Application/Admission Information

Sie können sich für MAIAS bewerben, wenn sie einen BA in Anglistik/Amerikanistik oder einen gleichwertigen Abschluss mit mindestens der Prüfungsnote „gut" abgeschlossen haben. 

Zur Bewerbung reichen Sie bitte über die CampusOnline Plattform Ihr Bachelorzeugnis sowie eine Notenübersicht („transcript“) ein. Wenn Ihr Abschluss nicht in Anglistik/Amerikanistik ist, reichen Sie bitte auch einen Nachweis über Sprachkenntnisse ein (z.B. TOEFL-Test, Nachweis über Auslandsaufenthalte, eine längere englischsprachige Forschungsarbeit o.ä.).

Wenn das Bachelorzeugnis oder ein als gleichwertig annerkanntes Abschlusszeugnis noch nicht vorliegt, muss eine Bestätigung mit Einzelnoten über alle bis zum Anmeldungstermin erbrachten Prüfungs- und Studienleistungen vorgelegt werden. Diese Leistungen müssen einen Gesamtumfang von mindestens 140 ECTS-Punkten haben, und die endnotenrelevanten Leistungen müssen mindestens der Note „gut" entsprechen.

If you have received your Bachelor's degree from a European university with a grade of "good" or better in English/American Studies or in a related field, you are eligible for application to the program.

Please submit pdf-files of certified copies of the following documents through the CampusOnline platform:
 

• BA-diploma
• full transcript of records
  
• documentation of English language proficiency (e.g. via a TOEFL score of min. 92 or an IELTS score of 7.0)
  
• a brief CV
• a letter describing two research topics that you would like to pursue within the program (no less than one page/roughly 500 words each topic); you can obtain more detailed information from the MAIAS moderator, via

  E-mail: maias@uni-bayreuth.de

If you hold a Bachelor's degree with a grade of "good" or better in English/American Studies or in a related field, you are eligible for application to the program.

Please submit pdf-files of certified copies of the following documents through the CampusOnline platform:
 

• brief Curriculum Vitae
• higher education entrance qualification document
• for non-native speakers of English: documentation of language skills in English (Level C1, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages = TOEFL score of min. 92, or IELTS score of 7.0)
• letter describing two research topics that you would like to pursue within the program (no less than one page/roughly 500 words for each topic); you can obtain more detailed information from the MAIAS moderator, via maias@uni-bayreuth.de
  
• (provisional) degree certificate or confirmation of at least 140 ECTS stating the previous average mark
  
• full transcript of records

For the winter semester, the deadline for application is May 1 (the CampusOnline application window is open from March 1).

For the summer semester, the deadline for application is November 1 (the CampusOnline application window is open from September  1).

Important note: Please make sure to select the correct semester for which you want to apply.

Make sure that you have arranged accommodation with Studentenwerk Oberfranken as early as possible after gaining admission, long before traveling. There is no assurance of accommodation after your arrival at Bayreuth. An address in or around Bayreuth is necessary for enrolment. You should contact the International Office for official matters. You should also contact the international students service team BISS through the International Office web page. You should get in touch with this team by e-mail before your arrival in Bayreuth. A member may be able to pick you up at the central station when you arrive.

Apart from identification documents and letter of admission, most important is evidence of health insurance. If your home country has a social insurance agreement with Germany, fill in form E111/E128. If you are privately insured in your home country, you need the form "Certification". If you have no adequate insurance, you may insure yourself for instance with "Techniker Krankenkasse" in UBT central administration building, upper floor, or during the introductory programme for international students.

Enrollment or matriculation takes place at "Studierendenkanzlei", central administration building. In order to enrol, you need to show evidence of payment of the contribution to "Studentenwerk", as well as evidence of health insurance and the UBT letter of admission. Important: At the beginning of your studies, you should submit evidence of a completed BA thesis to the moderator, if you have written such a thesis at your previous university. If no evidence is submitted and accepted, you will write a seminar paper in each of two Advanced Seminars, of your choice, in first and second semester.

You should consult the pdf file “Course Commentary” (“Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis”) on the department homepage (right-hand column, “news”), especially the MAIAS section. Then compare the lectures and seminars offered with the MAIAS curriculum (plan of studies) to fill the single modules. You have a range of choices within most module categories, depending on your interests. See the MAIAS moderator in the introductory meeting and/or right afterwards the MAIAS student assistant to get further advice for your course choices.

The Language Center is located on the ground floor of the Faculty building (GW1). Electronic registration for language courses and for "Style and Register" is compulsory, before or at the beginning of lecture time in any semester; see instructions on Language Center web site. Ms. Mary Redmond (Language Center, English) is available for consultation if you are not sure about the procedure.