Ancient Languages and Cultures

full time

Master of Arts

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Köln

Location

January 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

January 2025 (EU), January 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Ancient History
  • Archaeology
  • Byzantine Studies

Focus

Ancient History, Byzantine Studies, Greek Philology, Historical Comparative Linguistics, Jewish Studies, Latin Philology, Study of Medieval Latin language and literature, Papyrology, Epigraphics and Ancient Numismatics

Target group

Graduates with a Bachelor's degree or comparable degree in the selected discipline(s) or in a corresponding subject. A comparable degree from related subjects can be recognised as satisfying the admission requirements on a case-by-case basis.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Bachelor's or comparable degree in the selected discipline(s) or in a corresponding subject. The examination committee decides about the equivalence of other course degrees.

Lecture period

  • 07.10.2024 - 31.01.2025
  • 07.04.2025 - 18.07.2025

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    15.01.2025

    Deadline: Application process:

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    15.01.2025

    ür You need preliminary examination documentation (VPD) from uni-assist e.V. to apply for all Master's degree programmes The processing time is approx. 4 - 8 weeks. Please apply for the VPD as early as possible before the application deadline to UzK.dium-in-koeln/internationale-bewerbungen/master-studieninteressierte

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    15.01.2025

    You need preliminary review documentation (VPD) from uni-assist e.V. to apply for all Master's degree programmes The processing time is approx. 4 - 8 weeks. Please apply for the VPD as early as possible before the application deadline at the UoC.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.03.2025

    Deadline: Application process:

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    15.07.2025

    Deadline: Application process:

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    15.07.2025

    Application process: You need preliminary review documentation (VPD) from uni-assist e.V. to apply for all Master's degree programmes The processing time is approx. 4 - 8 weeks. Please apply for the VPD as early as possible before the application deadline at the UoC.

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    15.07.2025

    Application process: You need preliminary review documentation (VPD) from uni-assist e.V. to apply for all Master's degree programmes The processing time is approx. 4 - 8 weeks. Please apply for the VPD as early as possible before the application deadline at the UoC.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.09.2025

    Deadline: Application process:

Tuition fee

There is a semester fee that includes a NRW-wide public transport ticket (no tuition fee).

Languages of instruction

Main language

German