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MA Linguistik: Sprachdynamik (Linguistics: Language Dynamics) at Paderborn University

Paderborn University, Germany

Programme overview

Research-oriented master's programme on how people communicate quickly and economically about complex matters and which linguistic patterns shape communication in different areas of life. First-semester enrolment is no longer possible; the programme is being discontinued on 1 April 2027.

Faculty: Language, literature, culture  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Ten modules; the first year begins with an introduction to research in which students present their bachelor's focus areas.

Career pathways

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

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics from Paderborn or a comparable linguistics or philology degree. English at CEFR level C1 (for example TOEFL iBT 100, IELTS 6.5, CAE or UNIcert II/III), certificate not older than two years. Admission-free: no numerus clausus, so all applicants meeting the enrolment requirements are admitted.

Intake: Summer and winter semesters

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS

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

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