Die The General Terms and Conditions are valid for every course registration.

Valid from: January 2024

1 – Registration | Vouchers
You are welcome to attend our courses if you have reached the age of 16. For the SeniorenUni, the minimum age is 58 years. If you register for one of our courses, you commit yourself to paying the course fee. Your registration will be considered according to date of receipt.
Registration is no longer possible after the start of the course. Language courses and basic education courses (Grundbildung) are exceptions. In these courses a later start is possible, provided there are free places.
If you wish to pay with vouchers, please send them together with your registration. Vouchers sent in at a later date will not be accepted.

2 – Courses | Confirmation of your registration
If you register via our website, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by e-mail. If you register for a course by phone or in writing, you will not receive a confirmation of receipt. However, all registrations are binding, regardless of the manner of registration.
As soon as the minimum number of participants has been reached, you will receive the invoice (usually by e-mail). This is also confirmation that the course will definitely take place. However, if the minimum number of participants is not reached, we reserve the right to cancel the course. In this case you will be informed in writing at least five working days before the start of the course. If you have not received written notification from us at least five days before the start of the course, please contact our office directly.
If the course, for any reason cannot take place in the classroom, we reserve the right to run the course online subject to the same conditions.

3 – Cancellation of registration
Withdrawals from a course must be made in writing to the office no later than seven days (including Saturday and Sunday) before the course begins. The date of receipt will be the date on which your reaches the office. In this case, you will have to pay a cancellation charge of CHF 30.–. Later withdrawals will be charged in full. Verbal withdrawals directed to the teacher are not valid. Please note that failure to pay course fees will not be accepted as cancellation.

4 – Change of Course in the Languages
For the language courses, it is possible to change to a different level of the same language within the first two weeks of the semester only. If you join at a later date, you cannot change courses.

5 – Group size and Duration of your Language Course
Our language courses are held from 5 to 12 participants. The duration of a single class depends on the number of participants in your group:

5–7 participants: 75 minutes
8–12 participants: 90 minutes

If, after the first two weeks, the number of participants remains at 3-4, you will be sent a special offer for the so-called “small group course”. This must be accepted by all the participants in order for the course to continue.

6 – Course Fees | Missed lessons
Our course prices are indicated in the course programme for each individual course. Missed course hours do not entitle you to a course fee deduction. You also cannot make up for missed lessons.

7 – Payment | Payment Period
The payment period is 30 days. For payment of the invoice, the reference number on the payment slip must be indicated. Please note that in the case of a delay in payment, a reminder fee of CHF 30.– will be charged in the event of a 2nd reminder.

8 – Reduction of Course Fees
If you are a student, a trainee or have a Caritas KulturLegi, you can apply for a reduction of between 15% and 50% of the course fee. Enclose a copy of your appropriate ID card with your course registration. We regret that we are unable to consider documents and identity cards submitted at a later date. Course fee reductions are valid for one semester only - please note that you must do this every semester.

9 – Admittance/ Course ID card
Please bring a printed or digital copy of the invoice or course ID card to the course and show it to the door control or the course administration on request. For the language courses, the invoice serves as the course ID. The course ID is personal and non-transferable.

10 – Insurance
Insurance is a matter of the individual course participant. The VHSBB accepts no responsibility for accident, injury or losses.

11 – Recognition as further vocational training
You can have Volkshochschule courses recognized as further training. On request we are happy to issue you with a course confirmation.

12 – Contracting Party
You as a private person are the contractual partner of the Volkshochschule beider Basel. This also applies if your employer pays for the course.