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Translation Mainz University

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Degree
Bachelor of Arts
Standard period of study (amount)
6 semesters
Location
Germersheim

Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Interpreting
  • Translation

Focus

Translation Technologies and Translation Processes, Linguistics, German / Arabic / English / French / Greek / Italian / Dutch / Polish / Portuguese / Russian / Spanish / Turkish, Interpreting, Translating, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Communication, Media

Annotation

Applications are submitted via the online application portal (https://studium.fb06.uni-mainz.de/bewerbung-zum-studium/bewerbung-zum-bachelor-sprache-kultur-translation/).

For the study languages English and French, you must prove prior proficiency at B1 level and for German (if not your native language) at least a B2 level.; There are no requirements for the other languages. When choosing two study languages, B1 level is required in at least one of the two languages (if German is the study language, B2 level).

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

For the study languages English and French, you must prove prior proficiency at B1 level and for German (if not your native language) at least a B2 level.; There are no requirements for the other languages. When choosing two study languages, B1 level is required in at least one of the two languages (if German is the study language, B2 level).

Lecture period

Winter semester 2026/2027: 19.10.2026 - 13.02.2027
End of lectures in Medicine and Dentistry: 06.02.2027

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2026)

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    Expired (Universitywide deadline)
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). 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.

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

    Expired (Universitywide deadline)
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). 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.

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Expired (Universitywide deadline)
    Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.01 of the corresponding year. Please also note the possible earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Expired (Universitywide deadline)

Winter semester (2026/2027)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.06.2026 - 01.09.2026
    Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.07 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

    01.06.2026 - 01.09.2026
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung/). 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 15.07. – please note the possibly earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test.

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

    01.06.2026 - 01.09.2026
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung/). 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 15.07. – please note the possibly earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.06.2026 - 01.09.2026

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Languages of instruction

Main language

German

Further languages

English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Greek

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