Comparative Studies

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

Comparative Literary Studies

Focus

Literary Theory, World literatures, Mediality, Consolidation of existing foreign language skills

Annotation

Single- or dual-subject Master's degree Comparative Literature in the dual-subject Master’s must be combined with a second subject from the double-subject Master’s series of the faculty of the humanities. Questions about possible combinations can be directed to the examination office of the Faculty of Humanities:

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

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