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
- German Studies
- General Linguistic Science
Focus
Grammar, Graphematics/Orthography, Pragmatics, First and Second Language Acquisition, History of Language and Language Change, Sociolinguistics, Empirical Methods, Integration of theory and practice
Target group
Students who are interested and keen to work together with fellow students and teachers in an open and committed teaching and research environment on exciting questions from a wide variety of areas of linguistics, to develop individual questions and to implement them independently in a theoretically and methodically sound manner; Students who are interested in the German language itself, in the acquisition and change of language, in linguistic diversity and in language as the most important medium of communication.
Admission requirements
The degree programme requires a Bachelor's academic degree or a comparable academic degree with at least 72 credit points in German Studies or General and Comparative Linguistics. If less than 72 but at least 40 points are available, the missing credits can be made up in the first year of study.
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 (Universitywide deadline)
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 (Universitywide deadline)
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
16.11.2024 - 01.03.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (). The application should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be attached to the application. Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.01. – please note the possibly earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test.
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