Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Studies (Bachelor)
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The bachelor’s programme in Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Studies equips students with knowledge of the Byzantine and Greek culture from antiquity until the present time. It particularly focuses on the central facts, processes and contexts of history, language, literature and life in the Byzantine Empire and modern Hellenism, including their spiritual and material influence.
Bachelor of Arts
Degree Programme Code: 033 669
6 semesters / 180 ECTS credits (including 60 ECTS credits of extension curricula)
Language: German
NO entrance examination
Facts & Figures
- Students: 72
- Graduates in the last academic year: 0
- Number of semesters needed for graduation (median): k.A.
Data updated on: 26.11.2025
Information about presentation & calculation
Attention
Instruction Language German
Please note that the instruction language of this programme is German. To start the degree programme, you need to hold a certificate of German proficiency on C1 level.
Admission procedure
Additional exam in Latin (during the degree programme)
Additional exam in Greek (during the degree programme)
Information about the admission procedure
Getting Started
Orientation in the first semester
Introductory and orientation period (STEOP)
Getting Informed
StudiesServiceUnit Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Students' Representatives Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Study programme
Following an Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP) and a solid basic education in the core areas of the subject (medieval and modern Greek, Greek literature since late antiquity, Byzantine and Modern Greek history and culture), as well as a specialisation and occupational orientation, students have to write a bachelor’s thesis in the course of a seminar.
Five concepts
which you will deal with during your studies:
- Ancient Greek
- Palaeography
- Late Byzantine poetry
- Dionysios Solomos
- Greek revolution
... and many more.
Overview of the programme structure & topics
Here you find the current offer of courses for this programme to gain better insight into the topics and structure. For more information please click on the respective level.
PMG1 Introductory and Orientation Period (StEOP) (20 ECTS)
PM1a Principles of Thinking in Historical and Cultural Studies (5 ECTS)
PM1b Principles of Byzantine Studies (5 ECTS)
PM1c Principles of Modern Greek Studies (10 ECTS)
PM2a Ancient Greek and Medieval Greek (15 ECTS)
PMG3 Subject-Specific Basics (40 ECTS)
PM3a Basics of Byzantine Studies (20 ECTS)
PM3b Basics of Modern Greek Studies (20 ECTS)
PMG4 Subject-Specific Emphasis (30 ECTS)
PM4a Introductory Seminars (12 ECTS)
PM4b Seminars and Bachelor's Thesis (18 ECTS)
Recommended Lectures of other Departments
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After Graduation
Graduates know the most important methods of the humanities and cultural studies, offering excellent professional opportunities
- in the area of education and cultural education
- in communications and tourism, particularly in Southern and South Eastern Europe, as well as
- in libraries and the publishing sector.
Master Programmes
Continuing after Graduation
- Alumni of the University of Vienna
- [Postgraduate Center - postgraduate programmes at the University of Vienna](http://www.postgraduatecenter.at/en)
- [Uniport - career service of the University of Vienna](https://www.uniport.at/uniport-fuer-studierende)
Graduates' Perspective on the Degree Programme
#### Degree programme in retrospect
Graduates ...
- say that this degree programme receives the grade: 1.7 (good)
- rate the level of difficulty as: 3.7 (high)
→ These results are basd on feedback from 6 graduates.
*You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of thebachelor’s programme in Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Studies graduation survey (in German).
Graduates ...
- find employment within 2 months after graduation on average.
- earn an average of € 2,558 (women) and € 2,599 (men) gross per month within three years after graduation.
- work full time at a percentage of 65% (women) and 70% (men) within three years after graduation.
*You can find further information on career entry and career paths in the tracking of graduates "Arts and Humanities".