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Overview

Language requirements:
For foreign applicants:
Certificate of German language skills in the form of TestDaF (Test „Deutsch als Fremdsprache“, at least level 4x4) or DSH (Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang, at least level 2) or a similar language test, e. g. DSD (Deutsches Sprachdiplom, Level C1). Further information about TestDaF...

For all applicants: Certificate of Arabic language skills and a second Oriental language at an advanced level. In addition, the certificate of Latin (Latinum) or Classical Greek (Graecum) or Hebrew (Hebraeicum) or corresponding language skills in Latin or Classical Greek or Hebrew are required. Upon application this requirement may be waived for foreign students, if the programme counsellor's assessment has shown that the standard of the student's education is adequate.
English and French language skills are also expected, in so far as they are necessary for the understanding of specialised literature. For certain areas of specialization, Spanish or Greek language skills are recommended.

Subject specific requirements:
University degree, normally a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Islamic Studies or a related subject.

• Start: Winter semester recommendet - enrolment for summer semster is possible but usually no courses for beginners are being offered
• Application: Not restricted.
• Taught in: German

Details

Literature, historical sources, cultural testimony

Oriental Studies deals with the languages of the Near East and North Africa and the literatures, historical sources, and cultural testimony conveyed through these languages. The focus of Oriental Studies in Bochum centres around the Arabic language and literature, the other main languages of Islam - Persian and Turkish - and the study of Islam:

Religion, history, and culture of the Islamic regions from their beginnings in the 7th Century to the present, in the Near and Middle East, in Africa, Central Asia, and South Asia. The degree course imparts knowledge of the languages and the culture of a large and diverse region. It therefore leads to careers in research, in librarianship, in adult education (in combination with subjects such as language teaching research or education), in the economy (for example in connection with legal, social, or economic science) and the overseas branch of the civil service.

These disciplines constitute integral cultural sciences on a philological basis. They forge links to many specialist disciplines within language, literature, history, social and regional studies and are able to address common tasks with them.

Oriental philology

• Literary studies:
  Arabic literature, authors, and works of Arabic literature; literary studies, authors, and works of a second civilised Islamic language
• History of Arabic-Islamic studies:
  history of science and education; scholars and their works
• Arabic linguistics:
  linguistics of Arabic and its dialects, history of native Arabic linguistics

Islamic studies

• History of religious doctrine and practice in Islam:
  early Islam, the Quran and the teachings of the prophets; development of dogmatics and deontology and the various religious denominations; religious practice, piety and mysticism
• History, culture and social history of Islam:
  history, cultural and social history; contemporary history, culture, and contemporary regional studies

Application

Requirement: You need a counseling interview with the programme´s student counselor before registration. In some Master-Programmes there are more specific requirements. Please contact your student counselor.

There are no restrictions.

• International students: Application Information of our International Office.

• Personal registration during registration times.

Student Counseling

Karl Philipp Halbach (Beratung für Studienanfänger)
Building GB, Room 2/136
Tel.: +49 234/32 -22585
E-Mail: Karl Philipp Halbach
Office hour: Mi 14-16 h
Homepage Student Counseling

Prof. Dr. Stefan Reichmuth (Fortgeschrittene Studierende)
Building GB, Room 2/38
Tel.: +49 234/32 -25125
E-Mail: Stefan Reichmuth
Office hour: Do (vierzehntäglich) 10–13 h
Homepage Student Counseling

Geschäftszimmer Orientalistik und Islamwissenschaft
Building GB, Room 2/39
Tel.: +49 234/32 28125
E-Mail: Geschäftszimmer Orientalistik und Islamwissenschaft
Office hour: Mo-Do 9-12 h, Do 13.30 - 15 h
Homepage Student Counseling

Fachschaft Orientalistik (Beratung durch Studierende)
Building GB, Room 2/133
Tel.: +49 234/32 -25124
E-Mail: Fachschaft Orientalistik
Office hour: n.V.
Homepage Student´s representatives