Module information
Here you can find all information on the individual modules of the International Certificate at THWS.
Please note that ALL courses in the summer semester 2024 will be offered as online webinars. Thus you will need a PC with microphone and headset.
The link for your webinar can be found on this website for every module (regional trainings and advanced regional trainings).
Module 1: Language Proficiency
The Campus for Language Proficiency offers job-related English courses on three different levels which can all be accredited for the Intercultural Certificate. The courses take place on one or two days per week. These are complemented by weekly self-study phases, assignments and e-learning material.
If a participant Basic Intercultural Certificate or Intercultural Certificate+ can proof in a placement test that they have already obtained level B2, they can take courses in another foreign language.
Module 2: Intercultural Competence
The International Office (HSIN) is offering intercultural seminars. These include introductory seminars and regional trainings.
The introductory seminars cover the theoretical foundations of social and intercultural competence. Culture Manager Aylin Chaban is offering these every semester.
The regional trainings are advanced practice-oriented seminars in which the knowledge from the introductory seminars is deepened. They are offered each semester on different dates for different regions:
- India
- Arab cultures
- West Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana)
- China
- Japan
- Taiwan
- Latin America
- Turkey
- Eastern Europe
- Malaysia
- Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Please note that not every regional training is offered every semester.
Interkulturelle Kompetenz: Regionalschulung China
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Art des Angebots: Regionalschulung China
Beginn: Dienstag, 19.05.2026
Kurszeiten: 14:00-16:00 Uhr
Online-Veranstaltung: 5 Minuten vor Beginn der Veranstaltung bei Zoom einloggen. Bitte hier in den Kurs einloggen.
Dozent: Frau Shuang Wu
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Interkulturelle Kompetenz: Regionalschulung Indien
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Art des Angebots: Regionalschulung Indien
Beginn: Dienstag, 09.06.2026
Kurszeiten: 14:00-16:00 Uhr
Online-Veranstaltung: 5 Minuten vor Beginn der Veranstaltung bei Zoom einloggen. Bitte hier in den Kurs einloggen.
Dozent: Frau Olga Schloß (BayInd)
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Interkulturelle Kompetenz: Regionalschulung Kasachstan (Zentralasien)
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Art des Angebots: Regionalschulung Kasachstan (Zentralasien)
Beginn: 19.06.2026
Kurszeiten: 10:00-12:00 Uhr
Online-Veranstaltung: 5 Minuten vor Beginn der Veranstaltung bei Zoom einloggen. Bitte hier in den Kurs einloggen.
Dozent: Herr Thorsten Kaessler (Goethe Institut Kirgisistan)
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Module 3: International Experience OR Advanced Regional Training
Interkulturelle Kompetenz: Vertiefte Regionalschulung Afrika (Uganda, Mosambik und Nigeria)
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Art des Angebots: Vertiefte Regionalschulung Afrika: Uganda, Mosambik und Nigeria (im Rahmen der International Teaching Week an der THWS)
Beginn: 07.05.2026
Kurszeiten: Donnerstag, 14:00-16:00 Uhr
Ort: Münzstraße 12, Würzburg
Raum: M.1.13 (Präsenzveranstaltung)
Dozent: Prof. Tanja Kleibl (FAS) und Gäste
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Workshop content:
The workshop supports THWS staff in strengthening cooperation with African partner universities by reflecting on practical experiences from past mobilities and collaborations. The focus lies on intercultural dynamics in administration, teaching, communication, and expectations that influence everyday cooperation. Rather than a theoretical training, the session functions as a shared learning space where partners jointly identify challenges and successful strategies for smoother collaboration.
Learning goals
Participants will:
- understand how cultural frameworks shape cooperation in higher education
- recognize typical misunderstandings in mobility organization and teaching
- reflect on expectations regarding hierarchy, communication, planning, and responsibility
- gain practical recommendations for future exchanges and joint projects
Structure
- Introduction (10 min) Tanja Kleibl
Short framing input on intercultural cooperation in university partnerships and why mobility situations intensify cultural differences. - Partner reflections (45–60 min)
Uganda, Mozambique and Nigeria country team presents a 15–20 minute reflection on experiences with THWS collaboration, guided by key questions:
- communication styles and response expectations
- planning, deadlines, and time perception
- administrative procedures and flexibility
- teaching and supervision expectations
- hierarchy and decision-making
- recurring misunderstandings and good practices
- Dialogue & Q&A (20–25 min)
Moderated exchange with THWS participants to clarify expectations and collect practical solutions for future cooperation.
Outcome
The workshop results in a shared understanding of collaboration practices, a list of potential intercultural challenge areas, and some recommendations for teaching, administration and mobility organization.
The overall goal is to foster sustainable, respectful, and efficient partnerships through mutual reflection rather than one-sided cultural explanation.
The Erasmus Staff Exchange is to encourage employees to visit a partner university for a period of at least 5 days where they apply their newly developed theoretical knowledge into practice. The experiences gained by this prepare THWS to continuously take on the challenges accompanying internationalisation with success.
Your stay abroad can be financially subsidised as part of the already established international staff mobility. The application and the procedure are subject to current regulations of the THWS International Office (HSIN) For further information, please visit the websites on staff mobility.
You would like to participate in the Intercultural Certificate+ but cannot go abroad?
Should you not be able to participate in the Erasmus Staff Exchange, you can alternatively participate in an English advanced regional training.
Every semester, one to two English webinars are offered on relevant topics by THWS-partners, in which you can apply the knowledge gained in the regional seminars.
Länderspezifische Informationen
Sollten Sie keine Möglichkeit gehabt haben an unseren Veranstaltungen teilzunehmen, können Sie sich im hochschulinternen eLearning-Portal gerne in Ruhe einen groben Überblick über die verschiedenen Regionen verschaffen. Diese länderspezifischen Informationen haben wir in Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Referenten und Kooperationspartnern erstellt. Auf maximal 3 Seiten zusammengefasst finden Sie dort Informationen über diese Regionen, Verhaltensregeln und Ratschläge.
Um das Zertifikat Base oder Base+ des Interkulturellen Führerscheins zu erwerben, nehmen Sie bitte auch weiterhin an den angebotenen Regionalschulungen teil. Die zusammengestellten Informationen sind kein Ersatz für die Teilnahme an den interkulturellen Seminaren, sondern sollen diese unterstützen, um Ihnen einen besseren Eindruck von den Regionen zu vermitteln.
Hier gelangen Sie zu den länderspezifischen Informationen über die Regionen.