Master's in Linguistics & Languages in Germany
72 programmes at 32 universities. 72 are at public universities. 49 are taught in English.
- 72Programmes
- 72At public universities
- 49Taught in English
- 60No tuition fee
All 72 linguistics & languages programmes
Public universities come first, then programmes taught in English.
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- City: MainzPublicEnglishNo tuition feeNext deadline: 1 Mar 2027
- City: TübingenPublicEnglishUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 200 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: TrierPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 300 EURNext deadline: 15 May 2027
- City: GiessenPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 300 EURNext deadline: 28 Feb 2027
- City: EssenPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 300 EURNext deadline: 31 Jul 2027
Applied Linguistics – Use, Processing and Acquisition of Language
University of ErfurtErfurtNext deadline:15 Jan 2027City: ErfurtPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027- City: LeipzigPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 270 EURNext deadline: 31 Dec 2026
Cognitive Systems: Language, Learning and Reasoning
University of PotsdamPotsdamNext deadline:1 Jun 2027City: PotsdamPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 316 EURNext deadline: 1 Jun 2027Comparative Studies - Comparative Literature and Culture
Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)GiessenNext deadline:15 Jan 2027City: GiessenPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 305 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027Comparative Studies in English and American Language, Literature and Culture
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf (Uni-Duesseldorf)DüsseldorfNext deadline:15 Jul 2027City: DüsseldorfPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 300 EURNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027- City: HeidelbergPublicEnglishUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 151 EURNext deadline: 31 Mar 2027
- City: FlensburgPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027
English (M.Ed.)
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)Freiburg im BreisgauNext deadline:15 Jan 2027City: Freiburg im BreisgauPublicEnglishGermanUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 190 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027English and American Literary and Cultural Studies
Paderborn UniversityPaderbornNext deadline:Closes 30 NovCity: PaderbornPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 350 EURNext deadline: Closes 30 NovEnglish and American Studies
Friedrich Schiller University (University of Jena)JenaNext deadline:15 Jan 2027City: JenaPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 305 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027- City: OsnabrückPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 394 EURNext deadline: Closes 15 Dec
English and American Studies / English Linguistics
University of StuttgartStuttgartNext deadline:15 Jan 2027City: StuttgartPublicEnglishUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 184 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027- City: HamburgPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: TübingenPublicEnglishUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 158 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: TrierPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 378 EURNext deadline: 31 Mar 2027
- City: RegensburgPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 180 EURNext deadline: 1 Jun 2027
English Literature and Culture
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)MainzNext deadline:1 Mar 2027City: MainzPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 350 EURNext deadline: 1 Mar 2027- City: BonnPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 350 EURNext deadline: 15 Mar 2027
- City: TübingenPublicEnglishUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 167 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
English Literatures and Literary Theory
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)Freiburg im BreisgauNext deadline:30 Jun 2027City: Freiburg im BreisgauPublicEnglishNo tuition feeNext deadline: 30 Jun 2027- City: MunichPublicEnglishNo tuition feeNext deadline: 1 Jun 2027
English Studies - (until now: English and American Studies)
Technical University Chemnitz (TU Chemnitz)ChemnitzNext deadline:15 Jul 2027City: ChemnitzPublicEnglishNo tuition feeNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027- City: HeidelbergPublicEnglishUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 151 EURNext deadline: 31 Mar 2027
Erasmus Mundus European Master’s Programme in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT)
Saarland UniversitySaarbrückenNext deadline:1 Feb 2027City: SaarbrückenPublicEnglish1,500+ EUR a semesterNext deadline: 1 Feb 2027German as a Foreign and Second Language in the Vietnamese-German Context MA
Leipzig UniversityLeipzigNext deadline:31 May 2027City: LeipzigPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 280 EURNext deadline: 31 May 2027Interdisciplinary Ethics
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)Freiburg im BreisgauNext deadline:Not listedCity: Freiburg im BreisgauPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeNext deadline: Not listedInternational Master in Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)MainzNext deadline:15 Jun 2027City: MainzPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 350 EURNext deadline: 15 Jun 2027International MSc Programme for Experimental and Clinical Linguistics (IECL)
University of PotsdamPotsdamNext deadline:15 Aug 2027City: PotsdamPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 316 EURNext deadline: 15 Aug 2027- City: MannheimPublicEnglishGermanUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 169 EURNext deadline: 31 May 2027
- City: Frankfurt am MainPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 403 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: SaarbrückenPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 296 EURNext deadline: 15 Feb 2027
