Departmental Contact
Dr. des. Sixta Quassdorf Departmental Erasmus Coordinator and student advisor
Englisches Seminar
Universität Basel
Nadelberg 6
4051 Basel
Phone: +41 61 267 27 89 / Email: Studienberatung-englsem@unibas.ch / http://engsem.unibas.ch
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9:30 - 12:30 am or on appointment
Stop "Universität", bus 34 + tram No 3
Areas of specialisation:
Institutional Erasmus Coordinators
Mobility Office
University of Basel
Petersplatz 1
4003 Basel
Phone: +41 61 267 3028 / Email. mobility@unibas.ch / http:// www.unibas.ch/erasmus
Opening hours: Mon - Wed 9:30 - 12:00 or on appointment
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9:30 - 12:30 am or on appointment
Public Transport
Stop "Marktplatz,"- from Bahnhof SBB (Swiss railway station) trams Nos 8+11,
- from Badischer Bahnhof (German railway station) tram No 6
Stop "Universität", bus 34 + tram No 3
Departmental Library
Number of books: approx. 22'500Areas of specialisation:
- Literature: British literature, North American literature, new literatures in English, literary theory, postcolonial studies;
- Linguistics: English around the World, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, language acquisition, syntactic theories, dialectology
Other libraries in town:
- Central library and further departmental libraries of the University
- City library
Institutional contact
Mr Gérald Zimmermann, Ms Andrea Delpho,Institutional Erasmus Coordinators
Mobility Office
University of Basel
Petersplatz 1
4003 Basel
Phone: +41 61 267 3028 / Email. mobility@unibas.ch / http:// www.unibas.ch/erasmus
Opening hours: Mon - Wed 9:30 - 12:00 or on appointment
Term dates
Autumn term:- official term dates: 1 August - 31 January
- teaching period: mid-September - shortly before Christmas
- official term dates: 1 February - 31 July
- teaching period: mid-February - end of May
Language requirements for Erasmus students
There is no specific language test required neither in German, English nor in any other language of instruction. However, students' language competence should be at level B2/C1 in the respective language(s).
English is the language of instruction at the Department of English, as well as at the Centre for African Studies.
At the departments of French, Italian and Spanish, the languages of instruction are French, Italian or Spanish respectively.
At all other departments, the language of instruction is German.
Students may choose courses from all the departments of the Faculty of the Humanities (Philosophisch-historische Fakultät), if their language competence allows it.
At the departments of French, Italian and Spanish, the languages of instruction are French, Italian or Spanish respectively.
At all other departments, the language of instruction is German.
Students may choose courses from all the departments of the Faculty of the Humanities (Philosophisch-historische Fakultät), if their language competence allows it.
See here for the range of possible subjects: http://philhist.unibas.ch/studium/bachelor/ and http://philhist.unibas.ch/studium/master/.
Course Directory
The course directory can be found here: http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?5F00F1E802FF0FD023FE093A5AE1875E
The course directory for the autumn term will be published by the end of May; that for the spring term by mid-December.
The course directory for the autumn term will be published by the end of May; that for the spring term by mid-December.
German courses
Students can take one free German course (either intensive in the summer Prior to term start, or one course during the term) at our language centre. They will gain 5 CPs per course.Erasmus Student Network Basel
http://basel.esn.ch/
Contact: esn@stud.unibas.ch
Contact: esn@stud.unibas.ch
Housing
http://www.wove.ch/wp/
Contact: info@wove.ch / Tel +41 61 - 261 97 58
Contact: info@wove.ch / Tel +41 61 - 261 97 58
