German MLitt
    Duration1 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 32,423 / year(s)
    Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026

    German MLitt

    About

    Overview

    Join our German MLitt and benefit from expert supervision covering a diverse range of disciplines. Combine your interests and our expertise to achieve your research objectives.

    You’ll master advanced research skills through taught and research elements of the programme. These valuable skills can lead to a future PhD or a career in academia and related professions.

    We offer expert supervision in the following research areas of German studies:

    • Literature, culture, and society in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the 20th and 21st centuries (Dr Ludden, Dr McClelland)
    • Gender and the body in literature (Dr Ludden)
    • Space and environment in literature (Dr McClelland)
    • German-language poetry in the 20th and 21st centuries (Dr Ludden)
    • Cultural and critical theory (Dr McClelland, Dr Ludden)
    • German-speaking theatre and performance studies (Dr McClelland)
    • Morphology and morphosyntax of German and Dutch (Dr Fehringer)


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    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Typically we recognise the following in a Bachelors degree:

    • 3.5/4.0 or 4.25/5.0 (85%) as comparable to a 1st Class
    • Minimum GPA of 3.75/5.0 (75%) as comparable to a 2.1
    • 3.5/5.0 or 2.8/4.0 (70%) as comparable to a 2.2

    Admissions criteria may vary depending on the course you are applying for, please check course specific entry requirements.

    English Requirements

    • IELTSMin 6.5

    English Program Requirements

    IELTS:

    Applicants whose first language is not English require a minimum score of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent including 5.5 in each of the four elements of the test.

    TOEFL:

    79 overall (with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing)

    Pearson:

    Pearsons 65 overall (with a minimum of 59 in all sub-skills).

    Duolingo:

    115 overall with no subskill below 100

    Career

    Your future

    Further Study

    This course is an ideal route a route into PhD level study.   

    Careers

    Specific career pathways will depend on your area of study. This programme will provide you with essential transferable skills: independence and initiative, resilience, planning and time management, as well as developing your research, presentation and communication skills to a high level.

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    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    32,423 / year(s)

    German MLitt

    Newcastle University

    Newcastle University

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne