Translation (BA)

Practice-oriented BA in Translation at the Germersheim campus that combines language study, translation and translation studies, multilingual communication, translation technologies, and elective exposure to areas such as interpreting and intercultural communication.

Academic requirements

General university entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung, HZB) or certificate of recognition for foreign diplomas

Minimum GPA

No fixed minimum GPA is published on the current official programme page.

English requirements

If English is chosen as a study language, the reviewed official JGU Translation BA page states that applicants need at least CEFR B1 in English.

German requirements

At least a B2 level to study German

Accepted bachelor fields

No prior bachelor's degree was stated as required on the reviewed official JGU degree page. The same page states that applicants need at least CEFR B1 in English and French if those are chosen as study languages, and at least B2 in German if German is chosen and is not the applicant's native language; when two study languages are chosen, at least one must be at B1 level, or B2 if German is a study language.

APS Certificate

Yes

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

EUR 371.80 per semester (semester fee published for JGU Germersheim campus for Summer Semester 2026).

ECTS credits

180

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: EUR 371.80 per semester (semester fee published for JGU Germersheim campus for Summer Semester 2026).

The reviewed official JGU degree page states that graduates can move into translation and post-editing of machine translation, forms of interpreting such as liaison and community interpreting, translation project management, software localisation, subtitling and other audiovisual translation fields, terminology, technical editing, foreign-language teaching, copywriting, online editing, and international fields such as sales, export, marketing, and tourism.

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