Tandem.MINT – language learning program

The tandem language learning program Tandem.MINT offers students of all STEM disciplines an individualized and specialized approach to expand their foreign language skills. Working together with a tandem partner from a similar field of study, they can advance their language proficiency and improve their skills in intercultural communication.

Since the tandem partner is also a STEM student it is easier to pursue a specialized focus and work with material and topics relevant to their studies. This gives students the opportunity to train their language skills even for a specialized context and acquire a technical vocabulary. 

Besides improving their language skills, participants can practice working together in a multilingual and multicultural team – and thus acquire transferable skills for a globalized working environment. Tandem.MINT can moreover be useful to prepare for a study-related stay abroad. 

Students of Natural Sciences and Engineering at RUB can apply until April 19, 2026 for the summer semester 2026. Requirements are: Proficiency in the target language of at least level of B1 (CEFR) (for typologically distant languages: level A2) as well as proficiency in the primary language as a native speaker or on a comparably high level (at least C1).

After successfully completing the program, students will receive a certificate, confirming their participation and describing the contents of the program. Alternatively, it is possible to receive 3 CP credit for participation through the ZFA.