Abstract (eng)
The present Master’s thesis deals with the education of conference interpreters at Universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The commencements of the institutionalized academic education, practical and didactical approaches as well as thematic priorities in the education play an important role. This thesis focuses on today’s academic education of conference interpreters within the corresponding Master’s programmes at the Universities of Heidelberg, Vienna and Geneva. Those programmes are being described in detail, followed by a comparative observation regarding different aspects. Lastly similarities and differences of today’s academic education of conference interpreters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are being highlighted based on this comparison and specifities that have been discovered whilst comparing those Master’s programmes are being referred to.