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BA Linguistik (Linguistics) at Paderborn University

Paderborn University, Germany

Programme overview

Interdisciplinary bachelor's programme in linguistics that asks what language is, how it is used in advertising and everyday life, how it is acquired and how it changes.

Faculty: Language, literature, culture  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Courses focus on empirical text and conversation analysis, language processing and language learning, language in the information society, language history and change, language variation, and language and interaction models.

Career pathways

Linguists acquire theories and methods for identifying linguistic phenomena and analysing communication processes.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General higher education entrance qualification (allgemeine Hochschulreife) or relevant subject-specific entrance qualification (fachgebundene Hochschulreife); applicants with a professional qualification can also be admitted. English at CEFR level B2, shown for example by an Abitur certificate stating B2 or an NRW Abitur with English continued as a foreign language to the end of qualification phase 1 with at least 5 points. Admission-free: no numerus clausus, so all applicants meeting the enrolment requirements are admitted.

Intake: Summer and winter semesters

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 ECTS

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/zv/3-3/formalitaeten

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