Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister tolmačenja/magistrica tolmačenjaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts in interpreting
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A first-cycle (bachelor's) degree in interlingual mediation in a stream that is relevant to the desired stream of the master's programme (the languages selected in the master's programme must correspond to the languages selected in the undergraduate programme); candidates must pass a test of interpreting skills before enrolling in the programme; or
  • a first-cycle degree in another field: candidates must sit an examination to test their linguistic competences in Slovene and two foreign languages (depending on the desired stream) and a test of interpreting skills; depending on the competences acquired in the undergraduate programme and the results of the examination, additional course units ranging from 10 to 60 credits may be prescribed; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme under the old programme in another field: these candidates must sit an examination to test their linguistic competences in Slovene and two foreign languages (depending on the desired stream) and a test of interpreting skills; depending on the competences acquired in the undergraduate programme and the results of the examination, additional course units ranging from 10 to 60 credits may be prescribed.
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: language acquisition
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to:
(general competences)
  • communicate in writing and orally at a higher level, 
  • work as part of a team, 
  • independently acquire knowledge and expertise, 
  • pursue lifelong learning in a knowledge-based society,
  • analyse, synthesise and anticipate solutions and consequences at a higher level, 
  • develop own research approaches and a focus on problem-solving,
  • use information and communication technologies, 
  • demonstrate mastery of research methods, procedures and processes,
  • demonstrate critical and self-critical judgement, 
  • demonstrate a capacity for ethical reflection and a commitment to professional ethics, 
  • work autonomously within the discipline, 
  • develop a critical intellect,

(subject-specific competences)

  • provide a description and a theoretical analysis of interpreting processes, 
  • demonstrate knowledge of and proficiency in interpreting strategies and techniques, 
  • analyse, understand and summarise texts, 
  • demonstrate encyclopaedic knowledge and intercultural awareness, 
  • demonstrate oral comprehension and spoken expression, 
  • demonstrate good memory skills, 
  • communicate, 
  • formulate an autonomous view of the status of interpreting and the interpreter, 
  • use specific information technologies for interpreting work,
  • demonstrate textual competence in Slovene and two foreign languages with regard to the specifics of textual and communicative conventions,
  • understand and analyse communication processes in society at an advanced level,
  • demonstrate understanding of the interdependence of texts and the civilisational, cultural and social context.

Assesment and completion:
Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

In order to progress from the first year to the second year of the second-cycle joint master's programme, students must have completed first-year course units prescribed by the curriculum and individual syllabuses totalling 90% of the total credits prescribed, i.e. 54 credits.

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete their studies, students must complete all course units prescribed by the study programme and the syllabuses of the subjects prescribed in the chosen stream, for a total of 120 credits. Students must write and defend a master's thesis in the context of a master's seminar and pass a master's examination, as specified by the curriculum.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://prevajalstvo.ff.uni-lj.si/en
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