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We are looking forward to welcoming candidates with an interest in African cultural issues, who are ready to interact with people from all corners of the globe on a lovely campus of a university, recognised worldwide for its strong emphasis in the field of African Studies.

New students enter the programme in the winter semester (October of each year); the application deadline for international students is generally 15 July.

For detailed and updated information regarding your application to the African Verbal and Visual Arts BA programme, see:

https://www.international-office.uni-bayreuth.de/en/degree-programmes/bachelor/african-verbal-and-visual-arts-ba/index.html

Applicants to the MA programme should have an academic background in African Linguistics, African Literatures, Media in Africa, Curational Studies, or a related discipline. You require at least a Bachelor grade point average of 2.5 or better (according to the German grading scale). Please check below which regulations apply to you and how to apply to the MA programme:

https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/studium/masterstudium/african_verbal_and_visual_arts/

This year, the following online English certificates are also sufficient for the admission processes: 

• Sekundarschulzeugnisse und Bachelorabschlüsse aus Ländern, in denen Amts- und Bildungssprache Englisch ist, reichen als Englischnachweis aus, sowie
• TOEFL iBT und Special Home Edition ab einer Punktzahl von 72 und
• IELTS Academic und Indicator ab einer Punktzahl von 5.5 und
• Cambridge FCE certificate ab Punktzahl 160 bzw. Note C oder besser
• deutsche Abizeugnisse, wenn dort Englischkenntnisse mindestens auf Niveau B2 bescheinigt werden