The Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata is temporarily closed to the public and our staff are working from home. Important information on how to reach us is given below.
In light of the rapidly evolving COVID 19 situation, the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata is shut for visitors / students till further notice. All physical classes, registrations for physical classes and non-online registration for examinations, and programmes are postponed till further notice.
Till further notice all language courses will be offered as online courses.
Exams are being conducted. For Examination Schedule March 2021, please click here
Please write to exams-kolkata@goethe.de for more information.
Our library is partly open for returning and borrowing materials, based on prior appointment only. All materials issued before the lockdown can now be returned. You are also allowed to borrow materials from the library. Please write to info-kolkata@goethe.de for fixing an appointment.
Days: Wednesdays and Thursdays
Time: 11.00 am to 1.00 pm
3.00 pm to 5.00 pm
While the team of Goethe-Institut Kolkata will work in home-office, we kindly ask for your understanding that there may be delays. We will reply to your message as soon as possible.
Due to the unpredictable situation of the COVID 19 though, we are not in a position to give any dates for classroom courses or programmes yet.
Barring queries about dates, if you have any other questions to our language department, you can call us on the following numbers: +91 33 2264 6398 / 6602 / 6424, Monday to Friday from 10 am – 4 pm or write to german-kolkata@goethe.de
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As the debates on the refugee crisis continue, we look back into some of the biggest refugee crises and human migration in recent history. The debates centre mostly around the broader theme of what impact the refugees would have if they are allowed to settle in a particular society.
By Varun Desai (Kolkata) & Ulrich Mertin (Istanbul)
A project on the occasion of the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven initiated by Goethe-Institut.