Many languages come together at BTU. As a cosmopolitan university, we view every language spoken on our campuses as an enrichment to university life. We are explicitly committed to linguistic diversity and recognize the importance of language for (cultural) identity. With this diversity comes the shared responsibility of facilitating communication. As an international university, we face the challenge of fostering understanding in everyday life. Functional multilingualism is not an “extra,” but a central prerequisite for our university community to continue functioning effectively. We do not aim to make English the dominant language - but we also recognize that proficiency in German cannot be expected of everyone.

Functional multilingualism gives all members of the university community the opportunity to contribute, help shape the university, and participate in the academic community. It facilitates collaboration, makes procedures more understandable, and makes work processes more cooperative. This is not about perfect language skills, but about the willingness to meet each other halfway linguistically and find ways to understand one another.

This sense of community can only succeed if everyone contributes, regardless of their native language or preferred language. Everyone is called upon to remain open-minded and take responsibility for successful communication.