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MA Deutsch als Fremdsprache und Germanistik (German as a Foreign Language and German Studies) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Research-oriented master's programme in the tradition of a degree offered since 1979, building advanced competence in German language and culture including German-language literature. Students examine the acquisition and teaching of German as a foreign and second language alongside German studies. Offered as a double-degree programme.

Faculty: Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; double-degree programme  |  Intake: winter semester and summer semester  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Study combines acquisition and teaching of German as a foreign and second language with German studies.

Career pathways

Graduates work in language and cultural mediation at adult-education centres, language schools and institutions such as the DAAD or Goethe-Institut, and teach at higher-education institutions.

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Application information

Entry requirements

First professionally qualifying higher education degree of at least six semesters, as set out in the subject-specific regulations (Fächerspezifische Bestimmungen) of the programme; applicants with a foreign degree are admitted if the degree is deemed sufficient and language requirements are met. No NC. Application deadline (per the university deadlines page): winter semester 01.06.-15.09. ; summer semester 01.12.-15.03. (dates are day.month). German-taught: applicants with a foreign degree 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: 4 semesters (2 years)

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