Regulations and Study Plans

Please note

The study plans of Fribourg and Bern differ. Consult the documents of the university in which you are enrolled. The provided documents are in German and French only.

Reading Lists

The new list is mandatory for students, who started their studies in the autumn semester 2023 or later. Students, who started before, may choose, if their exam should be based on the old or the new list..

The reading list of the Master Major in Slavistics is agreed upon by the student and the professor in the context of the master thesis.

Accreditation of Academic Atteinments in Fribourg for Students Enrolled in Bern

Accreditation of Academic Atteinments in Fribourg for Students Enrolled in Bern

Academic attainments of students of the University of Bern will now be registered in KSL as «external academic attainments». This is a purely technical adjustment, the processing of grades and the respective credits won’t be changed : This information will be transferred as before from Fribourg to the institutes office in Bern. However, you can’t validate such credits in KSL by yourself. In order to reduce the administrative workload, we kindly ask you to fill in the attached form and send it to the office of the Institute for Slavic Languages and Literatures by week 15, respectively 45. Your ECTS will be then be registered in the corresponding area in KSL.

Information Regarding the Study Plan 2015

For students enrolled at the University of Bern who started their studies before fall semester 2024: Students who wish to to continue their studies according to the new 2023 study plan, please contact the students' counsellor by e-mail. The differences between the study plans are small: new names for the linguistics modules; changes to the language courses: studying Russian is not mandatory anymore for students of the BA 120; additional module 3 (Ideengeschichte Mittel- und Osteuropas) for students of the BA 60; changes in the module 4 (Ideengeschichte instead of [Kultur-]Philosophie) for students of the BA 120; for the Abschlussmodul, students of the BA 120 can now choose literature (Reading List as before) or linguistics (with a new self-study course on the methodological basics of linguistics).

For students enrolled at the University of Fribourg who started their studies before fall semester 2024: The study plan 2015 is valid until fall semester 2026. After this, all students at the University of Fribourg change automatically to the new 2023 study plan. Students who want to continue their studies according to the new 2023 study plan, please contact the students' counsellor by e-mail. The differences between the study plans are small: new names for the linguistics modules; changes to the language courses: studying Russian is not mandatory anymore for students of the BA 120; additional module 3 (Ideengeschichte Mittel- und Osteuropas) for students of the BA 60; changes in the module 4 (Ideengeschichte instead of [Kultur-]Philosophie) for students of the BA 120; for the Abschlussmodul, students of the BA 120 can now choose literature (Reading List as before) or linguistics (with a new self-study course on the methodological basics of linguistics).

Information Regarding the Study Plan 2005

With the exception of individual agreements, students enrolled before autumn semester 2015 study according to the Study Plan 2005. For students in enrolled in Fribourg, the new study plan is valid from autumn semester 2016.

Detailed Study Plan 2005