Literature and Cultural Theory

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University Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Degree Master

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students 15.01.2026 — 31.03.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Tübingen
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das General Literary Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche Language and Literary Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Language and Literary Studies.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
General Literary Studies

Field of study
- Target group The Master's in Literary and Cultural Theory is a research-oriented, theoretical-interdisciplinary, cross-sectional study programme, which draws from the broad interdisciplinary teaching of the modern philologies and neighbouring subjects. Students are given the opportunity to intensively study overarching ideas in literary and cultural studies in four semesters and to grasp the whole spectrum of the current theoretical discussion. The Master's programme is structured by modules. In one of the following four specialised modules, students choose their focus according to their personal requirements and their academic plans: 1. Text theory, aesthetics, literary theory\; 2. History of ideas and knowledge\; 3. Media aesthetics and media history\; 4. Cultural theory and interculturality. The research-oriented approach makes this study course ideal for preparing for a doctorate or qualifying for non-university occupational fields in the private sector, media and culture.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester summer and winter semester
- As a rule, the undergraduate degree must have been completed in a modern philological subject with a literary studies specialisation and as a major. (Modern philological subjects here are the following: German, Romance, English/American, Slavonic and Comparative Studies degree courses and General Rhetoric.) If only the minor subject is relevant, admission is also possible if sufficient course content was covered in the area of literary studies
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum grade: 2.50
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Subject group: Language and Cultural Studies
  - Area of study: Language and Literary Studies
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2026
- - Lecture period
  - 13.04.2026 — 25.07.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    15.01.2026 — 31.03.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    15.01.2026 — 31.03.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 15.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 15.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
- Wintersemester 2024/2025
- - Lecture period
  - The deadline for the Winter Semester 2024/2025 has expired
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    The deadline for the Winter Semester 2024/2025 has expired
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    The deadline for the Winter Semester 2024/2025 has expired
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer The deadline for the Winter Semester 2024/2025 has expired
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer The deadline for the Winter Semester 2024/2025 has expired
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
- Annotation to the tuition fee All information about tuition fees for international students (EUR 1,500 per semester) and for a second degree course (EUR 650 per semester) can be found on our website.
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Wilhelmstr. 9, 72074 Tübingen
- Phone 07071 29-77780
- Fax 07071 29-5404
- international.office(at)uni-tuebingen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Philosophische Fakultät - Deutsches Seminar
- Street address Wilhelmstraße 50, 72074 Tübingen
- Phone 07071 / 29 72372
- Fax 07071 / 29 5321
- deutsches.seminar.verw(at)uni-tuebingen.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung
- Street address Wilhelmstraße 11, 72074 Tübingen
- Phone 07071 29-72555
- Fax 07071 29-4259
- zsb(at)uni-tuebingen.de
- Internetpage of the institution

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