Goethe-Institut Chennai | Language. Culture. Germany.

Science Film Festival 2024

In 2024, India is celebrating the 8th year of Science Film Festival. The focus of the festival this year is ‘Net Zero and the Circular Economy’. The films are available online as video-on-demand service. Please register to receive the link to the films and password that enables you to stream the films free of charge during the festival period.

Science Film Festival 2024 is now live! © Goethe-Institut

Learn German

Experienced teaching ensures your success

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Learn German from the market leader. The Goethe-Institut offers German language courses and exams in over 90 countries.

Highly qualified German teachers and first-class learning materials
German courses for all levels
Internationally recognised language certificates

Library

Open to all

Our vibrant library now has a felicitous children’s corner, a capacious media center, a rich collection of German and a selected curation of English and Tamil media: Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Films, Music and Games. For kids and adults alike, we have a plethora of activities.

Lending Service

The library is open to the public and in-house access to books and media is free. To borrow media, a membership is mandatory.

Lending

Onleihe

Onleihe is the Goethe-Institut’s 24/7 digital library with more than 35,000 German language e-materials.

Onleihe: German Digital Library

Bustle Time @ Library

We organize regular activities at our library for all age groups.

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Themes

Discover our Work

SHARED TIDES

A residency program for lens-based artists and photographers from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka intending to work with local resources to research and develop cross cultural bodies of work on shared histories, cultures and environments.

ST Chennai © Goethe Institut @Goethe-Institut Chennai

TRAVELING PATTERNS

TRAVELING PATTERNS brings together 4 designers from India and Germany into exploring and developing contemporary patterns drawing inspiration from traditional motifs, figures and decorative elements from wooden blocks, created by Indian artisans and block-makers that would find innovative applications also in other formats and fields.

Travelling Pattern © Goethe Institut Chennai