International Office

    Centre Foreign Languages

    VESPA (Verbund für Sprachenangelegenheiten) is a university language course cooperation program between Hochschule der Medien and Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart and Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, which aims at teaching languages together and across institutional borders.


    German Courses in Winter Semester 2024/25

    Intensive Courses
    02.09. – 25.09.2024 online
    Registration: 29.07. – 22.08.2024
    Registration via eveeno

    Semester Course
    09.10.2024 – 15.01.2025 face-t-face
    13 appointments, 14:00–17:15 Uhr
    Registration: 16.09.2024 – 02.10.2024
    Registration via eveeno


    Online Language Training with Speexx:

    The online training solution Speexx is now available at VESPA Verbund. All students and staff members of our cooperating universities have the opportunity to use this software without paying any course fees. Learn whenever and wherever you want – at work, at home or anywhere else you choose, and across multiple devices. The following languages are available:

    • English and Business-English
    • Spanish and Business-Spanish
    • French
    • German as a Foreign Language

    By using Speexx, you can train your grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and text comprehension skills flexibly. Besides general language courses, business courses are also being offered. The courses are structured according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) into eight levels from A1 to C1.2:

    • A1 and A2 for beginner and elementary user
    • B1.1 and B1.2 for intermediate user
    • B2.1 and B2.2 for upper intermediate user
    • C1 for proficient user (only for English available)

    For each language you can take the placement test in advance in order to determine the correct course level. Learn more about Speexx by watching this demo video. Download the Speexx Factsheet here.

    In order to use Speexx you need to register on this website by using your internal university email address: https://register.speexx.com/mh-vespa-verbund/de


    Foreign Language Courses
    This semester, we offer offer courses in the following languages from beginners to advanced level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR): Spanish, France, Chinese, Italian and Japanese.

    If you are interested in an English course at HFT Stuttgart (always on Wednesday afternoons), please enquire at sprachen(at)hft-stuttgart(dot)de. The programme is available on the HFT website.

    09.10.2024 – 15.01.2025
    Registration: 16.09. – 27.09.2024
    Registration via eveeno