African Languages and Cultures

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a major subject from African or Semitic studies or related fields. If you have not received your degree certificate yet, you can submit this by the end of the first semester of your master’s program.

Depending on the selected profile, the following admission requirements must be fulfilled:

• Profile Language in culture: proof of competences in African linguistics or African Studies with a minimum of 45 ECTS as well as competences in an African language with a minimum of 16 ECTS (language proficiency equivalent to 16 ECTS can be submitted on request until the end of the second semester). The proof of these competencies is usually provided by a transcript of records.
• Profile Linguistic analysis and language documentation and Applied African linguistics: proof of fundamental knowledge in phonetics/phonology, morphology, and syntax of with a minimum of 45 ECTS as well as competences in an African language with a minimum of 16 ECTS (language proficiency equivalent to 16 ECTS can be submitted on request until the end of the second semester). The proof of these competencies is usually provided by a transcript of records.
• Profile Ethiopian studies: proof of competence in Semitic, philological, Christian Oriental or African studies with a minimum of 45 ECTS and basic knowledge of Geez (ancient Ethiopic) with a minimum of 8 ECTS (language proficiency equivalent to 8 ECTS can be submitted on request until the end of the second semester). The proof of these competencies is usually provided by a transcript of records.