Linguistics – Bachelor of Arts

Undergraduate study programme leading to a first degree and providing qualifications and skills for future employment.If you are studying a different bachelor's programme in the humanities, you can also select Linguistics as a minor subject.

Linguistics aims to increase the awareness and understanding of implicit language knowledge – the feeling for language – and to explain it. Linguistics is not German, English or French, but the science of languages and the ability to speak – it systematically investigates languages. During this bachelor's programme you will learn about the structure and history of languages and how they are used.

Degree
  • Bachelor of Arts
Start of study
  • Winter semester
Standard period of study
  • 6 Semester
Application period
  • 07.05. - 15.09.
Admission restriction
  • No
Mandatory minor
  • No
ECTS Credits
  • 180
Ø Number of new students
  • 50

Why study Linguistics in Konstanz?

  • The Department of Linguistics is one of the leading research institutions for linguistics in Germany
  • You will enjoy individual and intense supervision (e.g. tutorials)
  • Several language laboratories for experimental research and teaching
  • You can acquire a large spectrum of practically oriented transferable skills

Study content

Prospects

Career prospects

There are a variety of career options for our graduates:

  • in adult education
  • in the media (publishing houses, newspapers, magazines, television)
  • in communications technology or the data processing industry, documentation, text and information processing, as well as in automatic translating
  • in the clinical sphere, such as language therapy; this requires either a special masters’ degree (e.g. clinical linguistics, University of Marburg), or an additional training programme in speech therapy
  • in public relations work in associations or enterprises

You can find out more about career entry in the interview series #dreamjob - Starting a career. Alumni of the University of Konstanz report on their very personal career entry.

Graduate studies

Study structure

Start of study

Winter semester

Study structure

You can find an exemplary structure of the study programme in this table.

These documents will support you in planning your studies:

Opportunities for additional training

At the University of Konstanz, you have a broad range of opportunities and training options that complement your study programme, for example orientation programmes to support new students, learning guidance, language courses, a data and information literacy programme as well as options promoting career-oriented skills and social commitment.

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Internships and stays abroad

Internship

You have to complete an internship of at least 3 months during the semester break or spend a semester abroad. The staff of the university’s Career Service are here to help you find a suitable placement.

Stay abroad

To enhance your foreign language skills we highly recommend you to spend the 4th or 5th semester abroad. The university promotes study abroad via the Erasmus+ programme and numerous other exchange programmes.

Impressions from students and lecturers

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Study requirements

Admission requirements for studying

General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) or equivalent.

Orientation procedures
If you intend to study at a university in Baden-Württemberg, you will need to submit proof of having completed an orientation procedure along with your university application. You must enclose proof of participation in the orientation procedure with your application documents. Here you will find a list of the orientation procedures recognised by the University of Konstanz.

Further information can be found in the admission regulations.

Fees

Semester fee
All students enrolled at the University of Konstanz are charged a semester fee each semester, similar to all other German universities. Here you can find the current semester fee and its individual components.

Tuition fees for first degree studies for certain international students
Since winter semester 2017/18, the state of Baden-Württemberg has required some international students to pay tuition fees for their first degree studies. The following students are not required to pay tuition fees: citizens of a country within the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), doctoral students and certain “Bildungsinländer” (e.g. non-EU citizens with a German “Abitur”). More detailed information can be found here.

Each year, the University of Konstanz grants exemptions to a limited number of particularly gifted international degree-seeking students in accordance with the university’s “Begabtenbefreiungssatzung” (statutes governing the exemption of gifted students). More detailed information can be found here.

Tuition fees for second degree studies for all students
All students are required to pay tuition fees for their second degree studies. More detailed information can be found here.

Required language skills

Foreign language skills
You need a very good knowledge of the specific main language. No previous practical language skills are required if you wish to study Italian, Russian, or Spanish. You can gain these skills in language courses during your studies.

German language skills
International applicants
need documentation of their German language skills, level DSH-2 or TestDaF 4, or a language test recognised as equivalent. The University of Konstanz does not offer preparatory German language courses or approved German language exams. For this reason, you must submit accredited proof of your German language skills along with your application.

Teaching and examination language

The language mainly used in class is German.

Interests and skills

  • Enthusiasm for language(s) and their structure
  • Ability to think in a formal and networked way
  • Very good English skills

PocketGuide – Get to know the study programme
Is the course of studies B.A. Linguistics at the University of Konstanz something for you? Find out everything about studying linguistics at the University of Konstanz in our PocketGuide B.A. Linguistics (in German). You can take your first lessons and quizzes on subject contents and test your expectations of your studies.

Application

Application and application documents

Application documents

During the online application process, you will need to enter various kinds of information (school grades, attendance periods etc.) and upload various PDF documents. Please make sure that you have the relevant documentation ready. This may include:

  • your Abitur certificate (German general higher education entrance qualification)
  • documentation of any volunteering you may have done (FSJ, FÖJ etc.)
  • any documentation about vocational training you may have completed
  • any other required documents (medical certificate etc.)

An electronic assistant will guide you through the application process. Required fields are marked by an asterisk (*).

Application Guide
The PocketGuide Application will guide you as you take all the steps towards submitting a successful application to your first-choice study programme at the University of Konstanz.

An application is possible during the following period: 07.05. - 15.09.
There may be other deadlines if you are applying for admission to a higher semester (for instance, if you are changing subjects or universities). For more information please consult the university website .

Contact

Contact person

The Central Student Advisory Service (ZSB) can help you with general questions about finding the right study programme as well as when you are concerned or unsure about your studies. We will be happy to advise you and support you with a wide range of services .

Central Student Advisory Service (ZSB)
Room: D 409 – 412a
Make an appointment: termin.zsb@uni-konstanz.de

Questions related to the content or organization of the study programme:
Departmental student advisory service
Dr. Anika Lloyd-Smith
Contact person room G 121
Phone: +49 7531 88-2581
Email: linguistik.studienberatung@uni-konstanz.de

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