We are there for you!

We are there for you, even though the institute remains closed for visitors. You can book an online course, give an exam, visit the library with prior appointment and attend multifaceted cultural programmes in online-format. Please click here for details. Stay healthy, protect yourself and your surroundings, take care of yourself and others!

In view of a internal team-building exercise, the staff will not be available on 29.11.2021. 

What we offer

German courses

Learn German with the international market leader for German courses.

German exams

You can get your language skills certified by taking a Goethe-Institut exam.

Teaching German

Goethe-Institut supports German teachers and educational institutions, offers advanced training, develops teaching and learning materials and concepts. We also conduct events to motivate German learners.

Library

Learn more about society, politics, and culture in Germany.

Film Archive

About us

We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation.

Current Projects

Hooghly Heritage Hub general image © Goethe-Institut Kolkata

EUNIC Global
 Hooghly Heritage Hub

This project is a program organised by EUNIC (European National Institutes of Culture) in India on creating awareness on cultural heritage and Indo-European histories in the area. It is an initiative to create awareness on cultural heritage and the Indo-European histories along the river Hooghly, West Bengal.

IER Aktuelle Projekte Bild Startseite © GI-Kol, AF-Kol, IFI, BC-Kol, Con.Gen.Italy, CIMA and Inst.IT.Kult./Design:Saurabh Jitranjan

Residency Project
 Indo-European Residency

In 2021, for the first time, the residency is being organised on a digital platform, thus ensuring that the residency takes place notwithstanding the prevailing COVID situation. The names of the selected artists have been announced.

German List current projects © Goethe-Institut Kolkata

German List
 'How can you hear...'

A new series of online live streamings that will allow people of intellectual rigour to engage with each other in the real world and create a corpus of contemporary political, philosophical, literary and socially concerned conversations.