Comparative Literaturefull time
Master of Arts
Master
Degree4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Mainz
Location
September 2024 (Germans and inhabitants)
September 2024 (EU), September 2024 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Comparative Literary Studies
Focus
Literature of Western, Central and South Eastern Europe, The Literature of North and South America from the 18th to the 21st Century, Intertextuality, Intermediality, Interculturality
Target group
In an age of globalisation, not only in Economics and Politics, but also in the field of Culture which has led to ever-increasing networking, today Comparative Studies take on a new form of relevance. Its major subject is the international character of literature; its methodical principle, an interdisciplinary approach. It combines not only the fields of various individual philologies, but also touches on the issues of Cultural and Media Studies.
Annotation
If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education institution, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).
Admission requirements
Bachelor's degree from the Mainz Bachelor's degree course in Comparative Studies/European Literature, Bachelor's degree from another university in General and Comparative Literary Studies (Comparative Literature), Bachelor's degree with the philology of a foreign language as the core subject or Bachelor's degree in two individual philologies in the literatures of different languages. German language proficiency, the ability to read in English and a language from the Romance, Slavonic or Scandinavian languages; other literary languages may be admitted in individual cases. Foreign applicants from non-German-speaking countries must provide evidence of German proficiency at the level of the “German Language Test for Admission to Higher Education for Foreign Students” (DSH).
Lecture period
- 15.04.2024 - 20.07.2024
- 21.10.2024 - 08.02.2025
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2024)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
For Master´s degree programmes with an aptitude test, the application deadline already ends on 15:11. Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
Winter semester (2024/2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024
Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.05 of the respective year. Please also note the even earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.04.2024 - 01.09.2024
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
