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# German Philology (Bachelor)

**Source**: https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/bachelordiploma-programmes/german-philology-bachelor-with-osa/
**Parent**: https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/bachelordiploma-programmes/

The bachelor’s programme in German Philology combines German literature and language studies; philology and linguistics.

During the first half of the degree programme, you will acquire basic scientific knowledge and competences in the four areas of studies: modern German literature, medieval German literature, linguistics and German as a foreign and second language. At a more advanced stage in your studies, the curriculum provides you the opportunity to set individual focal points: You can specialise in individual subject areas through freely selectable courses and complete a non-university internship. Thereby, you can individualise your qualification profile and adapt it to your professional goals and subsequent master's programmes.

### Bachelor of Arts

Degree Programme Code: 033 617

6 semesters / 180 ECTS credits (including 60 ECTS credits of [extension curricula](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/extension-curricula-and-alternative-extensions/))

Language: [German](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/german-language-proficiency/)

NO entrance examination

[Curriculum](http://senat.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/s_senat/konsolidierte_Bachelorcurricula/BA_DeutschePhilologie_Version2011.pdf)

### Facts & Figures

- Students: **869**
- Graduates in the last academic year: **99**
- Number of semesters needed for graduation (median): **8,4**

*Data updated on: 26.11.2025*

[Information about presentation & calculation](https://backend.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=157848&L=2&id=157848)

*\*[Click here for further information on statistical data in the field of teaching and learning. (in German)](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/studienangebot/warum-hier-studieren/statistische-daten-zum-studienbetrieb/)*

### 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](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/german-language-proficiency/).

[### uni:check](https://unicheck.univie.ac.at/en/)

### Admission procedure

[Additional exam in Latin (during the degree programme)](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/additional-exams/)

[Information about the admission procedure](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/bachelordiploma-programmes/german-philology/)

### Getting Informed

[StudiesServiceUnit (SSS) German Studies](https://spl10.univie.ac.at/studienservicestelle/)

[Students' Representatives](https://www.oeh.univie.ac.at/stv/stv-germanistik)

### Getting Started

[Orientation course](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/bachelordiploma-programmes/german-philology-bachelor-with-osa/)

[Orientation in the first semester](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/study-organisation/)

[Semester planning](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/semester-planning/)

[Introductory and orientation period (STEOP)](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/semester-planning/introductory-and-orientation-period-steop/)

## Study programme

Following an Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP), students have to complete initial specialisations and subject-specific elective modules. Afterwards, a bachelor’s module allows students to specialise in a specific field. As part of this module, students have to write two bachelor’s theses in two different fields of study.

### Five concepts

which you will deal with during your studies:

- Pseudonymous authorship
- Sound poetry
- Middle High German âventiure
- Syntax
- Minority Languages

... 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.

[Introductory and Orientation Period (18 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336705)

[M-01,1 Introductory and Orientation Period I (6 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336710)

[Lecture: Introduction into German Philology](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336712)

[M-01,2 Introductory and Orientation Period II (12 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336711)

[Literature in historical context](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336713)

[Lecture course: Texts - Media - Institutions](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336714)

[Basics (17 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336706)

[M-02,1 Basics I (10 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336715)

[Introductory Course Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336717)

[Introductory Course Writing](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336718)

[Lecture Courses](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336719)

[Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336720)

[Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336721)

[Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336722)

[German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336723)

[M-02,2 Basics II (7 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336716)

[Introductory Course Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336724)

[Lecture course Germanic Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336725)

[Advanced Module (41 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336707)

[M-03,1 Medieval and Early German Literature (7 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336726)

[Exercise Course: Middle High German](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336731)

[Proseminar Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336732)

[M-03,2 Modern German Literature (7 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336727)

[Exercise Course: Literary and Cultural Theory](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336733)

[Proseminar Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336734)

[M-03,3 Linguistics (7 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336728)

[Exercise Course: Contemporary Grammar](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336735)

[Proseminar Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336736)

