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
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Academic Skills pre-Master'sPeriod 1Period 312
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Spracherwerb Deutsch 5: Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft kontrastivPeriod 16
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Kultur und Diskurs: FrauenPeriod 26
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Spracherwerb Deutsch 3: LiteraturPeriod 46
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Deutschlandstudien 2: Deutsche Kultur vor 1945Period 56
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Spracherwerb Deutsch 4: InterkulturalitätPeriod 56
English
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Academic Skills pre-Master'sPeriod 1Period 312
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English Linguistics 1: Stories of EnglishPeriod 16
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English Linguistics 5: Language in Society (pre-master)Period 26
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Literary TheoryPeriod 26
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English Linguistics 6: The Changing English LanguagePeriod 46
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English Literature 5: Modern and Contemporary LiteraturePeriod 56
French
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Academic Skills pre-Master'sPeriod 1Period 312
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Littérature française: théories et pratiquesPeriod 16
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Linguistique française: théories et pratiquesPeriod 26
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Maîtrise du français 5Period 26
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Atelier de recherchePeriod 46
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État de la langue - langue d'ÉtatPeriod 66
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.
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.