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Faculty of Linguistics and Literature

Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

In terms of the number of students, the Faculty of Languages and Literatures is the largest faculty at LMU. Within its three departments, it offers a spectrum of languages, literatures and cultures of the present and past epochs that is unique in Germany, in which it conducts cutting-edge research at an international level.

Facts about the faculty

UniversityLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
Programmes1 programme
Language of programmesGerman C1 — 1 programme; English — 1 programme
CityMunich
Websitehttp://www.sprach-und-literaturwissenschaften.uni-muenchen.de/

What the faculty's programmes require

The university-wide requirements are complemented by the faculty's own — they are missed most often, because the university page does not list them.

German C1 before applying

For 1 German-taught programme: DSH, TestDaF or telc C1 Hochschule — before you apply, not after.

English for the English-taught programmes

For 1 English-taught programme; the accepted tests (IELTS, TOEFL) are on the programme page.

About the faculty

In terms of the number of students, the Faculty of Languages and Literatures is the largest faculty at LMU. Within its three departments, it offers a spectrum of languages, literatures and cultures of the present and past epochs that is unique in Germany, in which it conducts cutting-edge research at an international level.

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The students have access to a wide range of subjects, from Indo-European studies, Finno-Ugric studies and classical philology to English studies, American studies, Slavic studies, Romance studies and Italian studies to Scandinavian studies and comparative studies. The faculty is also home to one of the world's largest institutes for German Studies. The faculty maintains the "Graduate School Language & Literature" (which emerged from the DAAD-funded international doctoral programs in language and literature LIPP and ProLit), plays a leading role in various DFG research groups and in inter-faculty doctoral programs and maintains intensive cooperation with industry in the field of integration of language research and information technology as well as global cooperation in the field of e-learning.

In research and practice-oriented subjects such as German as a foreign language, book studies and media didactics, she prepares her students for a diverse professional life in a society in which the ability to solve transcultural problems is one of the most important key qualifications.

Programmes of the faculty

Questions about admission to the faculty

In which language are the programmes taught?
German C1 — 1 programme; English — 1 programme.
Do I apply to the faculty or to a programme?
To a programme: requirements, language and deadline are set per programme, and the faculty's admission committee assesses the application.

Will you get in with your grades at this faculty?

We will convert your certificate to the German scale and compare it with the committee's requirements, including subject requirements.

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