Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with a focus on Ancient Oriental Studies

The following table shows you an example of a possible programme structure for the supplementary subject »Languages and Cultures of the Near East with a focus on Ancient Near Eastern Studies«:

Abbreviations: CP = credit points (ECTS)|ECTS credits

* You can choose from modules in modern languages (e.g. Arabic) and other modules from the subjects of Ancient Oriental Studies, Arabic Studies, Theology, Indo-European Studies, Classical Studies and Caucasian Studies.

• Focus: The specialisations represented in Jena (history of writing, language and law, especially of the 1st millennium BC) as well as the compulsory combination of age and new languages of the Near East (especially Arabic) are unique in Germany in this combination.
• Good requirements: With the Hilprecht Collection - the largest university-owned cuneiform collection in Germany - the study location Jena offers unique requirements for gaining experience and knowledge regarding the scientific handling of cuneiform artefacts. With the practical collection and museum component of the degree programme, students lay important foundations for their future academic and occupation.
• Individual supervision: As a so-called minor subject, Ancient Near Eastern Studies offers students on the degree programme particularly close and individual supervision thanks to small group sizes.
• Extensive tender : With the Thuringian University and State LibraryExternal link (ThULB) and the Department of Digital Culture and Collection Management, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena has an excellent information and research infrastructure in the subject area|field of Humanities.
• Unlimited possibilities: Experience internationality! The university attracts students and academics from all over the world with its attractive conditions and characterises Jena as a future-oriented and cosmopolitan city - ideal requirements for prospective international studentsmp4, 57 mb · de.
• Adventures abroad: You can easily fulfil your dream of a semester abroad de. Our university has a worldwide network of partner universities.

Career opportunities:

As an academic degree programme, the Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with a focus on Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena forms the basis of an academic career and prepares students specifically for the consecutive master's programme in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures as well as a subsequent doctorate in Ancient Near Eastern Studies.

Thanks to the extensive practical component, the opportunity to develop a profile as part of the compulsory elective area (including modern languages) and the combination with another subject as part of the multiple bachelor's degree, the degree programme also opens up a wide range of other career paths, depending on the individual focus. The degree programme qualifies students for the following professional fields in particular:

• Adult education
• education management
• journalism
• Tourism (study trips)
• Libraries and archives
• Publishing
• Public relations