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Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Philosophische Fakultät
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is the largest of the University's four faculties, and comprises the departments Education, Catholic Theology, Regional Cultural Studies, Governance and Historical Studies, and Language, Texts and Media, which together represent a total of 56 chairs and professorships. Some 6,450 students are currently enrolled in the 25 degree undergraduate and Master's programmes administered by the faculty.

Facts about the faculty

UniversityUniversity of Passau
Programmes5 programmes · 4 bachelor's
Language of programmesGerman C1 — 5 programmes
Applicationbachelor's until 15.07
CityPassau
Websitehttps://www.phil.uni-passau.de/fakultaet-phil/

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.

About the faculty

Internationalism and interdisciplinarity

One of the faculty's key concerns is the continuous promotion of internationalism in research and teaching. Many of our students complete part of their degree studies at one of over 130 partner universities in 45 countries. Conversely, we are pleased to welcome numerous international lecturers and students at our faculty year after year. The faculty's international visiting scholars programme has played a substantial role in enhancing our international study options for students.

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Of equal importance is the interdisciplinarity of our degree programmes: collaboration across the boundaries of academic disciplines enables us to include in our research and teaching comprehensive analyses of the increasingly complex and multi-layered systems that affect our lives. The interdisciplinary approach to schools of thought, research questions and methodologies is reflected in all of our Bachelor's and Master's programmes.

Programmes of the faculty

Questions about admission to the faculty

In which language are the programmes taught?
German C1 — 5 programmes.
When do I need to apply?
Bachelor's until 15.07. 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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