Intercultural Communication and Business (ICB)full time

Degree
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor
Standard period of study (amount)
6 semesters
Location
Gießen
Deadlines
September 2026 (Germans and inhabitants)
August 2026 (EU)
August 2026 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • Cultural Studies
  • General Literary Studies
  • General Linguistic Science

Focus

Practical Linguistic Skills, Philological Skills, Cultural Studies Competence, Romance Studies – French, English Language and Literature, Cultural Management, Romance Studies – Spanish, Fundamentals of Economics, Slavic Studies, Russian Studies/Russian

Annotation

The programme Intercultural Communication and Business (ICB) combines a foreign language in the core subject area, a second business language and also provides knowledge in economics and business law. Intercultural (business) communication acts as a link between business and languages, preparing in particular for the demands of a globalised and transnational working life. It combines a foreign language major (Anglophone Studies, Gallo-Roman Studies/French, Hispanic Studies/Spanish, Lusitanian Studies/Portuguese, Russian/Russian) with a second business language (English, French, Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Czech, Ukrainian) and a minor in Business Studies, as well as two modules in Business Law Information and courses for prospective students can be found at: www.uni-giessen.de/studium/askjustus

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

Language requirements: www.uni-giessen.de/studium/sprachvoraussetzungen

Lecture period

  • 13.04.2026 - 17.07.2026
  • 12.10.2026 - 12.02.2027

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2026/2027)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.06.2026 - 01.09.2026

    For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see http://www.uni-giessen.de/studium/bewerbung/ergaenzung_aufbau

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.06.2026 - 15.08.2026

    For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see http://www.uni-giessen.de/studium/bewerbung/ergaenzung_aufbau

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

    01.06.2026 - 15.08.2026

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.06.2026 - 01.09.2026

    as per letter of acceptance

Languages of instruction

Main language

German