diff --git a/app/controllers/course/studygroup.php b/app/controllers/course/studygroup.php
index 80f71988ebed04a0ab9b002b3326f2f5b36b265f..d2d347819bc985cb5aea7dcf08472a15e38acbf1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/course/studygroup.php
+++ b/app/controllers/course/studygroup.php
@@ -860,17 +860,10 @@ class Course_StudygroupController extends AuthenticatedController
 
         // get institutes
         $institutes   = StudygroupModel::getInstitutes();
-        $default_inst = Config::Get()->STUDYGROUP_DEFAULT_INST;
+        $default_inst = $this->flash['institute'] ?? Config::Get()->STUDYGROUP_DEFAULT_INST;
 
         // Nutzungsbedingungen
-        $terms = Config::Get()->STUDYGROUP_TERMS;
-
-        if ($this->flash['institute']) {
-            $default_inst = $this->flash['institute'];
-        }
-        if ($this->flash['terms']) {
-            $terms = $this->flash['terms'];
-        }
+        $terms = $this->flash['terms'] ?? Config::Get()->STUDYGROUP_TERMS;
 
         PageLayout::setTitle(_('Verwaltung studentischer Arbeitsgruppen'));
         Navigation::activateItem('/admin/config/studygroup');
@@ -910,7 +903,7 @@ class Course_StudygroupController extends AuthenticatedController
         if ($errors) {
             $this->flash['messages']  = ['error' => ['title' => 'Die Studiengruppen konnten nicht aktiviert werden!', 'details' => $errors]];
             $this->flash['institute'] = Request::get('institute');
-            $this->flash['terms']     = Request::get('terms');
+            $this->flash['terms']     = Request::i18n('terms');
         }
 
         if (!$errors) {
@@ -922,7 +915,7 @@ class Course_StudygroupController extends AuthenticatedController
 
             if (Request::get('institute')) {
                 $cfg->store('STUDYGROUP_DEFAULT_INST', Request::get('institute'));
-                $cfg->store('STUDYGROUP_TERMS', Request::get('terms'));
+                $cfg->store('STUDYGROUP_TERMS', Request::i18n('terms'));
                 PageLayout::postSuccess(_('Die Einstellungen wurden gespeichert!'));
             } else {
                 PageLayout::postError(_('Fehler beim Speichern der Einstellung!'));
diff --git a/app/views/course/studygroup/globalmodules.php b/app/views/course/studygroup/globalmodules.php
index 391a3095b2a0d4e9de4179e6e1924312f8e0a384..a081294d8ad229fbc574920a7c408b3ce6d0170c 100644
--- a/app/views/course/studygroup/globalmodules.php
+++ b/app/views/course/studygroup/globalmodules.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ use Studip\Button, Studip\LinkButton;
         <label>
             <?= _('Geben Sie hier Nutzungsbedingungen für die Studiengruppen ein. '
                 . 'Diese müssen akzeptiert werden, bevor eine Studiengruppe angelegt werden kann.') ?>
-            <textarea name="terms"><?= htmlReady($terms) ?></textarea>
+            <?= I18N::textarea('terms', $terms) ?>
         </label>
     </fieldset>
     <footer>
diff --git a/db/migrations/5.1.9_tic11418_studygroup_terms_i18n.php b/db/migrations/5.1.9_tic11418_studygroup_terms_i18n.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7537d5112e5b21824d6f1581919c4d8fb0e1f222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/5.1.9_tic11418_studygroup_terms_i18n.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Jan-Hendrik Willms <tleilax+studip@gmail.com>
+ * @see    https://develop.studip.de/trac/ticket/11418
+ */
+class Tic11418StudygroupTermsI18n extends Migration
+{
+    public function description()
+    {
+        return 'Changes config type to i18n for field STUDYGROUP_TERMS';
+    }
+
+    protected function up()
+    {
+        $query = "UPDATE `config`
+                  SET `type` = 'i18n'
+                  WHERE `field` = 'STUDYGROUP_TERMS'";
+        DBManager::get()->exec($query);
+    }
+
+    protected function down()
+    {
+        $query = "DELETE FROM `i18n`
+                  WHERE `object_id` = MD5('STUDYGROUP_TERMS')
+                    AND `table` = 'config'
+                    AND `field` = 'value'";
+        DBManager::get()->exec($query);
+
+        $query = "UPDATE `config`
+                  SET `type` = 'string'
+                  WHERE `field` = 'STUDYGROUP_TERMS'";
+        DBManager::get()->exec($query);
+    }
+}