Between migration and society, teaching and learning, language structures and language use: as a specialist in providing language support to adults, you will work with ambitious goals, in-depth knowledge and practical experience in an intercultural environment.

In the BA in Language and Integration, you acquire the linguistic and didactic knowledge necessary to assist non-native-speaking adults at home or abroad in developing their German skills and integrating at a professional and societal level.

Whether teaching German, promoting communicative skills, developing teaching materials or heading up integration projects, the BA in Language and Integration opens up a plethora of career opportunities both at home and abroad, including at language schools, specialist agencies for migrants, government authorities, organisations and companies. With your in-depth specialist and practical knowledge, you will find yourself at the heart of social diversity and promote intercultural understanding on an equal footing.

In the BA in Language and Integration, you gain the skills to support adults in acquiring a new language and to both plan and shape projects in the field of integration. You acquire basic knowledge in the areas of language, didactics and project management as well as in connection with social and cultural issues in the area of migration/integration.

• Migration biographies
• Migration history and law
• Language diversity and policy
• Language and society
• Intercultural communication
• Migration and economy
• Insight into Arabic or Chinese
• Language acquisition and didactics
• Learning with (new) media
• Education management
• Language coaching and consulting
• Lesson observation
• Course planning and organisation

Would you like to combine your studies, career and family life? You can study the BA in Language and Integration flexibly by choosing to complete your studies via the fast track (three years), a medium-pace track (four years) or a slow track (five years). All variants can be completed on a part-time basis.

By choosing your specialisation, you expand your theoretical knowledge and deepen your specific practical professional skills on the basis of current scenarios from the professional world.

You familiarise yourself with various education and learning systems at home and abroad while also acquiring basic skills in the areas of coaching and intercultural communication. As a language coach, you support people on their learning journey and advise educational institutions on the topic of language support.

You deepen your project management skills, learn the basics of education marketing and gain in-depth knowledge of the educational landscape and language support services in German-speaking Switzerland. You also address the economic factors of migration and integration.

In many of our modules, you complete practical assignments at one of our partner organisations, allowing you to already lay the foundations for your own professional network during the study programme.

To be admitted for enrolment in this programme, you will need to meet the following requirements:

1. Present either a Swiss higher secondary education certificate (Matura) – which may be either a Swiss general baccalaureate (in German, “gymnasiale Maturität”), a Swiss specialist baccalaureate (in German, “Fachmaturität”), a Swiss vocational baccalaureate (in German, “Berufsmaturität”) – or a Swiss or foreign equivalent qualification
2. A successful result in our aptitude test

You are not required to demonstrate practical professional experience (e.g. a year of work experience) in order to be admitted to the BA in Language and Integration.

In addition to the formal admission requirements, an interest in language(s) and issues such as migration, mobility and internationalisation as well as a desire to work together with people in an intercultural environment are key to achieving success both during the study programme and later in the professional world. Before each course of study, we therefore carry out an aptitude assessment, which forms the basis for your definitive admission to the programme.

The final date for applications is 30 April. Aptitude tests are held between mid-January and the beginning of June. The degree programme begins in calendar week 38.

If you have gained a foreign qualification either abroad or in Switzerland which allows you access to higher education (e.g. Abitur or International Baccalaureate), please submit the documents requested by the academic office responsible for the degree programme you have chosen so that your qualification can be checked for equivalency. This equivalency recognition process follows the Guidelines on Equivalency Recognition for Bachelor’s Degree Programmes and takes place after your application has been submitted. If you have any questions, please contact the academic office. There are no quotas on students from other countries.