Master of Arts in Conference Interpreting 24 months Postgraduate Programme By Universität Heidelberg |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

3,000 EURTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

30 Sep, 2026Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Students of Conference Interpreting study the theory and practice of communicating in spoken language at specialist conferences, in political contexts and in the media.



The Master’s degree programme in Conference Interpreting equips students with skills they require to work professionally as a conference interpreter. Students acquire specialist skills, and build a solid foundation to support them as they face future challenges of working as a conference interpreter.


The academic programme covers both consecutive interpreting and simultaneous interpreting from a B- and a C-language into the A-language, and from the A-language into the B-language. The A-language is generally students’ native language, while the B-language is a so-called active language, and the C-language a passive foreign language.


Students with German as their native language (A-language) select two foreign languages (B- and C-language) which are offered at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, IÜD).


Students with English, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish as their A-language, must choose German as their B-language, and English as their C-language.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Students of Conference Interpreting study the theory and practice of communicating in spoken language at specialist conferences, in political contexts and in the media.



The Master’s degree programme in Conference Interpreting equips students with skills they require to work professionally as a conference interpreter. Students acquire specialist skills, and build a solid foundation to support them as they face future challenges of working as a conference interpreter.


The academic programme covers both consecutive interpreting and simultaneous interpreting from a B- and a C-language into the A-language, and from the A-language into the B-language. The A-language is generally students’ native language, while the B-language is a so-called active language, and the C-language a passive foreign language.


Students with German as their native language (A-language) select two foreign languages (B- and C-language) which are offered at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, IÜD).


Students with English, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish as their A-language, must choose German as their B-language, and English as their C-language.

Admission Requirements

Applicants for a Master's degree programme must have successfully completed a first university degree programme at a German or international university that qualifies them to enrol in the desired Master's programme. 

30 Sep 2026
2 Years
Oct

Tuition fees

Domestic
0 EUR
International
3,000 EUR

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