About IfS
Partners and Networks
Our International Partners
As part of our efforts to internationalise our business, we have established cooperations in Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America and China. With all our partners we are pursuing projects in the area of German as a Foreign Language („Deutsch als Fremdsprache“ or DaF). These projects are generally accompanied by an annual exchange of teachers.
> Lev Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University, Tula/Russia
> Lipetsk Branch of the Orel Regional Academy of State Service (ORAGS), Lipetsk/Russia
> Wilhelm von Humboldt-Center of German Lanuage, Irkutsk/Russia
> Poltava University of Economics and Trade (PUET), Poltava/Ukraine
> Language Center „Alpha-Intensiv“, Kiev/Ukraine
> German Center, Charkiv/Ukraine
> e-College of the China Agricultural University (CAUnet), Peking/China
> Language school "Alman Dili ve Danışmanlık Merkezi" (ADDM), Gaziantep/Turkey
Our German Partners
Universities of Applied Sciences
> University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden (FH)
> University of Applied Sciences Jena (FH)
> Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (HS OWL)
FaDaF e.V. Network
IfS Kassel is a member of the Association for German as a Foreign Language („Fachverband Deutsch als Fremdsprache“, > FaDaF e.V.) FaDaF represents the interests of a variety of institutions involved in the area of German as a Foreign Language, both in research and teaching. FaDaF's goal is to contribute to intercultural understanding through promoting German language acquisition. FaDaF therefore supports the linguistic advancement of foreign students studying in Germany as well as the further development and training of teaching staff and young academics in the area of German as a foreign language.

