Structure of the Programme

The IECL programme consists of an initial common segment beginning in the summer term and a second individual segment for M.Sc. and doctoral candidates.

In the common first year, all students participate in theoretical and empirical course offerings taught in English. Thereafter, two separate segments are offered. Depending on the grades achieved in the first year, either a M.Sc. degree can be completed through the writing of a Masters thesis (to be completed within a six-month period) or the three-year Ph.D. programme can begin immediately upon completion of the common programme.

As a rule, completion of the Masters programme takes one and a half years, and completion of the Ph.D. programme takes four years.