- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Course location
- Trier
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The language of instruction in this programme is English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- We recommend the start of the programme in the winter semester. Although a start in the summer semester is possible, the programme is optimised for a start in the winter semester.
- Application deadline
- Non-EU citizens:
• 15 January 2026 for the summer semester 2026 (admission also valid for the winter semester 2026/27)
• 31 May 2026 for the winter semester 2026/27 (admission also valid for the summer semester 2027)
German citizens, EU citizens, and applicants with a BA or MA degree from a German university:
• 15 March 2026 for the summer semester 2026 (admission also valid for the winter semester 2026/27)
• 15 September 2026 for the winter semester 2026/27 (admission also valid for the summer semester 2027)
Admission is generally valid for two subsequent semesters. Applicants from countries requiring a visa for entering Germany should consider applying by 15 January for beginning their studies in the winter semester of the same year, giving them more time to complete the visa process and to prepare their stay.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The MA in Anglophone Literatures and Media (ALM) is a two-year degree programme offering students the opportunity to study a combination of print literature and other media formats from the English-speaking world. Alongside traditional literary formats (narrative fiction, drama, poetry), students take courses including cinematic, television and new media texts as well as adaptation studies. In their third semester, ALM students also take one linguistics seminar with a focus on language and media or on contemporary global varieties of English.
The focus of ALM is transcultural and transnational. Students study a variety of global English literatures and media covering British, North American, postcolonial and diaspora literatures and media in English. ALM students have a range of set and compulsory elective options: set modules cover diachronic and synchronic perspectives of the anglophone world, while compulsory elective modules allow for research-focussed or professional specialisations, and for internationalisation. Through the university's free elective courses, students can find original and creative combinations with ALM's core curriculum.