Master's Programme German Studies in Cultural Comparison Heidelberg University

Courses are held in German.

The consecutive Master's programme German Studies in Cultural Comparison is built on the corresponding BA programme and offers in-depth courses within the subject discipline of comparative German studies. Students choose to specialise either in linguistics or literature.
The linguistics courses include, among others, theoretical modules on language structure and language comparison, language acquisition, bilingualism and language contact.
In the literature courses, the theoretical modules are concerned with comparative and intercultural literature studies and a cultural comparison of the history of literature.
In addition to these courses, students choose between different module profiles: the language and cognition profile or the intercultural communication profile. Depending on which profile is chosen, the Master's programme prepares students for careers at universities or as cultural mediators in cultural centres or international businesses.

30 September for the winter semester

31 March for the summer semester

International students from non-EU and non-EEA countries with a foreign university entrance qualification will be required to pay a tuition fee of 1,500 EUR per semester at all institutions of higher education in Baden-Württemberg.

Students from EU and EEA member states, as well as international students with a German university entrance qualification are exempt from these tuition fees.

Students choose to specialise either in linguistics or literature. It is possible to study the Master's programme part-time.

• Language comparison
• Comparative literary studies
• Intercultural communication

Varied

International students from non-EU and non-EEA countries with a foreign university entrance qualification will be required to pay a tuition fee of 1,500 EUR per semester at all institutions of higher education in Baden-Württemberg.

Students from EU and EEA member states, as well as international students with a German university entrance qualification are exempt from these tuition fees.

Approx. 150 EUR

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in modern languages

Applicants must provide proof of their German and English skills.
German: TestDaF 5454 or DSH 78% or equivalent
English: IELTS, TOEFL (B1 equivalent)

30 September for the winter semester

31 March for the summer semester

Funding opportunities within and in cooperation with the university