- City: BochumPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 360 EURNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027
Linguistics
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf (Uni-Duesseldorf)DüsseldorfNext deadline:Closes 15 DecCity: DüsseldorfPublicEnglishNo tuition feeNext deadline: Closes 15 DecLinguistics – Language, Communication, Cognition
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)Freiburg im BreisgauNext deadline:31 Jan 2027City: Freiburg im BreisgauPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 150 EURNext deadline: 31 Jan 2027- City: LeipzigPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 270 EURNext deadline: 31 May 2027
Linguistics: Empirical and Theoretical Foundations
University of PotsdamPotsdamNext deadline:15 Aug 2027City: PotsdamPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 292 EURNext deadline: 15 Aug 2027- City: HamburgPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 31 Mar 2027
- City: GiessenPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 300 EURNext deadline: 15 Jun 2027
- City: TrierPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 354 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: HamburgPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: HamburgPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: HamburgPublicEnglishGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)ErlangenNext deadline:15 Jul 2027City: ErlangenPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 72 EURNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027- City: MainzPublicEnglishNo tuition feeSemester fee about 335 EURNext deadline: 1 Mar 2027
- City: AugsburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 164 EURNext deadline: 1 Mar 2027
Applied Linguistics
Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt)DarmstadtNext deadline:1 Jun 2027City: DarmstadtPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 331 EURNext deadline: 1 Jun 2027- City: BambergPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 123 EURNext deadline: 25 Mar 2027
- City: StuttgartPublicGermanUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 184 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
German (M.Ed.)
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)Freiburg im BreisgauNext deadline:15 Jul 2027City: Freiburg im BreisgauPublicGermanUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 190 EURNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027German as a Foreign and Second Language/Intercultural Literature Studies
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)Freiburg im BreisgauNext deadline:31 Jul 2027City: Freiburg im BreisgauPublicGermanNo tuition feeNext deadline: 31 Jul 2027German as a Foreign Language in an Arabic-German Context MA
Leipzig UniversityLeipzigNext deadline:31 May 2027City: LeipzigPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 280 EURNext deadline: 31 May 2027German as a Foreign Language: Estudos Interculturais de Língua, Literatrua e Cultura Alemãs MA
Leipzig UniversityLeipzigNext deadline:31 May 2027City: LeipzigPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 280 EURNext deadline: 31 May 2027- City: HamburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
German Literature
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)Freiburg im BreisgauNext deadline:31 Jul 2027City: Freiburg im BreisgauPublicGermanNo tuition feeNext deadline: 31 Jul 2027- City: HamburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: HamburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
History, Languages and Cultures of the Near East
University of HamburgHamburgNext deadline:15 Jan 2027City: HamburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027International Information Management - Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
University of HildesheimHildesheimNext deadline:1 Mar 2027City: HildesheimPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 350 EURNext deadline: 1 Mar 2027International Specialist Communication - Languages and Technology
University of HildesheimHildesheimNext deadline:15 Jan 2027City: HildesheimPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 330 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027- City: BielefeldPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 301 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
Multilingualism and Education / MOTION: Master of Multilingual Educational Linguistics
University of HamburgHamburgNext deadline:15 Jun 2027City: HamburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jun 2027- City: HamburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: GiessenPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 305 EURNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027
- City: PassauPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 104 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: HamburgPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 343 EURNext deadline: 15 Jan 2027
- City: GiessenPublicGermanNo tuition feeSemester fee about 305 EURNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027
- City: StuttgartPublicGermanUnder 1,500 EUR a semesterSemester fee about 184 EURNext deadline: 15 Jul 2027
Universities with the most linguistics & languages programmes
- University of Hamburg
Hamburg · 12 programmes
- University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)
Freiburg im Breisgau · 7 programmes
- Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU)
Giessen · 5 programmes
- Leipzig University
Leipzig · 5 programmes
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)
Mainz · 4 programmes
- University of Potsdam
Potsdam · 3 programmes
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Yes. 49 of the 72 programmes are taught in English, or in English and German.
60 of the 72 programmes have no tuition fee. You still pay a small semester fee to the university.
32 public universities teach linguistics & languages. Together they have 72 programmes.
University of Hamburg (12 programmes), University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg) (7 programmes) and Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) (5 programmes).