Internationale Akademie
für Humanwissenschaften und Kultur

Nutzungsbedingungen

Last updated: 26 September 2026

1. Introduction

These Terms of Service govern your use of the website operated by Internationale Akademie für Humanwissenschaften und Kultur KLG (English: International Academy for Human Sciences and Culture) (hereinafter referred to as “the Academy”).

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, safeguard and use information resulting from your use of the Academy’s website. Details of the Academy’s registered office, commercial register entry and further legal information are available in our Legal Notice.

Your agreement with us includes these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that you have read and understood these documents and agree to be bound by them.

2. Courses, Seminars and Other Services

The Academy provides information on its website about its activities, courses, seminars, educational programmes, psychological counselling, psychotherapy and other services.

Information concerning individual courses, seminars, events, psychological counselling, psychotherapy or other services, including dates, fees, registration procedures and conditions of participation, may be provided separately and may be subject to additional terms and conditions.

We reserve the right to make reasonable changes to courses, seminars, events and other services, including their content, dates, format, location or instructors, where circumstances require.

We also reserve the right to cancel or postpone courses, seminars or events where necessary. Participants concerned will be informed of any such changes as appropriate.

Certain courses, seminars or services may be subject to additional eligibility requirements, including a minimum age or the consent of a parent or legal guardian where a participant is a minor, as specified in the applicable registration or service-specific terms.

3. Content

The material contained on our website is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. Information provided on the website does not constitute individual psychological counselling, psychotherapy or other professional advice and should not be regarded as a substitute for such services.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, are at risk of harming yourself or others, or require urgent psychological or medical assistance, please do not rely on this website. Contact emergency services immediately — 144 (ambulance), 117 (police), or 112 (the general European emergency number) — or a 24-hour helpline such as Die Dargebotene Hand (143) or, for children and young people, Pro Juventute (147), both reachable around the clock by phone, chat or email. This website is not designed or intended to respond to emergencies.

The Academy endeavours to keep the information provided on this website accurate and current but cannot guarantee its completeness or accuracy.

The Academy accepts no liability in respect of actions taken or not taken on the basis of any or all of the content of this website, to the extent permitted by law.

Unless otherwise indicated, all materials forming part of our website, including texts, images, illustrations, graphics, designs, icons, photographs, audio recordings, video material, applications, documents and downloadable materials, are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights owned by the Academy, the respective copyright holders or other third parties who have authorised their use.

Reproduction, distribution or other use of content from our website is not authorised without the prior permission of the respective copyright holder, except for sharing excerpts of Academy-authored content via social media for non-commercial purposes, provided that the source is clearly acknowledged and such sharing does not infringe any third-party rights, including rights held by external contributors, speakers or authors featured on the website.

4. User Conduct

When using our website, you agree not to: (a) use it for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms; (b) attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website or its related systems or networks; (c) interfere with or disrupt the operation or security of the website; or (d) copy, scrape or systematically extract content from the website other than as permitted under Section 3. We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access to the website for anyone who violates these Terms.

5. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by the Academy.

The Academy has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party websites or services. We do not warrant the content, products or services offered by any such entities, individuals or websites.

To the extent permitted by law, the Academy shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused, or alleged to have been caused, by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content or services available on or through such third-party websites or services.

6. Disclaimer of Liability

To the extent permitted by law, liability for direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of our website is excluded. This limitation and exclusion of liability applies to both contractual and non-contractual claims.

7. Changes to Services

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend our services, or any service or material we provide, at our discretion and without prior notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of our website is unavailable at any time or for any period, to the extent permitted by law.

8. Amendments to these Terms

We may amend these Terms of Service at any time by publishing the amended Terms on this website. Your continued use of our website following the publication of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the amended Terms. You are therefore encouraged to review this page periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes.

9. Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Service is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the terms of service will continue in full force and effect.

10. Acknowledgement

By using our services you acknowledge that you have read these terms of service and agree to be bound by them.

11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute arising out of the use of, or related to this site, or related to the copyright and/or intellectual property over materials that are part of this site, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland, which governing law applies to these terms of service without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The place of jurisdiction shall be the Cantonal Court of Zug, Switzerland.