Prospective Students

Key Information at a Glance

• Applications are possible for the winter and summer semesters
• Application period for the winter semester: 01.03 – 31.07 for non-EU applicants / 01.03 – 15.09 for EU applicants
• Application period for the summer semester: 15.09 – 31.01 for non-EU applicants / 15.09 – 15.03 for EU applicants

• English Language and Linguistics: English proficiency at C1 level
• General Linguistics and Linguistic Diversity: English proficiency at B2 level
• German Linguistics: German proficiency at C2 level and English proficiency at B2 level
• Romance Linguistics: German and English proficiency, as well as knowledge of a Romance language at B2 level
• Slavic Linguistics: German and English proficiency at B2 level, as well as knowledge of one of the following languages at B1 level: Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Bulgarian, Polish, Russian, or Czech
• Language and Cognition: German and English proficiency at B2 level For applicants with a German Abitur, English proficiency proven through the Abitur (at the corresponding level) is accepted as evidence. The University of Freiburg’s official guidelines for language certificates can be found here.

If in doubt or if you have any questions, please contact the programme coordinators:
studienkoordination(at)linguistik.uni-freiburg.de

Applicants are expected to have acquired solid foundational knowledge in their undergraduate degree in the structure of one or more languages (for example: phonetics, phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax, semantics) as well as in at least one of the following fields of linguistics:

• Language use (e.g. pragmatics, text linguistics, conversation analysis)
• Language variation and/or language change (e.g. dialectology, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics)
• Language and cognition (e.g. cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics)

A minimum of 35 ECTS credits should have been earned in these areas.

If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact the programme coordinators:
studienkoordination(at)linguistik.uni-freiburg.de

Non-binding List of Required Documents for Application (For detailed information, please consult the Admissions Regulations):

• Officially certified copy of your bachelor’s degree certificate
• Officially certified copy of your transcript of records
• Suitable proof of language proficiency (see above)

If you have any further questions or uncertainties, please refer to our list of frequently asked questions or contact the programme coordinators: studienkoordination(at)linguistik.uni-freiburg.de.

We’re delighted that you’re considering studying linguistics in Freiburg and we would be pleased to welcome you to the Department.

You can apply for a place in the Master’s programme Linguistics: Language, Communication and Cognition via the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg’s campus management system (HISinOne).

You’ll first need to register in the system and then complete your application. The system will guide you through the application process.

To be admitted to the Master’s programme Linguistics: Language, Communication and Cognition, you must have completed a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent undergraduate qualification) in a linguistics or philology subject. Details are outlined in the Admissions Regulations.

The Admissions Committee will decide on your application. It usually meets at the end of July or beginning of August. After the committee has made its decision, you will receive an email informing you of the outcome of the selection meeting. Please note: this is an informal notification only — it does not count as an official admission letter.

The official admission letters, which you may need for visa applications, are issued solely by the Service Center Studium (SCS) of the University of Freiburg. The SCS aims to issue these official admission letters over the course of August.

We strongly recommend that international applicants inform themselves about the regulations that apply to them here and here.