MA English Studies

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) · Nuremberg, Germany

Level
Master's
Award
Master of Arts
Language
English
Duration
4 semesters
Campus
Erlangen
Apply by
Register by 15 July 2027
Starts
Winter semester

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for master's programmes is €0 a year for international students.

Entry requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements
The academic prerequisite for admission to the programme is an undergraduate degree (BA or equivalent) in English and American Studies (or a related subject). For all applicants, the final grade in the qualifying degree must be 2.5 or better. (Exceptions for students who achieved a final grade better than 3.3 may be made in well-substantiated cases.) For details concerning the requirements, please consult the programme's website: https://www.angam.phil.fau.de/degree-programs/ma-english-studies/
English language requirement
C1 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: UNIcert® English: UNIcert® III TOEIC: 945 Reading: 455 Listening: 490 Speaking: 180 Writing: 180 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 95 Reading: 24 Listening: 22 Speaking: 25 Writing: 24 telc English: telc English C1 IELTS Academic: 7 Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced
German language requirement
No minimum language level required
Application period
The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the winter semester: 15 April - 15 July
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About this programme

The FAU Master of Arts in English Studies has a strong research orientation that brings together the three fields of English linguistics, literary studies, and cultural studies. "Culture and Literature" This specialisation offers a focus on anglophone cultures and literatures in a global context. Courses in Cultural Studies focus on aesthetics and politics of culture (including film, television, photography); questions of (trans-)mediality; postcolonial and neocolonial studies, gender and queer studies, ideology critique, animal studies, and environmental humanities. Courses in Literary Studies cover a wide range of English literatures from the Renaissance to the present with thematic specialisations in Irish Studies, Holocaust Studies, Disability Studies, Literature and the History of Science, and Transcultural Poetics. A Wild Card module provides the opportunity to take a self-organised internship for credit. Alternatively, students can take courses across related disciplines such as American Studies, Comparative Literature, or the Digital Humanities. "Linguistics and Applied Linguistics" This specialisation focuses on the description and empirical analysis of the English language in the light of current linguistic theories and teaching approaches. The following topics are covered: usage-based construction grammar corpus linguistics first and second language acquisition and psycholinguistics language change & variation Big Data linguistics & multimodality foreign language l

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