[M-03,4 German as Foreign/Second Language (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336729)

[Lecture Course Basics of German as Foreign and Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336737)

[Proseminar German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336738)

[M-03,5 Advanced Module Additions (12 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336730)

[Lecture Courses](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336739)

[Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336740)

[Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336741)

[Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336742)

[German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336743)

[Alternative Module Group Bachelor (28 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336708)

[M-04,1 Bachelor Module Medieval and Early German Literature (14 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336744)

[Bachelor Seminar Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336748)

[Lecture Course Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336752)

[Lecture Course German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336753)

[M-04,2 Bachelor Module Modern German Literature (14 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336745)

[Bachelor Seminar Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336749)

[Lecture Course Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336754)

[Lecture Course German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336755)

[M-04,3 Bachelor Module Linguistics (14 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336746)

[Bachelor Seminar Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336750)

[Lecture Course Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336756)

[Lecture Course Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336757)

[M-04,4 Bachelor Module German as Foreign/Second Language (14 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336747)

[Bachelor Seminar German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336751)

[Lecture Course Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336759)

[Lecture Course Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336758)

[Optional Modules (16 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336709)

[M-05,1 Optional Module Medieval and Early German Literature (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336760)

[Proseminar Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336767)

[Lecture Course Medieval and Early German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336768)

[M-05,2 Optional Module Modern German Literature (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336761)

[Proseminar Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336770)

[Lecture Course Modern German Literature](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336769)

[M-05,3 Optional Module Linguistics (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336762)

[Proseminar Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336772)

[Lecture Course Linguistics](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336771)

[M-05,4 Optional Module German as Foreign/Second Language (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336763)

[Proseminar German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336774)

[Lecture Course German as Foreign/Second Language](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336773)

[M-05,5 Optional Module Children's Literature (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336764)

[M-05,6 Optional Module Gender Studies (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336765)

[M-05,7 Practical Training, Internship (8 ECTS)](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336766)

[Other Courses](https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/vvz_sub.html?path=336891)

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## After Graduation

## Nach dem Studium Info EN

Graduates have basic qualifications preparing them for work

- in academia, research and teaching;
- with books (book shops, publishers, editors, libraries, archives);
- in the area of electronic language and text processing (digitisation of texts, text layout, web design);
- in journalism (print media, radio, television);
- in the art sector (fiction books, translation, advertising);
- in the cultural sector (museums, theatres, concerts, film);
- as intercultural mediators (ability to judge and act with regard to language and literature).

### Master's Programmes

- [Austrian Studies (Master)](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/master-programmes/austrian-studies-cultures-literatures-languages-master/)
- [German Philology (Master)](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/master-programmes/german-philology-master/)
- [German as a Foreign and Second Language (Master)](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/master-programmes/german-as-a-foreign-and-second-language-master/)
- [Master Access Guide](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/master-programmes/master-access-guide/)

### Continuing after Graduation

- [Alumni of the University of Vienna](https://www.alumni.ac.at/)
- [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](https://www.qs.univie.ac.at/en/analyses/graduate-surveys/)

### Graduates ...

- say that this degree programme receives the grade: 2,1 (good)
- rate the level of difficulty as: 3.4 (appropriate)

→ These results are basd on feedback from 173 graduates.

\**You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of the**[bachelor’s programme in German Philology](https://www.qs.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/d_qualitaetssicherung/Dateidownloads/AbsolventInnenbefragungen/2021/Bachelor/101_Bachelor_Deutsche_Philologie_public.pdf) graduation survey (in German).*

[#### Career entry & paths](https://www.qs.univie.ac.at/en/analyses/graduate-tracking/)

### Graduates ...

- find employment within 2 months after graduation on average.

\*You can find further information on career entry and career paths in the tracking of graduates "[BA German Philology](https://www.qs.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/d_qualitaetssicherung/Dateidownloads/AbsolventInnentracking/2023/englisch/UA_F1_2023_BA_German_Philology_en.pdf)".

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