Course Virtual courses in languages & global competence
  • Yoonjoo Cho

Space period: 15.05.22 - 01.01.70

Take a Virtual Language or Global Competence* course with Unite!

Online courses are open to all students enrolled at any of the Unite! partner universities.

For information about content, learning objectives, requirements, etc., please click on the course title.

To apply for a course, please click on the application link. Applications are processed on a first-come first-served basis.

*Global competence: the capacity to communicate and work effectively and appropriately with people from different backgrounds.


Language Courses

Course

Partner University

ECTS/ work-load

Language of instruction

Course dates

Fee

Application deadline

Application link


 English


IELTS Writing Tutorial

Politecnico Di Torino

0
   

English

Every 4 weeks from Sep to July

free

Tutorials run in cycles of 4 weeks continuously from September to July.

Apply here


IELTS Speaking Tutorial

Politecnico Di Torino

0

English

Every 4 weeks from Sep to July

free

See above

Apply here


Tenses Explained (B1+)

TU Graz

0

English

Self-paced

free

Continuous enrollment

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Writing Explained (B1+)

TU Graz

0

English

Self-paced

free

Continuous enrollment

Apply here


Thesis Writing for Engineers (MSc)

Aalto

3

English

2023-07-08-

2024-09-06

free

Continuous enrollment in effect from mid-August until mid-June.

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 Finnish


Introductory Finnish (MOOC)

Aalto

0

English

Finnish

Self-paced

free

Continuous enrollment

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Survival Finnish Online

Aalto

1

English

Finnish

2023-03-05-

2023-09-06

free

15.04.2024

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Russian


Russian 1

Aalto

3

English

 

2024-22-04-

2024-09-06

free

15.04.2024

Apply here



 

Global Competence Courses 

Course

Partner University

ECTS/ work-load

Language of instruction

Course dates

Fee

Application deadline

Application link

Developing Global Competence:

Working in an International Virtual Team

Aalto

2

English

2024-23-04-

2024-28-05

free

19.04.2024

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Finland Studies (MOOC)

Aalto 

0

English

Self-paced 

free

Continuous enrollment

Sign up here

 

Contacts: 

Technical University of Darmstadt: languages4unite@spz.tu-darmstadt.de

Aalto University: vilma.1.jokinen@aalto.fi

Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP: languagecenter@grenoble-inp.fr

KTH Royal Institute of Technology: languagecourses@kth.se

Politecnico di Torino: about courses didattica.cla@polito.it;  for applications incoming.students@polito.it

Universidade de Lisboa: internacional@letras.ulisboa.pt

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: demana.slt@upc.edu

Graz University of Technology: kristina.raich@tugraz.at

 

Past courses

Course

Partner University

ECTS/ workload

Course dates

Fee

Russian 5 

Aalto

3

08.01.2024-
 18.02.2024

free

Russian for a Specific Field 

Aalto

3

08.01.2024-
 18.02.2024

free

Russian 2

Aalto

3

26.02.2024-

14.04.2024

free

Russian 6

Aalto 

3

26.02.2024-

14.04.2024

free

Russian 8 Russian Business Communication B

Aalto 

3

26.02.2024-

14.04.2024

free

Intercultural competence

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

4.5

30.10.2023-

15.01.2024

free

Intercultural competence

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

4.5

18.03.2024-

03.06.2024

free

English for academic studies

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

3

16.01.2024- 15.03.2024

free

English for academic studies

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

3

18.03.2024- 

03.06.2024

free

Working in Virtual Teams: Global Competence for International Professionals

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

2

23.10.2023- 10.12.2023

free

Working in Virtual Teams: Global Competence for International Professionals

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

2

22.04.2024-

26.05-2024

free

Swedish A1 for engineers

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

7.5

16.10.2024-

03.06.2024

free

German as a Foreign Language – Debating and Discussion Ia

TU Darmstadt

3

23.10.2023-

09.02.2024

free

German as a Foreign Language – Debating and Discussion Ia

TU Darmstadt

3

22.04.2024-

19.07.2024

free

German as a Foreign Language – Debating and Discussion Ib

TU Darmstadt

3

22.04. 2024-

19.07.2024

free

Megacities – Virtual Intercultural Simulation Game

TU Darmstadt

3

Thursdays between 17:15 and 19:45 from 11 November to 14 December 2023

free

Megacities – Virtual Intercultural Simulation Game

TU Darmstadt

3

22.04.2024- 19.07.2024

6 meetings à 2.5 h (exact dates tba)

free

Polish Technical Language II – Oral Communication

TU Darmstadt

3

11.04.2023- 14.07.2023

free

Polish for Academic Purposes I – Written Communication

TU Darmstadt

3

23.10.2023- 09.02.2024

free

LC-0320 Public Speaking Skills D (Online)

Aalto

3

06.09.2022-

13.10.2022

free

LC-1322 Thesis Writing for Engineers (MSc)

Aalto

3

05.09.2022-

09.12.2022

free

LC-7003 Survival Finnish Online

Aalto

1

21.11.2022- 

19.12.2022

free

LC-0510 Conference presentations D (Online)

Aalto

1-2

24.01.2023- 

14.02.2023

free

Swedish A1 for engineers

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

7.5

29.08.2022- 

16.01.2023

free

English for academic studies

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

3

29.08.2022-

28.10.2022

free

German as a Foreign Language: Reading – Comprehension – Discussing II 

TU Darmstadt

3

24.10.2022-

10.02.2023

free

Global Engineering

TU Darmstadt

3

17.10.2022

10.02.2023

free

Portuguese A1 (A1.1 + A1.2)

ULisboa

6+6

27.09.2022- 

31.01.2023

380 €

Portuguese A2 (A2.1 + A2.2)

ULisboa

6+6

27.09.2022- 

31.01.2023

380 €

Catalan for beginners

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

2

08.09.2022-

02.10.2022

90 €

Spanish A1.1

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

4

28.09.2021-

01.01.2022

245 €

Spanish A1.2

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

4

28.09.2021-

01.01.2022

245 €

Basic 1 - Catalan for beginners

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

2

3, 10, 17, 24 April 

8, 15 May.2024

90 €