Linguistics (Bachelor)
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The bachelor’s programme in Linguistics provides a comprehensive introduction to the different areas of linguistics. Linguistics researches language as a complex, rule-based system on different inter-connected levels – sound, word, sentences, text/conversation, discourse – but also as a cognitive competence, semiotic system, historically evolved and constantly changing concept, cultural institution as well as a social and socially relevant practice.
Bachelor of Arts
Degree Programme Code: 033 667
6 semesters / 180 ECTS credits (including 60 ECTS credits of extension curricula)
Language: German
NO entrance examination
Facts & Figures
- Students: 735
- Graduates in the last academic year: 54
- Number of semesters needed for graduation (median): 7,7
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)
Inormation about the admission procedure
Getting Started
Orientation in the first semester
Introductory and orientation period (STEOP)
Getting Informed
Students' Representatives Linguistics
Study Programme
The bachelor’s programme in Linguistics consists of an Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP), providing an introduction to general and applied linguistics, as well as an introduction to phonetics and phonology. Following the STEOP, students complete compulsory modules on different areas of linguistic research and an alternative compulsory module which they can select from the three areas Applied Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Speech-Language Pathology and Theoretical Linguistics. To successfully complete the programme, students have to write two bachelor’s theses.
Five Concepts
which you will deal with during your studies:
- Grammatical theory
- Discourse analysis
- Research on language learning and language teaching
- Indo-European linguistics
- Psycholinguistics
... 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 (15 ECTS)
BA-M1 Introduction to General Linguistics (5 ECTS)
BA-M2 Introduction to Applied Linguistics (5 ECTS)
BA-M3 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (5 ECTS)
BA-M4 Research Areas in Applied Linguistics I (6 ECTS)
BA-M5 Research Areas in General Linguistics I (8 ECTS)
BA-M6 Research Areas in Applied Linguistics II (12 ECTS)
BA-M7 Research Areas in General Linguistics II (12 ECTS)
BA-M8 Introduction to Indo-European Studies (8 ECTS)
BA-M9 Research Areas in Applied Linguistics III (6 ECTS)
BA-M11 Advanced Topics in Linguistics I (10 ECTS)
BA- M12 Advanced Topics in Linguistics II (8 ECTS)
Alternative Compulsory Modules (25 ECTS)
BA-APM10a Applied Linguistics (25 ECTS)
BA-APM10b Psycholinguistics and Speech-Language Pathology (25 ECTS)
BA-APM10c Theoretical Linguistics (25 ECTS)
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After Graduation
Graduates are qualified to pursue a career in the following occupational fields:
- clinical field, working with children with abnormal language development and with adults with speech disorders
- conversation and communication counselling
- publishing and libraries
- public educational and cultural institutions
- linguistic research.
Master's Programmes
- Applied Linguistics (Master)
- General Linguistics: Grammar Theory and Cognitive Linguistics (Master)
- Indo-European Studies and Historical Linguistics (Master)
- Master Access Guide
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: 2.4 (good)
- rate the level of difficulty as: 3,1 (appropriate)
→ These results are basd on feedback from 61 graduates.
*You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of thebachelor’s programme in Linguistics graduation survey (in German).
Graduates ...
- find employment immediately after graduation on average.
*You can find further information on career entry and career paths in the tracking of graduates "BA Linguistics".