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The Fall 2025 application opens on December 1! Candidates should submit their application online, to which they will be directed from the main website Somu.
The application form can also be accessed at: https://vytautasmagnus.dreamapply.com
Students have to fulfill the following admission requirements:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Humanities or Social Sciences. The Bachelor Degree shall contain at least 30 ECTS in the field of linguistics or philology.
Good knowledge of English on the level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students from non-partner universities are asked to provide proof of English language proficiency.
You should hear a decision in about two weeks after your application is complete.
Programme description
Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism is an international joint-degree master study program which is co-organized by Vytautas Magnus University (VMU, Kaunas, Lithuania), Johannes-Gutenberg University (JGU, Mainz, Germany), Stockholm University (Sweden), and the University of Tartu (Estonia).
You can find more information about the programme in the SoMu Manual. Detailed information about the first semester in Kaunas is available here.
More about how to organize your studies during the second semester in Mainz is available here and here.
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