Faculty of Cultural Studies

Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften

As the largest faculty, the Faculty of Cultural Studies is a mainstay of the University of Paderborn. About 8,300 of the currently around 20,300 students at the University of Paderborn study at the Faculty of Cultural Studies, including over 7,000 students in the teaching profession. With its broad spectrum of subjects, from linguistics and literary studies to history, philosophy, educational sciences to theologies, to art, textile design, media studies and music, it offers not only the imparting of cultural and intercultural competence, but also of key qualifications for knowledge and information society.

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Facts about the faculty

University	Paderborn University
Programmes	6 programmes · 5 bachelor's, 1 master's
Language of programmes	German C1 — 5 programmes; English — 1 programme
Application	bachelor's until 31.05; master's until 31.05
City	Paderborn
Website	https://kw.uni-paderborn.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 5 German-taught programmes: DSH, TestDaF or telc C1 Hochschule — before you apply, not after.

English C1

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

Pre-study internship (Vorpraktikum)

Required by 1 of the faculty's programmes — a separate document in your application; details on the programme page.

About the faculty

Currently, around 105 professors, 9 junior professors and around 300 research assistants teach and research at the Faculty of Cultural Studies in eleven institutes. In addition, the centers for "Gender Studies" (ZG) and "Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies" (ZeKK), the Belgium Center (BELZ) and the "Center for Language Teaching" (ZfS) exist as cross structures.

Programmes of the faculty

Questions about admission to the faculty

In which language are the programmes taught?

German C1 — 5 programmes; English — 1 programme.

When do I need to apply?

Bachelor's until 31.05; master's until 31.05. Deadlines differ between programmes — check the programme page.

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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