German as a Foreign Language: Cultural Communication

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University Free University Berlin
Degree Master

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
Beginning Students First-year students can only apply or register for the winter semester.
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Berlin
Admission semester winter semester
Subject

Das German as a Foreign Language gehört zum Studienbereiche German Studies and Contemporary Germanic Languages der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich German Studies and Contemporary Germanic Languages.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
German as a Foreign Language

Field of study
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Digital teaching and learning units E-Learning, Blended Learning
- 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 local admisssion restriction
- Admission semester winter semester
- Completion of a Bachelor's degree course with components in the area of Linguistics worth at least 20 CP and at least 20 CP in the area of German Literary Studies\; DSH 2
  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:
  - Subject group: Language and Cultural Studies
  - Area of study: Language and Literary Studies
University-wide Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2026/2027
- - Lecture period
  - 12.10.2026 — 13.02.2027
  - Application Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    15.04.2026 — 31.05.2026
    Für alle Fachsemester in Masterstudiengängen, die im 1. Fachsemester eine örtliche Zulassungsbeschränkung haben.
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    15.04.2026 — 31.05.2026
    Für alle Fachsemester in Masterstudiengängen, die im 1. Fachsemester eine örtliche Zulassungsbeschränkung haben.
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 15.04.2026 — 31.05.2026
    Für alle Fachsemester in Masterstudiengängen, die im 1. Fachsemester eine örtliche Zulassungsbeschränkung haben.
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 15.04.2026 — 31.05.2026
    Für alle Fachsemester in Masterstudiengängen, die im 1. Fachsemester eine örtliche Zulassungsbeschränkung haben.
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- Abteilung Internationales
- Street address Kaiserswerther Str. 16-18, 14195 Berlin
- Phone 030 838-73400
- Fax 030 838-73444
- international-office(at)fu-berlin.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie
- Street address Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
- Phone 030 / 83854403
- daf(at)germanistik.fu-berlin.de
- Zentraleinrichtung Studienberatung und Psychologische Beratung
- Street address Iltisstraße 4, 14195 Berlin
- Phone 030 838-70000
- Fax 030 8385-3913
- info-service(at)fu-berlin.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Herr Dr. Stefan Petri
- Function Leiter der Zentraleinrichtung
- Phone 030 838-70000
- stefan.petri(at)fu-berlin.de

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