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BA Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache (Kernfach) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Core subject on all aspects of language and cultural mediation at home and abroad; the only undergraduate German-as-a-foreign-language programme with core and minor subject in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Faculty: Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Kombi-Bachelor core subject (Kernfach)  |  Intake: winter semester and summer semester  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

In-depth study of the didactics of German as a foreign and second language, German linguistics, cultural studies and second-language acquisition research, applied in a placement.

Career pathways

Graduates can teach in adult education institutions such as adult-education centres or language schools in Germany and abroad, and work in cultural work.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A suitable higher education entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur); special rules apply for applicants with a foreign qualification and for vocationally qualified applicants. No NC (no admission restriction); applicants must still apply within the deadline and then enrol if entry requirements are met. Application deadline (winter semester 2026/27): 16 July to 15 November 2026; summer semester: 16 January to 15 May 2027 German-taught: applicants with a foreign qualification must prove German, for example TestDaF TDN 4 in all four sections, DSH-2/3 or telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule (at least "befriedigend").

Intake: winter semester and summer semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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