BA Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with a focus on Ancient Oriental Studies (Minor) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

The subject Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with a focus on Ancient Near Eastern Studies is designed as a philologically based, interdisciplinary regional science. It provides students with a broad knowledge of the languages and cultures of the age of the Near East, i.e. the areas of ancient Mesopotamia (today Iraq and Syria), the Levant (today Lebanon and Syria) and Asia Minor (today Turkey).

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Duration: 6 semesters (60 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Jena, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Modules include Introduction to Ancient Oriental Studies; Akkadian reading; Introduction to Sumerian; History and Culture of the Ancient Orient.

Career pathways

As an academic degree programme, the Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with a focus on Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena forms the basis of an academic career and prepares students specifically for the consecutive master's programme in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures as well as a subsequent doctorate in Ancient Near Eastern.

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