Study Guidance

As a general rule, all faculty members of the Institute can provide advice regarding the content of the courses of study at the Institute of Linguistics and Literature. However, it is recommended to first read the provided information and documents (the study regulations and examination regulations, for example) on the respective degree program if you have any question regarding the course of studies, the timetables, study regulations, examination regulations, implementation regulations, etc.

General Study Guidance

Additionally, as a first point of contact for all questions regarding study organization, timetable organization, subject-specific TUCaN questions, etc., you can contact the Study Coordinator of the Institute for Linguistics and Literature, Florian Ostertag, in person (during the office hours published on his webpage) or by e-mail.

Students and candidates from MA Data and Discourse Studies: Pleas use this E-Mail Adress:

For general questions regarding studies and teaching, or to clarify cases of doubt, please refer to the General Study Guidance as a first point of contact.

B.A and J.B.A. Digital Philology

The prerequisites for admission to the study program are German and English at level C1. Courses in the study program are held in both German and English.

For the English Language Proficiency module, you need to take two English courses offered by Sprachenzentrum at level UNICERT II or higher. To do this, you must first participate in the placement test (https://www.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/spz_sprachpruefungen/spz_e_tests/index.de.jsp). After completing two language courses, you can submit an informal request to the Examination Committee through the Student Office to have the language courses recognized for the aforementioned module.

Programming skills are not required for admission to the study program. However, you should be open to new technologies.

J.B.A. German Studies

LaG German

B.Ed./M.Ed. German

M.A. Applied Linguistics

The seminar 02-15-2020 Theories of Language Acquisition can be recognized in various modules depending on the focus and is therefore not automatically transferred to the new study regulations. Please contact the academic advising office (https://www.linglit.tu-darmstadt.de/studiumlinglit/studienberatung/index.de.jsp) for recognition in the new study regulations.

M.A. Linguistic and Literary Computing

Programming skills are not required for admission to the study program. However, you should be open to new technologies.

In addition to Python 3, Java is the primary programming language used in the study program, particularly in the computer science modules. The goal is not to train our students to become software developers, but rather to teach them algorithmic thinking and help them understand the technical requirements of computer science. This will enable them to engage in interdisciplinary exchanges with disciplines like computer science, from which many algorithms and technologies of digital philology originate.

The prerequisites for admission to the study program are German and English at level C1. Courses in the study program are held in both German and English.

For the English Language Proficiency module, you must take two English courses offered by the Language Center at level UNICERT III or higher. To do this, you must first participate in the placement test (https://www.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/spz_sprachpruefungen/spz_e_tests/index.de.jsp). After completing the two language courses, you can submit an informal request to the Examination Committee through the Student Office to have the language courses recognized for the aforementioned module.

M.A. Data and Discourse Studies