German studiesfull time

Degree
Master of Arts
Master
Standard period of study (amount)
4 semesters
Location
Wuppertal
Deadlines
October 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
July 2025 (EU)
July 2025 (Non-EU)

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

German Studies

Focus

Literary Studies, Linguistics, Media Studies, Knowledge Transmission, Cross-Cultural Communication, Multilingualism

Target group

The German Language and Literature Master's course is primarily aimed at graduates of a combined dual Bachelor's degree course where one of the two subjects was German Language and Literature, and graduates of comparable courses with equivalent course components in German Literature and Language.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements

1. A Bachelor's degree which is no worse than 2.7 or for which the ECTS grade "B" was awarded in a course specialising in Literature or Linguistics or in Art or Media Studies with Literature and Linguistics components (each amounting to at least 40 CP)\; 2. Latinum (Latin language examination)\; 3. An admission test consisting of an interview based on the written application. As a rule, language skills are to be proved by means of school reports for three school years or otherwise using a translation exercise (30 minutes, 15 lines of source language text).

Lecture period

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    15.05.2025 - 15.10.2025

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    15.05.2025 - 15.07.2025

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    15.05.2025 - 15.07.2025

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.05.2025 - 15.09.2025

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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