in the mornings – on some afternoons between 1:00 and 6:00 pm.
Included in the price:
/// Placement test at beginning of course
/// Personal assessment interview
/// Premium Course with 28 lessons
/// Certificate Premium Course
/// 2 activities / week (admission and fare not incl.)
/// Weekend excursions (admission and fare not incl.)
/// University Advisory Service
Starting dates for beginners:
Jan 6, Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 7, Jun 2, Jun 30, Jul 14, Aug 4, Sept 1, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1
Teaching materials: approx. 30 EUR per module (two modules per level), paid at the school.
did deutsch-institut Berlin
Novalisstr. 12, Berlin, Germany
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About the school: did deutsch-institut Berlin
Number of classrooms: 11
Average nº of student per classroom: 13
Minimum student age: 17
Placement test on the first day:
Distance from the airport: 32 km.
Closest airport: Berlin Airport
Year the school opened: 1970
School opening times: 8:30 - 17:30
School close dates: Show
Facilities
Student information
We are pleased that you have decided to book a language course at our institute. At our institute you will meet participants from all over the world, you will make many friends and you will learn German in a private and friendly setting. Upon your arrival at the did deutsch-institut in Berlin you will receive a detailed Students’ Handbook. did deutsch-institut was awarded the Study Travel Magazine Star Award 5 times and now enjoys the STM Super Star Status as first German Language School.
Excursions with our activity guides are not a must – some excursions, however, you shouldn’t miss! On our walking tours through the historical center of our capital you’ll see places worthwhile discovering around school: the alternative cultural center Tacheles, the cultivated revue theatre Friedrichstadtpalast, the marvelous synagogue and the lively backyards of Hackescher Markt. Our activity guide will show you the few remains of the Berlin Wall, will tell you the history of the Reichstag before the Federal Parliament moved into the building in 1999, and will give you all the background information on the Potsdamer Platz and how it looked like before and immediately after World War II.
If you visit Berlin, you got to see Potsdam, too! Because right outside the city of Berlin, 30 minutes away from school by public transport, you‘ll find a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage monument of special beauty. The former residence town of the Prussian kings will impress its visitors with castles, beautiful palaces and upperclass town houses. Next to Castle Sanssouci, the New Palais and the old town you will also visit Castle Cecilienhof where in the summer of 1945 the socalled Potsdam Conference of the victorious allied powers took place. Our activity guide will show you the conference and study rooms of President Harry Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and secretary general Josef Stalin – here you can feel German and world history live.
Terms & Conditions: did deutsch-institut Berlin
- Bookings are not transferable.
- Bank charges are payable by students
- Students must be 18 years of age or over
Cancellation policy
- The cancellation needs to be communicated in writing to the school by the person who booked the course.
- Where a cancellation is received 1 days after enrolment there will be no refund.
- The deposit is non-refundable.
- No refund will be made for shortening the course duration after the payment.
- There is no refund for any cancellation once the course has commenced.
- No tuition refunds are given for late arrivals, early departures or absences, for whatever reason, from classes during any course.
- If a student is absent for one or more weeks at a time, arrangements can be made for the course duration to be extended at no extra cost.
Refund policy
- Bookings may be cancelled up to 5 weeks prior to commencement of the course without penalty or fee.
- A cancellation fee of € 50 applies when a course is cancelled less than 4 week/s before the course commencement date.
- A cancellation fee of € 250 applies when a course is cancelled less than 3 week before course commencement date.
Visa refusal
- In case a visa is refused to the student, the school will charge 200 Euro and the remaining balance will be refunded to the student upon receipt of an original VISA refusal letter.
Other terms
Tuition is generally held in the mornings, classes may also be held in the afternoons, e.g. during the high season. Should classes coincide with the activity program or bank holidays, participants have no right of compensation for the missed activities. If the number of participants on one course level is under 4, did reserves the right to reduce the weekly lessons by 20%. Premium Courses are reduced to 26 lessons in case there are less than 4 participants attending the module. Registration fee EUR 50 (non-refundable). The school is closed for Christmas from 18 December 2027 to 2 January 2028; no classes on the 2027 public holidays 26 and 29 March and 6 and 17 May. Course high-season supplement of EUR 35 per week from 5 July to 13 August 2027, for bookings of fewer than 9 weeks. Exam preparation courses may be reduced or given online/individually if fewer than 3 (TestDaF) or 2 (telc/Goethe) students enrol; telc exams need at least 3 students per level and can be cancelled up to 20 days before with 50% of the costs. Source: did Price list 2027.













