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MA Italienische Sprache und Kultur (Italian Language and Culture, Master minor subject) at Saarland University

Saarland University, Germany

Programme overview

Master minor subject (Nebenfach) providing advanced Italian language skills and an overview of Italian linguistics, literature or cultural studies, to complement a philological or cultural-studies major.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities (Philosophische Fakultät)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (27 CP minor subject within a two-subject Master)  |  Study mode: full-time; two-subject Master (minor subject only); German- and Italian-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester (recommended) or Sommersemester  |  Location: Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

What you will study

Two areas totalling 27 CP: language practice (15 CP) and linguistics, literary studies or cultural studies (12 CP). It can be combined with the Romanistik Master in French or Spanish but not in Italian.

Career pathways

Graduates are flexible on the labour market, with roles in cultural administration and management, media, publishing, education and science organisation, and Europe-related work in business, science or public administration.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Recognised Bachelor degree and a major that allows the combination; no prior Italian required. No admission restriction. Application WS: early June to 31 August (recommended start); SS: early December to end of February. Tuition: none.

Intake: Wintersemester (recommended) or Sommersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (27 CP minor subject within a two-subject Master)

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