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Our Institute is open. You can book an online / offline course, give an exam, visit our Library and attend multifaceted cultural programmes in physical-/online-/ hybrid-format.

Language department is available on the numbers +91 9836022993 / 9836183480 (Monday to Friday between 10 am – 6 pm).

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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

Returning Sound current projects © GI Kolkata/Design:Varun Desai

Music-Evenings
 Returning Sound

‘Returning Sound’ is a specially curated series of music programmes presented every month at the institute. The programme is curated focusing on unconventional music written by independent electronic music producers.

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 was organised on a digital platform. The results of the residency are on view in a digital exhibition.

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.