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#59/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich

6.2(Based on 4 User Reviews)Bavaria, Germany10%q8kmCZ
B.A General and Comparative Literature
Course duration:
3 years
Exams Accepted:
TOEFL99
+DmLct
J9uNHw:  
(€287/Yr)$338.66/Yr
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(€1,100/Yr)$1.3K/Yr
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#73/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg

7.0(Based on 3 User Reviews)Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany45%q8kmCZ
M.A Communication, Literature and Media in Modern South Asian Languages
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6.5
+DmLct
J9uNHw:  
(€3,000/Yr)$3.5K/Yr
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(€7,978/Yr)$9.4K/Yr
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#42/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

Free University of Berlin, Berlin

5.3(Based on 1 User Reviews)Berlin, Germany
M.A English Studies - Literature, Language, Culture
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6.5
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J9uNHw:  
(€4,100/Yr)$4.8K/Yr
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#46/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin

8.0(Based on 2 User Reviews)Berlin, Germany18%q8kmCZ
M.A English Literatures
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6.5PTE53
+DmLct
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#89/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

University of Bonn, Bonn

7.7(Based on 7 User Reviews)North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
M.A English Literatures and Cultures
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6
+DmLct
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#86/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

University of Tuebingen, Tubingen

7.0(Based on 1 User Reviews)Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany33%q8kmCZ
M.A English Literatures and Cultures
Course duration:
2 years
+DmLct
J9uNHw:  
(€3,000/Yr)$3.5K/Yr
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(€6,167/Yr)$7.3K/Yr
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#85/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

University of Freiburg, Freiburg

7.3(Based on 14 User Reviews)Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany33%q8kmCZ
M.A English Literatures and Literary Theory
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
TOEFL100
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J9uNHw:  
(€3,000/Yr)$3.5K/Yr
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#156/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

Technical University Dresden, Dresden

7.2(Based on 23 User Reviews)Saxony, Germany22%q8kmCZ
B.A Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies
Course duration:
3 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6.5
+DmLct
J9uNHw:  
(€700/Yr)$826/Yr
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(€5,997/Yr)$7.1K/Yr
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#196/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen

8.3(Based on 3 User Reviews)Bavaria, Germany46%q8kmCZ
M.A North American Studies - Culture and Literature
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS7
t/7Ax5
J9uNHw:  
(€288/Yr)$339.84/Yr
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(€608/Yr)$717.44/Yr
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#151/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main

Hesse, Germany77%q8kmCZ
M.A Comparative Literature
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS7
t/7Ax5
J9uNHw:  
(€350/Yr)$413/Yr
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(€7,752/Yr)$9.1K/Yr
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#151/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany28%q8kmCZ
B.A English Literature and Culture
Course duration:
3 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS5.5
t/7Ax5
J9uNHw:  
(€670/Yr)$790.6/Yr
lpofqY
(€9,324/Yr)$11K/Yr
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#251/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum

7.0(Based on 4 User Reviews)North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany40%q8kmCZ
B.A General and Comparative Literature
Course duration:
3 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6
+DmLct
J9uNHw:  
(€700/Yr)$826/Yr
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#189/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena

Thuringia, Germany60%q8kmCZ
M.A Literature, Art and Culture
Course duration:
2 years
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#201/331 QS Ranking 2024(Literature)

University of Konstanz, Konstanz

8.3(Based on 1 User Reviews)Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany46%q8kmCZ
B.A Literature - Art-Media
Course duration:
3 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6
+DmLct
J9uNHw:  
(€3,358/Yr)$4K/Yr
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(€7,192/Yr)$8.5K/Yr
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#179/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

University of Mannheim, Mannheim

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany30%q8kmCZ
M.A Literature, Media and Culture in the Modern Era
Course duration:
2 years
t/7Ax5
J9uNHw:  
(€3,000/Yr)$3.5K/Yr
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#401/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth

6.3(Based on 1 User Reviews)Bavaria, Germany30%q8kmCZ
M.A Literature in a cultural context
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6.5
t/7Ax5
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University of Augsburg, Augsburg

8.3(Based on 1 User Reviews)Bavaria, Germany69%q8kmCZ
M.A International Literatures
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6.5
t/7Ax5
J9uNHw:  
(€30,496/Yr)$36K/Yr
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Paderborn University, Paderborn

8.3(Based on 2 User Reviews)North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany60%q8kmCZ
MA English-Language Literature and Culture (Culture and Society)
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
TOEFL7
t/7Ax5
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University of Trier, Trier

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany60%q8kmCZ
M.A English Literatures and Media
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
TOEFL80
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J9uNHw:  
(€300/Yr)$354/Yr
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#251/1502 THE Ranking 2023(Literature)

University of Kiel, Kiel

8.2(Based on 1 User Reviews)Schleswig-Holstein, Germany40%q8kmCZ
M.A English and American Literatures, Cultures, and Media
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS6
+DmLct
J9uNHw:  
(€534/Yr)$630.12/Yr
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