Overview and admission
Study Type
undergraduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
English (Teaching Degree)
Focus
American Studies, British Studies, English Linguistics
Annotation
The Teaching Qualification subject English can also be studied in combination with the compulsory subject French in an integrated German-French Degree course with bi-national degree (start of studies at WiSe recommended, see https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/internationale-masterstudiengaenge/). The University Mainz offers the Bachelor's degree course starting in the fifth study semester or the Master of Education exclusively for Teaching Qualification (Grammar Schools). Prospective students can familiarise themselves with the subject during a taster day (www.studium.uni-mainz.de/schnuppertage).
Admission requirements
“Practical Language Entrance Test” (Common European Framework of Reference C1). Students who fail the test (i.e. solve fewer than 50% of the set tasks) may not take part in the exercises of the basic modules GMK I-IV, GMB I,II and GME I-III (BA American Studies and British Studies) or Modules 1 and 2 (BA Teaching Qualification). However, they are permitted to attend Lectures 124 and 133 as well as Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Students may also provide proof of their command of English through equivalent language certificates. The following documentation is accepted as substitutes for the practical language entrance test: - “Certificate in Advanced English” (provider: Cambridge ESOL; Minimum grade: C) - “Certificate of Proficiency in English” (provider: Cambridge ESOL; Minimum grade: C) - “Test of English as a Foreign Language” (TOEFL; Providers: Educational Testing Service) The test results must be no more than two years old in all cases.
Lecture period
- 14.04.2025 - 19.07.2025
- 27.10.2025 - 14.02.2026
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
Further languages
English