Deadlines

Deadlines Autumn Semester 2026

BA Thesis registration (Submission in Autumn 2026):

•    Project proposition (Language and Linguistics only) to potential supervisor: 30 March 2026
•    Supervisor registration (see BA thesis registration form): 30 April 2026
•    Final clearance (from Study Counsellor; see thesis registration form): 14 October 2026
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor): 04 January 2027

BA Thesis registration (Submission in Spring 2027):

•    Project proposition (Language and Linguistics only) to potential supervisor: 16 October 2026
•    Supervisor registration (see BA thesis registration form): 16 November 2026
•    Final clearance (from Study Counsellor; see thesis registration form): 15 March 2027
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor): 28 May 2027

MA Thesis registration (Graduation in Autumn 2026):

•    Department registration (see MA thesis registration form): 28 November 2025
•    Dean's Office registration (see information provided by Dean's Office): 28 November 2025
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor and Dean's Office): 08 June 2026

MA Thesis registration (Graduation in Spring 2027):

•    Department registration (see MA thesis registration form): 09 June 2026
•    Dean's Office registration (see information provided by Dean's Office): 09 June 2026
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor and Dean's Office): 20 December 2026

Advanced Reading List (ARL)

•    Introductory session: 12-13 on Friday, 25 September 2026 on Zoom (https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/5588193108)
•    Exam: 16-17 on Tuesday, 01 December 2026
•    Resit: 16-17 on Tuesday, 23 February 2027

Deadlines Spring Semester 2027

BA Thesis registration (Submission in Spring 2027):

•    Project proposition (Language and Linguistics only) to potential supervisor: 16 October 2026
•    Supervisor registration (see BA thesis registration form): 16 November 2026
•    Final clearance (from Study Counsellor; see thesis registration form): 15 March 2027
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor): 28 May 2027

BA Thesis registration (Submission in Autumn 2027):

•    Project proposition (Language and Linguistics only) to potential supervisor: TBA
•    Supervisor registration (see BA thesis registration form): TBA
•    Final clearance (from Study Counsellor; see thesis registration form): TBA 
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor): TBA

MA Thesis registration (Graduation in Spring 2027):

•    Department registration (see MA thesis registration form): 09 June 2026
•    Dean's Office registration (see information provided by Dean's Office): 09 June 2026
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor and Dean's Office): 20 December 2026

MA Thesis registration (Graduation in Autumn 2027):

•    Department registration (see MA thesis registration form): 27 November 2026
•    Dean's Office registration (see information provided by Dean's Office): 27 November 2026
•    Thesis submission (to supervisor and Dean's Office): 07 July 2027

Advanced Reading List (ARL)

•    Introductory session: 12-13 on Friday, 5 March 2027 on Zoom (https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/5588193108)
•    Exam: 16-17 on Tuesday, 11 May 2027
•    Resit: 16-17 on Tuesday, 21 September 2027

Exam Schedule for Lectures

Since Autumn 2019, the examination schedule for lectures (including Grammar) takes place within the 14-week teaching semester. The obligatory exam for lectures takes place in the twelfth semester week and mainly at the usual course meeting times and in the usual course venue. Students failing an exam are allowed one chance to resit it. These resit exams take place in the thirteenth semester week (again, usual course time and venue). Students who, for valid medical or other official reasons, are unable to take the main exam or resit exam, have another chance in the fourteenth semester week to take the exam. The exceptions to this fixed exam schedule are the two MA Foundation lectures. Students who take excursions in other departments that overlap with the exam period need to decide whether to do the course with the excursion or the course in the English Department. No special allowances will be made for students missing exams due to excursions.