In the “Slavic Studies” degree, you will study Slavic languages and their literatures in their cultural, historical and socio-political context.

Students must demonstrate their proficiency in English at level B1 (CEFR) to register for their bachelor thesis.

You will study the languages, literatures and cultures of the Slavic region with the aid of academic methods specific to this discipline. At the same time, you will discover during your degree the interrelationships between the individual Slavic cultural regions. This academic degree mainly uses primary sources so that you will learn from the very beginning how to examine linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena at their source and be able to systematically follow their subsequent stages of development. You can select different courses in the advanced and specialisation modules so that you can choose your own areas of focus in literary studies or linguistics. In the bachelor’s degree, you will take Slavic Studies as part of a dual-subject degree. You can select the second subject from almost all of the subjects offered in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Wherever possible, we try to link the seminars and your bachelor thesis to the themes covered in your second subject.

Our languages 

You can learn six modern Slavic languages from scratch with us:

• Russian
• Polish
• Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian
• Bulgarian
• Slovenian
• Slovakian

Any of these languages can be selected as the main focus of your degree and each one is taught by lecturers who are native speakers. You also have the opportunity to get to know an early form of Slavic in Church Slavonic. We offer special courses in Russian and Polish for students who are heritage speakers of these languages.

You can register on the KLIPS 2.0 portal during the application period. You can find further information on the website of the Student Application and Registration Office. Prospective students who are not EU citizens should visit the website of the International Office for information on the application formalities.

Only for NC subjects: It is possible to submit a special application under certain circumstances, e.g. if you are a minor or an elite athlete or in cases of hardship. You can find information on special applications here.

You can find all of the information you require for enrolling from the Student Application and Registration Office.

All the important information about dates and events before you start your studies have been brought together for you in the First-Year Students’ Portal.

You will usually need a higher education entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung - HZB), e.g. an Abitur or equivalent. You can find out more information on the HZB from the Student Application and Registration Office.

With a foreign higher education entrance qualification, please visit the website of the International Office for more information.

In order to obtain a place on the course, you must register by the stated deadline and will then promptly receive an offer of a place. No selection procedure is carried out (without NC).

Note for prospective students with a foreign higher education entrance qualification: please visit the website of the International Office for more information. It is possible that different regulations apply.

Semesterbeitrag

Students must pay fees every semester that are regularly adjusted to take account of e.g. the costs for local public transport. The semester fees for enrolment or re-registering are

Summer semester 2025: €304.75

You can find out more information on the semester fees from the Student Application and Registration Office.

Zusatzkosten

You can find an overview of the possible costs during your degree on the page about finance and accommodation.