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BA Europäische Minderheitensprachen (European Minority Languages) at Leipzig University

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

Focuses on language minorities in society, building well-founded knowledge of selected European minority languages and the societies in which they are spoken. Taught in German with some other languages.

Faculty: Philologische Fakultät  |  Department: Institut für Sorabistik  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time; taught in German, partly other foreign languages  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Selected European minority languages and relevant phenomena of societies where they are spoken, giving intercultural and social-science competence.

Career pathways

Work in scientific, cultural or socio-political institutions, and in agencies and organisations dealing with language, literature and culture.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (Allgemeine or Fachgebundene Hochschulreife). Language requirements: English at CEFR B2. Open admission (no numerus clausus). Application period: 02.05. – 15.09.; portal: AlmaWeb.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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