Master of Arts
Master
Degree
4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Mainz
Location
March 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
March 2025 (EU), March 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
- Romance Studies
- General Literary Studies
- General Linguistic Science
Focus
French/Language, French/Literature, Italian/Language, Italian/Literature, Spanish/Language, Spanish/Literature
Target group
The Master's course in 'Cross-Cultural Romance Studies' covers complex linguistic and literary academic material and processes from areas of Romance culture, particularly from a cross-cultural perspective. The delivery of the course contents is aimed at developing skills in linguistics, media and teaching. The components covering cultural studies ensure that the link between linguistic phenomena and texts and the respective historical and communicative connections are constantly referred to in this process. In the Master's degree course 'Cross-Cultural Romance Studies' at the JGU, students can choose between the specialisation areas of Literature and Linguistics in a Romance subject (French, Spanish or Italian), each from a cross-cultural perspective, with inter-disciplinary, partially media-oriented modules. Knowledge already acquired in a core Romance subject are expanded on, while practical skills from the field of culture and language teaching are consolidated. The degree course also aims to convey specialist knowledge and methodological skills in an additional Romance language or in Romance literature as well as enabling access to current research in Romance Studies.
Annotation
If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).
Admission requirements
Bachelor's degree in Romance Studies or equivalent degree from a German/foreign university, with at least 60 CP in the subject of Romance Studies with the RK1 specification in Philology. Latin proficiency at the level of the Latinum (Latin proficiency certificate) Language proficiency in the language of RK2 at CEFR level B1. Evidence takes the form of a successfully completed “Practical Language Entrance Test”. The following language certificates are recognised as equivalent: -French: Diplôme d'Études en Langue Française (DELF B1) -Spanish: Diploma de Español Lengua Extranjera (DELE Inicial B1) -Italian: Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera (CILS UNO-B1) A sufficient proficiency in English is required. Foreign applicants from non-German-speaking countries must provide evidence of German proficiency at the level of the “German Language Test for Admission to Higher Education for Foreign Students” (DSH).
Lecture period
- 14.04.2025 - 19.07.2025
- 27.10.2025 - 14.02.2026
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
For Master´s degree programmes with an aptitude test, the application deadline already ends on 15:11. Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Winter semester (2025/2026)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.05 of the respective year. Please also note the even earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
Further languages
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese