Modern German Literature, Culture, and Media, M.A.
Are you interested in literature and how it addresses cultural questions across different media? Then you’re in the right place: In the master’s program Modern German Literature, Culture, Media, you analyze German-language literature from the 16th century to the present—always in dialogue with cultural developments and across multiple media formats.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English, German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester, summer semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 31.07, summer semester until 31.01 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €190 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
In the master’s program Modern German Literature, Culture, and Media, you examine German-language literature from the 16th century to the present in dialogue with social debates, cultural questions, and media forms. You engage with literature in its many expressions—film, theatre, digital media, and public discourse—while deepening your expertise in literary theory as well as cultural and media studies. The program prepares you for research and culture-oriented careers, including roles in academia, journalism, cultural institutions, and editorial work.
What you study
You will learn to analyze literary texts from different periods within their cultural contexts, taking into account how they perform across various media. Whether in film, theatre, audio drama, digital literature, or public debate, you will trace how literature intersects with other media, discourses, and theories.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Whether you’re heading for a PhD, the cultural sector, journalism, or editorial work—the master’s in Modern German Literature, Culture, and Media equips you superbly for an academic or culture-focused career.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €190 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Bachelor’s degree in German Studies with a concentration in literary studies, or an equivalent program of at least three years completed at a German or foreign university. |
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| Language | German C1, English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 31.07, summer semester until 31.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 31.01Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 31.01.2027 (109 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.