German Linguisticspart time, full time

Degree
Master of Arts
Master
Standard period of study (amount)
4 semesters
Location
Jena
Deadlines
August 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
August 2025 (EU)
16 days left (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

German Studies

Focus

Phonetics, Linguistics, Grammar, Text Theory, German Studies, Argumentation Analysis, Cognition, Semantics, Computer Linguistics, Language Technology

Target group

The degree course is aimed at graduates with a first professionally qualifying certificate of academic degree in degree programmes in the field of German Studies with a focus on Linguistics, Indo-European Studies or subject-related study programmes and equivalent to a Bachelor's degree amounting to 180 credits at a university or equivalent higher education institution in Germany or abroad.

Annotation

Application deadline: Summer semester: 15.01. Winter semester: - 15.07. (international applicants) - 15.09. (German applicants)

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

A subject related requirement is proof of academic achievements in linguistics amounting to at least 50 credit points and a final grade (or average grade of the linguistic modules) of at least "good" or better. Furthermore, command of one or more modern foreign languages is also recommended. International applicants must provide proof of German language proficiency at the level of the DSH examination (min. level 2), the TestDaF (TDN 4x4) or a recognised equivalent.

Lecture period
  • 13.10.2025 - 06.02.2026
  • 07.04.2026 - 10.07.2026

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.04.2025 - 31.08.2025

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.09. Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.04.2025 - 31.08.2025

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

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

    01.04.2025 - 31.05.2025

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.04.2025 - 31.08.2025

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

Summer semester (2026)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.12.2025 - 15.01.2026

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.09. Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.12.2025 - 15.01.2026

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

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

    01.12.2025 - 15.01.2026

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.12.2025 - 15.01.2026

    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

Tuition fees

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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