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Indo-European Studies is offered as a major subject on an MA level only. This means that a student first takes his BA in another discipline.

In Indo-European Studies, the focus is on the methods of historical and comparative
linguistics as well as the historically most important Indo-European languages (Sanskrit,
Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Hittite, Old Church Slavonic, Gothic and Old Irish.

Independent work is the main form of study, consisting of book examinations and essays. Lecture courses (including text explications) are arranged every few years.