{"id":1840,"date":"2026-10-10T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg-web.de\/sektion-arabistik\/?page_id=1840"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T13:56:43","slug":"arabic-studies-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmg-web.de\/sektion-arabistik\/en\/arabic-studies-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic Studies in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-1840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"grid":"{\"colCount\":1,\"colGutter\":1,\"rowGutters\":[2,2],\"frameMargin\":5,\"leftFrameMargin\":15,\"rightFrameMargin\":10,\"topFrameMargin\":100,\"mus\":{\"colGutterMu\":\"%\",\"rowGutterMu\":\"%\",\"topFrameMu\":\"px\",\"bottomFrameMu\":\"%\",\"frameMu\":\"%\"},\"bottomFrameMargin\":5,\"rowAttrs\":[{\"relid\":4},{\"relid\":2},{\"relid\":1}],\"bgColor\":null,\"bgImage\":null,\"cont\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"cont\":\"<h1 class=\\\"_Headline_2\\\">Arabic Studies in Germany: Institutions and Degree Programmes<\/h1>\",\"align\":\"middle\",\"row\":0,\"col\":0,\"colspan\":1,\"offsetx\":0,\"offsety\":0,\"spaceabove\":0,\"spacebelow\":0,\"yvel\":1,\"push\":0,\"relid\":5,\"absolute_position\":false},{\"type\":\"text\",\"cont\":\"<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The following overview is based on the information provided by the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.kleinefaecher.de\/kartierung\/kleine-faecher-von-a-z\/arabistik\/standorte\\\">Kleine F\\u00e4cher portal<\/a> and on the websites of the respective institutions. The short profile of each location indicates its main emphases in research and teaching. Notes on whether the subject stands on its own institutionally or is embedded in a larger unit are added where relevant.<\/p><ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><strong>Bamberg:<\/strong> Modern literature and culture (19th\\u201321st c.); Chair of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/ba-islamischer-orient\/\\\">BA Islamischer Orient<\/a> (Islamic Orient)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-bamberg.de\/ma-arabistik\/\\\">MA Arabistik<\/a> (Arabic Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Bayreuth:<\/strong> Africa focus, linguistics (sociolinguistics); Junior Professorship in Arabic Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.arabistik-islamwissenschaft.uni-bayreuth.de\/de\/studium\/studiengaenge\/bachelor\/index.html\\\">BA Kultur und Gesellschaft (Schwerpunkt Arabistik) or as a BA minor subject<\/a> (Culture and Society, with a focus on Arabic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gl.uni-bayreuth.de\/de\/studium\/ma-sprink\/index.html\\\">MA Sprache \\u2013 Interaktion \\u2013 Kultur (SprInK)<\/a> (Language \\u2013 Interaction \\u2013 Culture)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Berlin:<\/strong> Classical literature and history (6th\\u201313th c.); Institute of Arabic Studies with two professorships<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.osa.fu-berlin.de\/gkvo\/start\/startseite\/index.html\\\">BA Geschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients<\/a> (History and Culture of the Near East)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de\/e\/ma-arabistik\/index.html\\\">MA Arabistik<\/a> (Arabic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de\/en\/e\/ma-isme\\\">MA Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East (ISME)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Bochum:<\/strong> Classical philosophy and history of knowledge (8th\\u201312th c.); Professorship of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/islamwiss\/lehre\/bachelorofarts.html.de\\\">BA Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Arabic and Islamic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/islamwiss\/lehre\/masterofarts.html.de\\\">MA Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Arabic and Islamic Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Bonn:<\/strong> Premodern history and historiography (9th\\u201316th c.); Professorship of Islamic Studies\/Arabic Studies at the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.ioa.uni-bonn.de\/isl\/de\/studium\/ba\/islamwissenschaft-arabistik\\\">BA Asienwissenschaften (profile Islamic Studies\/Arabic Studies, with the accompanying subject BA Arabisch)<\/a> (Asian Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.ioa.uni-bonn.de\/isl\/de\/studium\/ma\/islamwissenschaft\\\">MA Asienwissenschaften (focus on Islamic Studies)<\/a> (Asian Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Erlangen\/Nuremberg:<\/strong> Comparative linguistics (Semitic Studies); Professorship of Arabic and Semitic Studies at the Institute of Oriental and Islamic Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.fau.de\/studiengang\/orientalistik-ba\/\\\">BA Orientalistik<\/a> (Oriental Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.orientalistik.phil.fau.de\/studium\/studiengaenge\/arabistik-islamwissenschaft-semitistik\/\\\">MA Arabistik-Islamwissenschaft-Semitistik (AIS)<\/a> (Arabic, Islamic and Semitic Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>G\\u00f6ttingen:<\/strong> Classical and modern literature, contemporary philosophy; Professorship of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/de\/640660.html\\\">Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies I<\/a> (see also <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/de\/434633.html\\\">Department of Arabic\/Islamic Studies II<\/a>)<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/de\/636103.html\\\">BA Arabistik\/Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Arabic\/Islamic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/de\/434634.html\\\">MA Arabistik\/Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Arabic\/Islamic Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Halle (Saale):<\/strong> Early modern literature (15th\\u201318th c.); Professorship of Arabic\/Islamic Studies at the Oriental Institute<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/orientphil.uni-halle.de\/am\/\\\">BA Asien und Mittelmeerraum: Sprachen, Kulturen, Gesellschaften (focus on Arabic\/Islamic Studies)<\/a> (Asia and the Mediterranean: Languages, Cultures, Societies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/arabistik.uni-halle.de\/studium\/3216753_3234945\/\\\">MA Arabistik\/Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Arabic\/Islamic Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Heidelberg:<\/strong> Premodern history and historiography of Syria and Egypt (13th\\u201316th c.); Professorship of Islamic Studies: Arabic at the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Near East<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.islamwissenschaft.uni-heidelberg.de\/de\/studium\/studiengaenge\/bachelor-islamwissenschaft\\\">BA Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Islamic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.islamwissenschaft.uni-heidelberg.de\/de\/studium\/studiengaenge\/master-islamwissenschaft\\\">MA Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Islamic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.islamwissenschaft.uni-heidelberg.de\/de\/studium\/studiengaenge\/master-nahoststudien\\\">MA Nahoststudien<\/a> (Middle Eastern Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Heilbronn:<\/strong> Business administration; regional focus on the Arab world (no professorship)<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.hs-heilbronn.de\/de\/internationale-betriebswirtschaft-interkulturelle-studien\\\">BA Internationale Betriebswirtschaft \\u2013 Interkulturelle Studien<\/a> (International Business \\u2013 Intercultural Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Jena:<\/strong> Linguistics (dialectology) and classical literature (6th\\u201313th c.); Professorship of Arabic Studies at the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gw.uni-jena.de\/1575\/b-a-arabistik\\\">BA Arabistik<\/a> (Arabic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gw.uni-jena.de\/8255\/b-a-wirtschaft-und-sprachen-arabisch\\\">BA Wirtschaft und Sprachen (Arabisch)<\/a> (Business and Languages: Arabic)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gw.uni-jena.de\/1580\/m-a-arabistik\\\">MA Arabistik<\/a> (Arabic Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Cologne:<\/strong> Modern literature and culture; focus on the Arab world at the Institute for the Languages and Cultures of the Islamic World<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/iskiw.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de\/studium\/studiengaenge\\\">BA Sprachen und Kulturen der islamischen Welt<\/a> (Languages and Cultures of the Islamic World)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/iskiw.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de\/studium\\\">MA Sprachen und Kulturen der islamischen Welt (SKIW)<\/a> (Languages and Cultures of the Islamic World)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Leipzig:<\/strong> Linguistics and translation studies (interpreting and translation); Professorship at the Oriental Institute<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de\/orientalisches-institut\/studium\/studiengaenge\/b-a-arabistik-und-islamwissenschaft\\\">BA Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Arabic and Islamic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de\/orientalisches-institut\/studium\/studiengaenge\/m-a-arabistik-und-islamwissenschaft\\\">MA Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft<\/a> (Arabic and Islamic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de\/orientalisches-institut\/studium\/studiengaenge\/m-a-konferenzdolmetschen\\\">MA Konferenzdolmetschen<\/a> (Conference Interpreting)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Marburg:<\/strong> Modern literature and cultural studies (19th\\u201321st c.); Professorship at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-marburg.de\/de\/studium\/vor-dem-studium\/studienangebot\/bachelor\/nmsba\\\">BA Nah- und Mitteloststudien<\/a> (Near and Middle Eastern Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-marburg.de\/de\/studium\/nach-dem-abschluss\/masterstudium\/masterstudiengaenge\/ma-map\\\">MA Moderne arabische Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur<\/a> (Modern Arab Politics, Society and Culture)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-marburg.de\/de\/studium\/nach-dem-abschluss\/masterstudium\/masterstudiengaenge\/m-nms\\\">MA Nah- und Mitteloststudien<\/a> (Near and Middle Eastern Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Munich:<\/strong> Philology and premodern source studies (7th\\u201315th c.), language pedagogy; Professorship at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de\/studium_lehre\/ba_leitfaden\/index.html\\\">BA Naher und Mittlerer Osten<\/a> (Near and Middle East)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de\/studium_lehre\/ma_nahermittlererosten\/index.html\\\">MA Naher und Mittlerer Osten<\/a> (Near and Middle East)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>M\\u00fcnster:<\/strong> Literature and rhetoric (1100\\u20131800); Professorship at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies<ul dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-muenster.de\/ArabistikIslam\/Studieren\/baisl.html\\\">BA Islamwissenschaft\/Arabistik<\/a> (Islamic\/Arabic Studies)<\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.uni-muenster.de\/ArabistikIslam\/Studieren\/maisl.html\\\">MA Islamwissenschaft und Arabistik<\/a> (Islamic and Arabic Studies)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong><a href=\\\"https:\/\/uni-tuebingen.de\/de\/66546\\\">T\\u00fcbingen<\/a>:<\/strong> Classical literature and history of knowledge; 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