German-language Literature Text - Culture - Media

full time

Master of Arts

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Marburg

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • German Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Media Culture
  • General Literary Studies

Focus

scientific specialisation in the areas of older German or newer German literature, Specialisation in practice-oriented areas of application of literature in the media, further academic qualification and profiling in the field of German Literature Research, Specialisation of literary, cultural and methodological-theoretical basic knowledge and skills

Target group

Graduates of a professionally relevant Bachelor's degree in the field of German Literature or Literary Studies / Cultural Studies or with proof of a comparable domestic or foreign university degree with a professional qualification.

Annotation

The course 'German-language literature. Text - Culture - Media offers a further academic qualification and profile in the field of German literature. The literary, cultural studies and methodological-theoretical basic knowledge and skills imparted in a literary or cultural Bachelor's programme with Germanistic subject areas will be deepened. The aim of the course is to acquire a scientifically qualified degree that enables independent scientific research, active participation in processes of scientific communication and the application of scientific methods and knowledge in various professional fields and opens access to the doctorate.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

General admission requirements for the Master’s degree are proof of completion of a relevant Bachelor’s degree in the field of German Literature or Literary Studies / Cultural Studies, or proof of a comparable domestic or foreign university degree with a professional qualification. The degree according to sentence 1 must either contain a specialist component in Germanic literary studies to the extent of at least 48 credit points or at least 24 CP in literary studies and at least 24 CP in Literary or Cultural Studies.

Lecture period

  • 22.04.2025 - 25.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 13.02.2026

Application deadlines

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

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

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

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

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

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

Tuition fee

Fees

There are currently no tuition fees in the state of Hesse!

Languages of instruction

Main language

German