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Comparative Literature: World | Literature | Media

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  • University Mainz University
  • Degree Master of Arts
  • Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
  • Study Type Second cycle
  • Mode of admission without admission restriction
  • Deadline for Beginning Students 01.10.2025 — 01.03.2026
    Für Masterstudiengänge mit Eignungsprüfung endet die Bewerbungsfrist bereits am 15.11. Beachten Sie zudem die eventuell noch früher liegenden Anmeldefristen zur Eignungsprüfung in den entsprechenden Studienfächern.
  • Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
  • Study Mode (elucidation) full time
  • Location (main / branches campus) Mainz
  • Admission semester summer and winter semester
  • Subject

    Das Comparative 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.

     Comparative Literary Studies

  • Areas of Concentration Interculturality, Intermediality, Intertextuality, Literature of Western, Central and South Eastern Europe, The Literature of North and South America from the 18th to the 21st Century
  • Field of study
    • Target group In an age of globalisation, not only in Economics and Politics, but also in the field of Culture which has led to ever-increasing networking, today Comparative Studies take on a new form of relevance. Its major subject is the international character of literature; its methodical principle, an interdisciplinary approach. It combines not only the fields of various individual philologies, but also touches on the issues of Cultural and Media Studies.
    • kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
    • Main instruction language German
    • Annotation of the Higher Education Institution This degree programme starts in the 2025 summer semester – subject to the approval of the responsible bodies.

      If the Bachelor's degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examination achievements and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education institution, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the final degree certificate must be submitted.

      If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Services - Admission International).
    • Course Website
    • Akkreditierungsrat Logo
      Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
  • Access and Admission Requirements
    • Mode of admission without admission restriction
    • Admission semester summer and winter semester
    • Bachelor's degree from the Mainz Bachelor's degree course in Comparative Studies/European Literature, Bachelor's degree from another university in General and Comparative Literary Studies (Comparative Literature), Bachelor's degree with the philology of a foreign language as the core subject or Bachelor's degree in two individual philologies in the literatures of different languages.

      German language proficiency, the ability to read in English and a language from the Romance, Slavonic or Scandinavian languages; other literary languages may be admitted in individual cases.

      Foreign applicants from non-German-speaking countries must provide evidence of German proficiency at the level of the "German Language Test for Admission to Higher Education for Foreign Students" (DSH).
      more information regarding admission requirements
    • Completion of first university degree Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
      (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)

      For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
      • Area of study: English Studies, American Studies, German Studies and Contemporary Germanic Languages, Language and Literary Studies, Modern European Philologies, Miscellaneous, Oriental Studies, Romance Studies, Slavic Studies
  • Programme Dates and Deadlines
    • Sommersemester 2026
      • Lecture period
      • 13.04.2026 — 11.07.2026
        Vorlesungsende Medizin und Zahnmedizin am 18.07.2026
      • Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
        • Beginning Students
        • 01.10.2025 — 01.03.2026
          Für Masterstudiengänge mit Eignungsprüfung endet die Bewerbungsfrist bereits am 15.11. Beachten Sie zudem die eventuell noch früher liegenden Anmeldefristen zur Eignungsprüfung in den entsprechenden Studienfächern.
        • Advanced Semester
        • 01.10.2025 — 01.03.2026
      • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
        • Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.10.2025 — 01.03.2026
          Wer die Hochschulzugangsberechtigung im Ausland erworben hat, sollte die Zeugnisse frühzeitig über den Studierendenservice (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung) anerkennen lassen. Der Antrag auf Anerkennung sollte 6-8 Wochen vor der jeweiligen Bewerbungsfrist gestellt werden, da die Anerkennungsurkunde der Bewerbung beigefügt werden muss.
      • Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
        • Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.10.2025 — 01.03.2026
          Wer die Hochschulzugangsberechtigung im Ausland erworben hat, sollte die Zeugnisse frühzeitig über den Studierendenservice (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming) anerkennen lassen. Der Antrag auf Anerkennung sollte 6-8 Wochen vor der jeweiligen Bewerbungsfrist gestellt werden, da die Anerkennungsurkunde der Bewerbung beigefügt werden muss.
    • Wintersemester 2025/2026
      • Lecture period
      • 27.10.2025 — 14.02.2026
      • Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
        • Beginning Students
        • 01.04.2026 — 01.09.2026
          In Studiengängen mit Eignungsprüfung endet die Bewerbungsfrist bereits am 15.05. des jeweiligen Jahres. Beachten Sie zudem die noch früher liegenden Anmeldefristen zur Eignungsprüfung in den jeweiligen Fächern.
        • Advanced Semester
        • 01.04.2026 — 01.09.2026
      • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
        • Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.04.2026 — 01.09.2026
          Wer die Hochschulzugangsberechtigung im Ausland erworben hat, sollte die Zeugnisse frühzeitig über den Studierendenservice (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung) anerkennen lassen. Der Antrag auf Anerkennung sollte 6-8 Wochen vor der jeweiligen Bewerbungsfrist gestellt werden, da die Anerkennungsurkunde der Bewerbung beigefügt werden muss.
      • Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
        • Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.04.2026 — 01.09.2026
          Wer die Hochschulzugangsberechtigung im Ausland erworben hat, sollte die Zeugnisse frühzeitig über den Studierendenservice (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung) anerkennen lassen. Der Antrag auf Anerkennung sollte 6-8 Wochen vor der jeweiligen Bewerbungsfrist gestellt werden, da die Anerkennungsurkunde der Bewerbung beigefügt werden muss.
  • Contact / contact person
    • International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
    • Studierendenservice - Zulassung International
    • Street address Studierenden Service Center, Forum universitatis 1, 1. OG, 55128 Mainz
    • Phone 06131 39-22525
    • Fax 06131 39-25548
    • incomings(at)international.uni-mainz.de
    • Internetpage of the institution
    • Contact / contact person for this program
    • Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Johannes Gutenberg-Universität FB 05 - Philosophie und Philologie Gutenberg-Institut für Weltliteratur und schriftorientierte Medien
    • Contact person Dr. Martina Kopf
    • Street address Jakob-Welder-Weg 18, 55099 Mainz
    • Phone +49 (0)6131 / 39-38365
    • Zentrale Studienberatung, Studierenden Service Center, Forum universitatis, Eingang 1, 1. OG
    • Street address Forum universitatis 1, 55128 Mainz
    • Postal/mail adress 55099 Mainz
    • Phone 06131 39-22122
    • Fax 06131 39-25004
    • zsb(at)uni-mainz.de
    • Internetpage of the institution
    • Contact Frau Beate Lipps
    • Function Leiterin
    • Phone 06131 39-22122
    • Fax 06131 39-25004
    • zsb(at)uni-mainz.de
    • Internet page

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