27 Master's degrees in Language Studies in Germany

The English Studies is offered as a teaching subject (or supplementary teaching subject) within the degree programme Master’s Teacher Training Course for Technical Education at Leibniz University Hannover. As a first subject, a vocational subject must be studied.

English Studies - Literature, Language, Culture from Freie Universität Berlin moves beyond the traditional disciplinary segregation within English studies and seeks to combine literature, linguistics, and cultural studies of the English-speaking world except North America. 

The focus of the National and Transnational Studies - Literature, Culture, Language from University of Münster is on anglophone literatures and cultures and on varieties of English, students will mainly be based in the English Department. 

The Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia MA course from University of Hamburg focuses on the languages, cultures, history, and societies of an important, culturally diverse region currently undergoing rapid development. 

The English and American (Literary and Cultural) Studies MA course offered at the University of Paderborn explores the literature and cultures of English-speaking regions and is combined with language training and job-related education as well as mandatory practical experiences.

Components of the Master of Arts in English and American Studies at Friedrich Schiller University Jena include the English language, its description and analysis in the context of current research, and the academic study of anglophone literatures and cultures from the Middle Ages to the present. 

The objective of the English language studies component of this English - Master of Education from Heidelberg University is to expand and strengthen the fundamental methodological and specialised knowledge that has been acquired as part of a Bachelor’s degree in English Studies as well as to provide practice in research-based learning.  

English Linguistics is offered by Trier University. The subject examination regulations regulate the purpose, content and procedure of the examinations and are legally binding. If you have specific questions about the content of an individual exam, please contact your examiners, otherwise contact the academic advisor.

English - Language, Literatures and Cultures from University of Göttingen opens the door to deepening your knowledge in English and American literature, English linguistics and the history of the English language. Improve your English skills to suit your needs. Take challenging classes on a variety of topics, and follow your own research interests to lay the foundation for a Ph.D.

The degree programme in Transcultural Studies. Literature and Language Contact Within the Francophone Area at Heidelberg University entails analysis of the literary, linguistic and cultural phenomena which have arisen as a result of contact across territorial, ethnic, political and religious boundaries within the francophone linguistic and cultural area. 

The African Languages and Cultures MA program from University of Hamburg  is a research-oriented program with a strong connection to applied issues focusing on theories and methods in linguistics of African languages, language in African cultures and Ethiopian Studies.

This English and American Studies degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique, because it makes a specialisation in cultural science, literary studies or linguistics possible (e.g. by providing specific research modules).

European Master in Lexicography (EMLex) from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)  is an international Master’s degree programme (120 ECTS) that has been offered since 2009. Since 2016 the EMLex can be concluded with an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree.  

Given the Department’s orientation and research traditions, the Multilingualism programme from University of Konstanz has a strong theoretical orientation, and it allows students to strengthen their background in theoretical linguistics, especially as applied to current research on multilingualism.

The English as a World Language (ENGAGE) MA programme from University of Hamburg focuses on the so-called "New Englishes." This refers to variants of English (pidgin and creole languages) spoken in former Asian, African, and Caribbean colonies. 

The M. A. program English Linguistics from University of Tübingen provides a full understanding of current linguistics and a thorough training in the empirical methods used in linguistic research. The combination of empirical research with theoretical modeling is an internationally renowned hallmark of linguistics in Tübingen.

The Master's program in Korean Studies from University of Tübingen is a consecutive course that deals with the history, culture and society of modern Korea in a regional and global context .

English-Speaking Cultures - Language, Text, Media from University of Bremen  is a programme for students with a background in English Studies, North American Studies, English Linguistics, Comparative Studies (with a focus on English Linguistics or Literatures and Cultures in English). 

The program in English Studies: Literature, Language, Culture from Freie Universität Berlin focuses on the literatures and cultures of the Anglophone world (with the exception of North America), in the past and the present.

Students on the English Studies programme at Leibniz University Hannover acquire the specialist and teaching skills required to work successfully as a grammar school teacher.