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Language, Literature and Education

Pre-Master’s programme

This pre-Master's programme is aimed at students who have a degree from a University of Applied Sciences (such as Dutch HBO) or an academic Bachelor’s degree that does not grant direct access to the Master's Language, Literature and Education.

If you successfully complete the pre-Master’s programme within a year, you will automatically be admitted to the Master’s Language, Literature and Education. However, you do need to complete the programme within one year, as you cannot start the Master's without fully meeting the entry requirements. After completing the pre-Master's programme you will not receive a diploma or certificate.

Programme

Please note: If you have obtained an academic Bachelor’s degree, you do not need to take the two Academic Skills courses (2 x 6 ECTS), which means that the programme will comprise 30 ECTS instead of 42 ECTS. Below you see the programme of the current academic year; the courses in the coming academic year may differ slightly. The Course Catalogue for the new academic year will be published in May.

You follow one of the programmes below. These variants prepare you for the language you choose within the Master's Language, Literature and Education.

German

COURSES SEM 1 SEM 2 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 EC
  • Academic Skills pre-Master's
    Period 1
    Period 3
    12
  • Spracherwerb Deutsch 5: Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft kontrastiv
    Period 1
    6
  • Kultur und Diskurs: Frauen
    Period 2
    6
  • Spracherwerb Deutsch 3: Literatur
    Period 4
    6
  • Deutschlandstudien 2: Deutsche Kultur vor 1945
    Period 5
    6
  • Spracherwerb Deutsch 4: Interkulturalität
    Period 5
    6
UvA Course Catalogue: pre-Master's Language, Literature and Education: German

English

COURSES SEM 1 SEM 2 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 EC
  • Academic Skills pre-Master's
    Period 1
    Period 3
    12
  • English Linguistics 1: Stories of English
    Period 1
    6
  • English Linguistics 5: Language in Society (pre-master)
    Period 2
    6
  • Literary Theory
    Period 2
    6
  • English Linguistics 6: The Changing English Language
    Period 4
    6
  • English Literature 5: Modern and Contemporary Literature
    Period 5
    6
UvA Course Catalogue: pre-Master's Language, Literature and Education: English

French

COURSES SEM 1 SEM 2 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 EC
  • Academic Skills pre-Master's
    Period 1
    Period 3
    12
  • Littérature française: théories et pratiques
    Period 1
    6
  • Linguistique française: théories et pratiques
    Period 2
    6
  • Maîtrise du français 5
    Period 2
    6
  • Atelier de recherche
    Period 4
    6
  • État de la langue - langue d'État
    Period 6
    6
UvA Course Catalogue: pre-Master's Language, Literature and Education: French

Application procedure

Your application to the Graduate School of Humanities always starts by submitting an enrolment request for the Master's programme you wish to pursue. You can only submit an enrolment request for the pre-Master's if you have been admitted to the Master's programme on the condition of successful completion of the pre-Master's programme.

  1. Check the application deadline
    As you must first submit an application for the Master's programme, the application deadline of the Master's Language, Literature and Education applies. This is 15 May for students with a Dutch or EEA nationality, and 1 March for students with a non-EEA nationality.
  2. Submit an enrolment request in Studielink for the Master's Language, Literature and Education
    Please complete all of the steps of the application process for the Master's in Language, Literature and Education, including the application in MyInfo and the submission of all required application documents. This will ensure that you can automatically be admitted to the Master's in the following academic year.
  3. Wait for the admission decision
    The selection committee will assess your prior education. If you are able to meet the entry requirements for the Master’s by completing the pre-Master’s programme, you will receive a rejection for the Master's and a positive decision for the pre-Master’s.
  4. Submit an enrolment request in Studielink for the pre-Master’s Language, Literature and Education
    Only after you have been (conditionally) admitted to the pre-Master’s do you register for the pre-Master’s  in Studielink (in Dutch either in Duitse taal en cultuur - schakelprogramma, English Language and Culture - schakelprogramma or Franse taal en cultuur - schakelprogramma). You will be informed by email in more detail.

Important information for non-EEA students

If you need a visa for your stay in the Netherlands, please note that the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) only issues visas to pre-Master's students for the duration of one year. If you do not complete the programme in one year, you cannot continue your studies anywhere in the Netherlands.

Costs

The tuition fee rate for a pre-Master’s programme in the academic year 2023-2024 is €38.56 per ECTS, with a maximum of €2,314. This means that for a 42 ECTS pre-Master’s programme, the fee is €1,620; for a 30 ECTS programme, the fee is €1,157.

More information

Dr. A.P. (Petra) Sleeman

Faculty of Humanities

Capaciteitsgroep Romaanse talen en culturen

Facts & Figures
Mode
Full-time
Credits
30/42 ECTS, 12 months
Language of instruction
Dutch, English, Language of the study programme
Conditions for admission
University of applied sciences degree (HBO)
Academic/research university degree (WO)
Starts in
September