Why Learn German?

Learning German opens up new professional, academic, and personal opportunities for you – in Europe, and across the globe. Our courses will help you to reach your goal effectively.

A young woman wearing headphones  dances.

Reasons for German

Advice for Schools

Our primary goal is to promote German language teaching together with our partners, by, for example:

  • providing information and advice on German as a foreign language for school principals
  • providing language, cultural, and methodological-didactic professional development for teachers at schools, universities, and in adult education
  • scholarship programmes
  • providing materials to promote German, both digitally and in print
  • organizing culturalprogrammessuch as exhibitions, competitions, and concerts for German teachers and learners

Our courses. Something for everyone.

Whether group classes, individual lessons, or courses for children and young learners - at the Goethe-Institut, you'll find the course best-suited to you.
You can choose between in-person and online formats depending on your needs, means, and prior knowledge. Get evidence of your language skills with an internationally recognized exam certificate.

Learn German

Learn German in a Goethe-Institut German course – in Ireland, in Germany or online.

German exams A1–C2

Document your language proficiency by taking a Goethe-Institut German exam.