Go for IQ - Intercultural Qualification of the International Office

Welcome on the website of the Intercultural Qualification! Here you can find information about the intercultural workshops and the Certificate for Intercultural Communication and Competence.(CICC)

Our consulation hours takes place on Tuesdays and Thurdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. by appointment, either online in BBB or in room HC.N.2.45 (Forum).

Are you interested in intercultural topics because you...

want to go abroad for an internship or semester?

Going Abroad

Then come join our workshop “Going Abroad” (in German) as preparation and accompaniment during your stay abroad.

Language: German

Accreditation depending on your department: 2-3 ECTS in study generals / fundamentals / module abroad

Requirement: Participation and reflection paper

IIM and ICT students please contact us if they still need points for their module abroad after their return!

Dates for winter semester 2024/25 will be annouced soon.

LSF - course number: 0113

 

are an international exchange or full time student at the BEGINNING of your studies?

Welcome on Board

Then come to the workshop "Welcome on Board"!

Language: English

Recognition depending on the department: 2 - 3 ECTS in Studium Generale / Fundamentale / 2 ECTS in the foreign module for Erasmus students

Requirements: Participation and reflection paper

Dates for the winter semester 2024/25:

  • Thursday, 10.10.2024, 9:00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (Forum N (Main Campus)/ HC.N.0.10)
  • Thursday, 07.11.2024, 9:00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
  • Thursday, 05.12.2024, 9:00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
  • Thursday, 30.01.2025, 9:00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

LSF - course number: 0111

would like to support an international student or get support from a German student?

Being Buddies

Then we recommend the Buddy Programm of the International Office! We offer an accompanying program every semester, in which you can participate as a buddy couple.

The University of Hildesheim also offers many other great opportunities to support international students. Participation in the International Writing Partnerships, a language tandem or participation in the DAWID project or the Erasmus Student Network can also be credited for the Certificate for Intercultural Communication and Competence (ZIKK).

LSF-course number: 0112

bring along different cultural perspectives yourself or work together with people from different cultural backgrounds?

International Society

Then attend the workshop "International Society" - because transcultural societies are now the norm and not the exception!

Language: German/ English

Recognition depending on department: 2 - 3 ECTS in Studium Generale / Fundamentale / foreign module

Dates for winter semester 2024/25:

This workshop will take place as a two-day block seminar from 13.12.24 to 14.12.24 and will be conducted by our trainer Lina Chihabi.

  •  Friday, 13.12.24, 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Bulding G (main campus) / HC.G.0.05)
  •  Saturday, 14.12.24, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Bulding G (main campus) / HC.G.0.05)

LSF - course number: 0115

are at the end of your studies and would like to work internationally?

Beruf International

Then join the workshop “Beruf International” (in German), which always takes place in the summer semester as a part of the Career Week.

Dates for winter semester 2024/25 will be annouced soon.

Language: German

Accreditation depending on your department: 2-3 ECTS

Requirement: Participation and reflection paper

LSF - course number:  0114

 

would like to work as an intercultural trainer?

Peer Tutor

If you want to gain experience as an intercultural trainer, then join our go for IQ team! We are always looking for peer tutors who would like to help design and hold intercultural workshops in German or English. Shortly before the start of the winter semester, we will be offering a peer tutor qualification course, in which the go for IQ project team will provide tips and tricks for intercultural workshop design and you can try out the planned workshop units.

Participation as a peer tutor can be credited as intercultural commitment in the Certificate for Intercultural Communication and Competence (ZIKK).

If you are interested, kindly contact us (intkult@uni-hildesheim.de) and we will provide you more information!

 

are simply interested in the diversity of intercultural topics?

Intercultural Short Series

For several semesters now, we have been offering the IO's Intercultural Short Series, a series of short workshops with changing intercultural topics. This is open for students, doctoral candidates and staff! Registration is also possible without LSF enrolment via our registration form.

The workshops each last three hours and can be recognised with 0.5 ECTS per attended event. So you can also collect ECTS across the semesters.

The trainer Lina Chihabi will be conducting the workshop.

Topics and dates in the winter semester 2024/25 :

All four sessions will be taken place online in BBB from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

  • Intercultural Business Ethics (GE), 12.11.2024; LSF - course number: 0116
  • All-day Racism (EN), 07.01.2025; LSF - course number: 0117
  • Conflict management (GE), 04.02.2025; LSF - course number: 0118
  • Anti-Muslim Racism (GE), 11.03.2025; LSF - course number: 0119

Employees can also find our intercultural short series in the internal training programme (Internes Weiterbildungsprogramm).

 

 

 

Would you like to do more?

 

Would you like to join in?

Then become a peer tutor!  Shortly before the start of the winter semester, our peer tutor qualification will take place for all those who would like to help design and hold intercultural workshops. If you are interested, just contact us (intkult(at)uni-hildesheim.de) and we will send you more information!

We would also like to refer you to other intercultural support programmes: Buddy Programme, Language Tandems and International Writing Partnership.


Certificate for Intercultural Communication and Competence (CICC)

You can earn the Certificate of Intercultural Communication and Competence (CICC) during your studies. This certificate attests to your intercultural experience, reflection and intercultural commitment. In case you have any questions, come to our consulation hours. It takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. by appointment (intkult(at)uni-hildesheim.de), either online in BBB or in room HC.N.2.45 (Forum).


Interdisciplinary Key Competences (FüSK)

Other great workshops in the intercultural context and beyond can be found in the interdisciplinary key competences (FüSK) section of the central student advisory service (ZSB) for students.