This two year (four semester) programme offers:
- A focus on English Studies with a strong interdisciplinary orientation towards other modern languages and literatures, history, and the social sciences
- Reflections on nationalism and nationality and how they are constructed through language, literature, and culture
(with topics including theories of nationalism, tradition and memory, national aesthetics, canon formation, and varieties of English)
- Explorations of complex cultural dynamics beyond national frameworks in an increasingly globalised world
(with topics including colonialism & postcolonialism, migration & diasporas, transculturalism, and English as a world language)
- Studies in a wide range of literature and cultures
(e.g. British Isles, North America, Africa, India, Australia)
- Advanced understanding of theoretical approaches from literary and cultural studies and the social sciences
- Modules from programmes offered in anglophone literatures and cultures and related disciplines
- Combination of taught courses and independent research
- International orientation reflected in the possibility of spending one semester abroad. The compulsory module "Work Experience" can likewise be completed abroad
- Language of instruction: English

As the focus of this programme is on anglophone literatures and cultures and on linguistic varieties of English, students will mainly be based in the English Department. Our staff possess a broad range of specialisations, extending from Shakespeare to Bollywood and from Adam Smith to Zadie Smith. This variety is reflected in our teaching and in the wide range of topics available for students' own research choices.

Interdisciplinary components can be chosen from a number of related fields and departments, such as other literatures and languages, history, social science, and ethnology.
The various options for individual choice and specialisation enable students to develop precisely tailored academic and professional profiles in preparation for national and international careers in both academic and non-academic sectors.

Preparation for academic careers (e.g. via PhD study) is facilitated through this Master programme’s strong orientation towards research, as well as towards recent disciplinary and theoretical developments.
Preparation for non-academic careers is facilitated through the programme’s emphasis on international perspectives and on transferable skills. Students are trained not only in self-organised independent work, but also in team work and group projects. They develop their media competence and possess advanced English-language skills in oral and written communication. A compulsory module "Work experience" is also part of this programme.
Potential fields of employment for our M.A. graduates include academic institutions, media and publishing, advertising and public relations, museums, festival organisation, consulting, national and international organisations dealing with migration, language policy or international cultural relations, as well as multinational private businesses in various sectors.