CDC Berlin – Carl Duisberg Centren

CDC Germany – Carl Duisberg Centren

Carl Duisberg Centren is a leading service enterprise in the area of international training and qualification. Each year, we provide knowledge of foreign languages and intercultural competence, experience abroad and international expertise to several thousand people from all over the world. In addition, we also manage cross-border educational projects for the business community and public institutions.

The company name goes back to the German industrialist and patron Carl Duisberg (1861-1935), who, even in the 1920s, made major contributions toward the international qualification of business executives and their junior staff. In this way, he created the basis for our commitment which has now already lasted many decades.

Carl Duisberg Training Center Berlin

The Carl Duisberg Training Center Berlin is located in the city’s “Mitte” district, right in the heart of Germany’s national capital: for example, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie, Potsdamer Platz, Humboldt-University, the Museum Island – you can reach many of our city’s sights on foot in just a few minutes.

Like all of the Carl Duisberg Training Centers, we, too, are a licensed TestDaF center. Our bright, friendly classrooms, a modern media resource center, free Internet access, a recreation room with a foosball table and vending machines for drinks and snacks, a varied program of leisure activities, and especially our experienced and enthusiastic instructors, guarantee that the time you spend learning and experiencing the German language will be time well spent.

Prices / Courses and Accommodation

General German Language Course, 30 lessons per week (45 minutes per lesson), 15 student max. per group

Supplements

• Add 25 € to all course prices during July / August
• Add 20 € to all accommodation prices during July / August

General Information

• Lessons are held from Monday to Friday, except on public holidays. Classes in group courses that have to be canceled due to public holidays will not be replaced. For one-to-one classes other arrangements can be made. Classes will be held, as a rule, in the morning; during high season they may also be held in the afternoon.
• One training unit (TU) / lesson lasts 45 minutes.
• As a rule, if accommodation has been booked the arrival date is on the Sunday afternoon before the beginning of the course (unless it’s a public holiday). The departure is on the Saturday morning after the end of the course.

THE FOLLOWING SERVICES AND FEES ARE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE WHEN YOU BOOK A GERMAN COURSE AT CARL DUISBERG CENTREN:

• Registration fee
• Placement test
• Starter pack with file, block of paper, city map etc.
• Weekly tests with direct feedback on your learning progress
• Leisure and culture program, e.g. sport, center parties, weekend trips (not including entrance fees etc.)
• Support with registration queries (e.g. visits to the town authorities dealing with foreigners) or help in emergencies (e.g. visiting a doctor)
• Free e-mail and internet access (Wi-Fi is available)

Quality management

Our high product standard ensures sustained educational success – not to mention our customers’ satisfaction. To ensure this, we are subject to routine quality controls. Our German Language Courses, Language Travel, and International School Programs departments are also certified under DIN EN ISO 9001.

Experience Germany – in our culture and leisure program

The best way to learn a foreign language is to use it in daily life. Carl Duisberg Centren offers you a wide range of ways to get to know your host country and to apply the German that you have learned. With our leisure time offers you will meet with the other participants from the school in the evening and on the weekend.

You will learn all about the sights and the culture of your chosen location. Together with your German teachers and the other members of your course, you can use what you have learned in class in real life. You will be astonished to see how quickly you will be able to make yourself understood in German.

The leisure time program includes tours of the city and the museums, sporting activities such as bowling or basketball, going out to clubs and student bars, as well as an afternoon at the movies, parties and international parties in the school.

The events in the school are, as a rule, free of charge, excursions and visits to institutions are offered at cost.

View school location on a map!

German Courses – Learn successfully at our Language Schools in Germany

German Intensive Course Plus

The Intensive German Course Plus trains you to use the German language for business, studying or in a private sphere. In short term courses which comprise a minimum of one week (€250) you can put your newly acquired German knowledge into practice, or use your previous language knowledge more skillfully.

Prospective students, or participants wishing to take a professional qualification in Germany, can attend a long term course and systematically increase their German knowledge to reach the required language level in a foreseeable time scale.

Besides group training, a very important focus of the Intensive German Course Plus is self-study: in the Carl Duisberg media resource centers all the course participants have free usage of a multitude of self-study material at their disposal, including up-to-date computer learning programs. Experienced tutors help participants to make optimal use of the wide range of material offered in the media resource center.

Intensive Course Plus – Conditions

• The minimum age is 16 all year round.
• Number of participants per group: minimum: 5, maximum: 15.
• Participants with previous language knowledge can start their course on Mondays (beginners must start on specific dates). A placement test will be carried out before the beginning of the course.
• Group course (TUs/week) 24
• Supervised Self-study Program (TUs/week) 6

German Language Courses – Intensive Course Business German

In group training courses you will focus on business German and German for the job at a high language level. Besides each individual presenting themselves and their own company, situations such as telephoning customers, drafting reports or handling meetings and negotiation are all on the agenda. In this course you can also prepare for the German Business Examination (PWD) and sit the exam at the end of the course.

• From language level C1
• Group course (lessons/week): 24
• Supervised Self-study Program (lessons /week): 6
• Number of participants: 5 – 15
• Fee 4 weeks: 940€
• Accommodation cost per week:

215€ – homestay, private room, half board

140€ – guest house

Accommodation in Berlin

If you book your accommodation with Carl Duisberg Centren you’ll be looked after by the service team in your chosen location. You can choose between a host family* and a room in a shared guest house**. All accommodation is a single room but a limited numbers of double rooms are available on request.