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About Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism

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If you have a bachelor degree or equivalent in humanities or social sciences, and your BA degree contains at least 30 ECTS in the field of linguistics or philology, then this program is for...

International employment opportunities

Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism offers students a possibility for professional networking and perspectives for their future job mobility within the European labour market. Its...

Joint degree – joint diploma

Upon completion of SoMu, students are awarded a single degree certificate (MA diploma) issued and signed jointly by partner institutions involved in the program. Being a joint-...

International visibility and recognition

The international dimension of SoMu is enhanced through intercultural academic environment, student mobility abroad, and through courses lectured by prominent specialists and scholars of...

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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.

Upcoming Events

SoMu Manual - A Guide for your Studies is now available!

A guide for the studies in the joint-degree MA programme "Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism" is now available. It can be accessed here.

01/04/2023 - 14:00

Application for 2024/2025 opens on January 25

New call for applications 2024/2025 starts on 25 January 2024! More information can be found here: https://vytautasmagnus.dreamapply....

11/08/2022 - 10:30

VMU Centennial’s Alumni Day’22

On the occasion of the centennial of the founding of the University of Lithuania and the anniversary of the re-establishment of VMU, we...

01/03/2022 - 12:00

New call for applications 2022/2023

New call for applications 2022/2023 starts on 17 January 2022! Students have to fulfill the following admission requirements: Bachelor...

02/12/2021 - 10:45

Call for Erasmus+ traineeships

LEXECON: The international research network on economics lexicon The Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pisa, in...

01/27/2021 - 10:15

New call for applications 2021/2022

New call for applications 2021/2022 starts on 1 February 2021! Application and admission procedure http://www.vdu.lt/en/studies/degree-studies/...

09/05/2018 - 13:30

Free training "The Language Rights of Linguistic Minorities: International Standards and their Significance" in Vilnius

EFHR would like to invite you to take part in a free training "The Language Rights of Linguistic Minorities: International Standards and their...

03/06/2018 - 10:00

Call for applications for full-time master's degree or integrated studies at Lithuanian higher education institutions is now open

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania opens a Call for applications for 70 Lithuanian state grants for full-time Master...

12/15/2017 - 11:45

SoMus at the 5th Baltic Student Conference “Bridges in the Baltics”

Some of SoMu teachers (Prof. Pēteris Vanags), graduates (PhD student Frederik Bissinger) and current students (Raquel Raggi, Arianna Grasso, Annika...