Applicants with a German B.A. degree

Start date: Winter semester only (October)

Application deadlines: 

International students: 2nd May - 15th July

German students/students who earned a Bachelor's degree in Germany: 2nd May - 15th July

Duration: 2 years full-time (4 semesters)

Credits: 120 ECTS CP

Medium of instruction: English

Number of new students enrolled each year: ca. 40

International-German-student ratio: 40% - 60%

Tuition fee: none, just an administrative fee (around 300€) that is due each semester. The fee includes a semester ticket for public transport and other contributions to student services.

Programme coordinator: Lisa Weißbach

Alongside the entry requirements, our admission committee will assess both your language proficiency and compentencies relevant for the Master's program on the basis of your writing sample, grades and motivation statement. Thus, additional language proficiency certificates like IELTS, CAE or TOEFL are not required for admission. 

Please check the application section for more information and for applying via the online application system. You might find some questions answered in the FAQ section. 

If you have checked the entry requirements above, you apply to the programme via the application portal below. Applications are online only through the following links.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED BETWEEN 02.05.2023 AND 15.09.2023

International candidates are invited to apply as early  to ensure that subsequent administrative steps can be taken on time. Apllying on time is vital to be admitted for study.

You will be asked to fill in your personal information and to upload the following documents as pdf files:

• scan of your Bachelor's diploma indicating the final grade
• academic writing sample (research paper/essay/BA thesis) on English or American literature and/or linguistics
• scan of your Transcript of Records, translated to English if necessary
• Motivation statement, indicating your intended study focus in either literary or cultural studies or linguistics
• Curriculum Vitae

Please note:

• When you write your grade in the application form, please give the exact grade or score (in numbers). Specifications like "excellent" or "good" are only accepted if your university uses this grading system exclusively. To avoid any errors, please include the grading system of your certificate.
• Documents in languages other than English or German have to be translated and certified.
• Since the assessment is online only, you don't need to send us any hard copies of your documents. 

If you have any questions regarding application, please check the FAQ section below  or contact our team via . 

Information for students of HHU: Übergangsregelung von Bachelor zu Master

Um zum Masterstudium zugelassen zu werden, müssen folgende Voraussetzungen erfüllt sein:

• Bis zum 30. September des jeweiligen Jahres (Ende des Sommersemesters) müssen alle BN- und AP-Leistungen des Bachelorstudiums abgeschlossen und die Bachelorarbeit eingereicht sein.
• Es müssen noch nicht alle Noten vorliegen, jedoch müssen Sie eine aktuelle Leistungsübersicht hochladen.
• Als HHU-Absolvent*in der Anglistik/Amerikanistik müssen Sie sich auch über das Portal der Eignungsfeststellung bewerben. 

If your status has changed to “In progress”, this means that the admissions committee have decided to accept you and that your application is now being reviewed by our admin staff. Please note that this can take a while. Please also note that the admission can only be final and official after admin have reviewed your application and that up until then, it is not an official, legally binding result.

If in addition to your status changing to “In progress”, you get a message saying “Definitive undergraduate certificate is missing, therefore provisional enrolment will apply”, this means that in addition to the above, your final BA diploma was not present at the time of application. Please don’t get nervous about this: this is not a problem, and you don’t need to become active at this moment! Despite your final BA diploma not being present yet, your application has been forwarded to admin for their final review. You can still submit your final BA diploma upon enrollment or sometime during your first semester.

If your status has changed to “Temporarily excluded”, this means that there are still some documents missing. Please consult the list of required documents again and make sure that your documents match that list. Please note that the admissions committee cannot make a decision based on incomplete documentation; incomplete applications will not be considered.

If your status has changed to “Excluded”, unfortunately this means that the admissions committee have decided to reject your application for administrative and/or subject-related reasons. Your rejection letter will list the reason for rejection. Please note that a rejection is final and cannot be negotiated.

Please make sure that your application is complete; you can find all the requirements under "International applicants" and "Applicants with a German B.A. degree". Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Attached you will find all the documents you need in order to apply as well as the link to the portal

• scan of your Bachelor's diploma indicating the final grade
• academic writing sample (research paper/essay/BA thesis) on English or American literature and/or linguistics
• scan of your Transcript of Records, translated to English if necessary
• Motivation statement, indicating your intended study focus in either literary or cultural studies or linguistics
• Curriculum Vitae

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