German as a Foreign Language / German as a Second Language

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University Heidelberg University
Degree Master

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students 01.04.2025 — 30.09.2025
Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
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Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Heidelberg
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Comparative Linguistics gehört zum Studienbereiche Language and Literary Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
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Comparative Linguistics

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

Das German Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche German Studies and Contemporary Germanic Languages der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
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German Studies

Das Intercultural Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche Cultural Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
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Intercultural Studies

Field of study
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Further language(s) English
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution The establishment of the Master's in German as a Second Language is made possible by the funding of the junior professorship in German as a Second Language by the Günter-Reimann Dubbers Foundation (Heidelberg) and the Dürr Foundation (Hamburg).
- 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
- Admission restrictions, see admission regulations
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
- Required language skills
- Required minimum language skills that must be proven by passing one or more of the following language tests:
  - GER (English): B1
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2025
- - Lecture period
  - The deadline for the Summer Semester 2025 has expired
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.10.2025 — 31.03.2026
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
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    Advanced Semester
    
    01.10.2025 — 31.03.2026
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
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  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.10.2025 — 31.03.2026
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
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  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.10.2025 — 31.03.2026
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
    Weitere Informationen
- 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
    
    01.04.2025 — 30.09.2025
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
    Weitere Informationen
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.04.2025 — 30.09.2025
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
    Weitere Informationen
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.04.2025 — 30.09.2025
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
    Weitere Informationen
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.04.2025 — 30.09.2025
    Das Studienfach ist zugangsbeschränkt.
    Weitere Informationen
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
- Annotation to the tuition fee For the first-degree courses and consecutive Master's degree programmes at the Universität Heidelberg no general tuition fees are charged. For international students from countries outside the European Union (EU) and outside the European Economic Area (EEA), tuition fees of 1,500 euros per semester are charged at all universities in Baden-Württemberg.
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- Internationale Beziehungen
- Street address Seminarstr. 2, 69117 Heidelberg
- Phone 06221 54-5454
- Fax 06221 54-12789
- studium(at)uni-heidelberg.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Fachstudienberatung Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprachenphilologie
- studium(at)idf.uni-heidelberg.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung
- Street address Seminarstraße 2, 69117 Heidelberg
- Phone 06221 54-5454
- studium(at)uni-heidelberg.de
- Internetpage of the institution

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