Applied Linguistics - Use, Processing and Acquisition of of language

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University University of Erfurt
Degree Master of Arts

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Erfurt
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Linguistics 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.
Linguistics
Areas of Concentration Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Use

Field of study
- Target group The course is open to suitable graduates from various disciplines. In addition to applicants with a first degree in linguistics, applicants with a first degree in a philology, also as part of a teaching degree, as well as with a first degree in speech therapy or in psychology are also particularly addressed.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Further language(s) English
- Course Website
- 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
- - Final grade of the first academic degree: 2.3 or better
  - first academic degree: either relevant linguistic degree course or philological, speech therapy or teaching qualification degree course, in which the sum of the credit points acquired in courses with a linguistic focus amounts to at least 20 CP/ECTS. Besides: first academic degree can also be a psychology course if it has a linguistic or cognitive psychology component totalling at least 20 credit points/ECTS credits.
  - at least level B2 in English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Modern Foreign Languages (CEFR)
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus, Diplom, Magister, Master, Staatsexamen Lehramt
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum grade: 2.30
  - Minimum standard period of study: 6 semesters
  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: Humanities and Social Sciences, Language and Cultural Studies, Teaching Degrees
  - Area of study: English Studies, American Studies, German Studies and Contemporary Germanic Languages, Language and Literary Studies, Modern European Philologies, Miscellaneous, Psychology, Romance Studies, Slavic Studies
- Required language skills
- Required minimum language skills that must be proven by passing one or more of the following language tests:
  - Other English language certificates: Niveau B2 (GER)
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2026
- - Lecture period
  - 06.04.2026 — 11.07.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 13.10.2025 — 07.02.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- Internationales Büro
- Street address Nordhäuser Straße 63, 99089 Erfurt
- Phone 0361 737-5033
- Fax 0361 737-5039
- international(at)uni-erfurt.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Philosophische Fakultät
- Contact person Prof. Dr. Frank Domahs
- Street address Nordhäuser Str. 63, 99089 Erfurt
- Phone 0361 / 737-4391
- ma-linguistik(at)uni-erfurt.de
- Allgemeine Studienberatung/ Studierendenangelegenheiten
- Street address Nordhäuser Straße 63, 99089 Erfurt
- Postal/mail adress Post Office Box, POB 900221, 99105 Erfurt
- Phone 0361 737-5100
- Fax 0361 737-5109
- allgemeinestudienberatung(at)uni-erfurt.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Anne Zimmermann
- Function Allgemeine Studienberatung
- Phone 0361 737 5115
- allgemeinestudienberatung(at)uni-erfurt.de
- Internet page

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