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Note: This section only contains English Department documents. For links to other important documents (e.g. UZH-wide or faculty-level regulations), please consult the corresponding websites (in particular, the official regulations provided by the UZH Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences).

Information on the Study Programs

Framework Regulations

Rahmenverordnung

Studienordnung

Bachelor Study Guide

For Prospective Students
For First-Year Students
For Advanced Students
for students who started their Bachelor studies prior to the Fall Semester 2019: Transitional Regulations for Old Programs

Master Study Guide

For Prospective Students
For First-Year Students
For Advanced Students
- PDF Checklists Master Major (90 ECTS)
- Literature and Linguistics ('Mixed' Track) (PDF, 215 KB)
- Linguistics Only (PDF, 227 KB)
- Literature Only (PDF, 203 KB)
- PDF Checklists Master Minor (30 ECTS)
- Literature and Linguistics ('Mixed' Track) (PDF, 190 KB)
- Linguistics Only (PDF, 194 KB)
- Literature Only (PDF, 180 KB)
for students who started their Master studies prior to the Fall Semester 2019: Transitional Regulations for Old Programs

General Guidelines and Templates

Declaration of Authenticity (Selbständigkeitserklärung) (PDF, 69 KB)

What Constitutes Plagiarism? (PDF, 122 KB)

Guidelines on ChatGPT and AI (PDF, 166 KB)

General Guidelines on Writing Assignments (PDF, 883 KB)

Podcast Policy (PDF, 172 KB)

Template Cover Bachelor Thesis (English) (DOCX, 56 KB)

Template Cover Master Thesis (English) (DOCX, 56 KB)

English Literature

General

Literature Guide (PDF, 515 KB)

Literature Essay Checklist (PDF, 162 KB)

Bachelor

Reading List English Literature (PDF, 261 KB)

Bachelor Thesis Guidelines: Literature (May 2023) (PDF, 165 KB)

Writing Your Bachelor Thesis in Literature: A Rough Guide (May 2024) (PDF, 177 KB)

Master

Brochure Master Program in English and American Literature (PDF, 585 KB)

PhD

PhD Guide Literature

English Linguistics

General

Manual for Papers in English Linguistics (PDF, 3 MB)

Bachelor Thesis Guidelines: Linguistics (PDF, 158 KB)

PhD

PhD Guide Linguistics

Career Options

Career Brochure: Alumni Portraits (PDF, 3 MB) , prepared by the Fachverein Anglistik (FAVA)

Weiterführende Informationen

prepared by the Fachverein Anglistik (FAVA), and available for download here.

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