Celtic studies full time
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 6 semesters
- Location
- Marburg
- Deadlines
- Please enquire
Overview and admission
Study Type
undergraduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
- Cultural History
- Celtic Studies
Focus
Acquisition of knowledge of the content and methods of text-, language- and literature-focused Celtology, Learn to understand and analyse texts from at least two medieval Celtic cultural areas, Wales and Ireland, in the original languages, Work with texts from different periods and different types of text, Studying philological as well as literary-theoretical/historical questions of text interpretation, transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary study of selected other mediaeval and cultural fields of work and research
Annotation
Standard period of study: 6 or 8 semesters (depending on combination)
Further information on the structure of the combination Bachelor's degree course can be found here:
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/studienfach-finden/studienabschluesse-erklaert/kombibachelor
In the major subject sub-course "Celtology" you will learn the Celtic languages Old Irish and Middle Welsh, which originated over a thousand years ago and - at least as far as Welsh is concerned - are still spoken in parts of Great Britain today. As your studies progress, these language skills will enable you to understand and analyse original medieval texts from these cultural areas and to place them in their literary-historical and cultural contexts. In addition to working with texts from different periods and different types of text, the major subject focuses on philological as well as literary-theoretical/historical questions of text interpretation.
An integral part of the degree course is the MarSkills programme, in which you acquire attractive and future-oriented key skills (see www.uni-marburg.de/marskills).
Admission requirements
Lecture period
- Winter semester 2026/2027: 12.10.2026 - 12.02.2027
The semester dates can be found at: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/im-studium/semestertermine - Summer semester 2027: 12.04.2027 - 16.07.2027
The semester dates can be found at: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/im-studium/semestertermine
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Application deadlines: https://www.uni-marburg.de/bewerbungsfristen
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Application deadlines: https://www.uni-marburg.de/bewerbungsfristen
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Application deadlines: https://www.uni-marburg.de/bewerbungsfristen
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Application deadlines: https://www.uni-marburg.de/bewerbungsfristen
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
Languages of instruction
Main language
German