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Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology (Master of Arts)

Program: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology
Degree: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Program length: 2 years / 4 semesters (120 ECTS points)

The Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology master's program will qualify you to empirically document, analyze and understand cultural and social features and contexts of (non-)European cultures.
The Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology master's program has a research-oriented profile that especially prioritizes independent scientific work.

Major topics

Regional specializations in Latin America (Amazonia) and thematic major topics in the field of Conflict Anthropology, the Anthropology of Nature and Visual and Material Culture are possible.

The program also offers you a high level of interdisciplinarity and a strong present-day relevance through excellent collaboration with other research institutions of the university, such as the centers for conflict research, gender studies or interdisciplinary research of religion. Thanks to a wide selection of secondary subjects (e.g. Psychology, Geography, International Development Studies, Legal Studies, Peace and Conflict Research, Sociology, Indology/Tibetology, Gender Studies) and the program's great flexibility, you can design your program according to your own individual interests.

Objectives

A degree in the Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology master's program opens up numerous professional fields, such as:

  • at universities and other research institutions
  • at national and international institutions and NGOs in the field
  • of development cooperation
  • of immigration and integration work
  • of intercultural and international conflict management
  • of environmental and climate protection
  • of public relations and media work
  • at public and private cultural institutions of municipalities, states and the Federal Government
  • jobs in congresses and exhibitions
  • in the field of adult education and cultural mediation
  • in the field of publishing
  • in museums

  • Admission requirements

    Required university degree

    We require proof of completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree in the field of cultural and social sciences or a comparable domestic or foreign university degree that qualifies students for a profession.

    The modules are considered relevant if they have been completed in the fields of ethnology, social and cultural anthropology, ethnology, empirical cultural studies or another discipline related to cultural research or empirical qualitative or ethnographic social research with a total of at least 48 credit points (CP). Students with a relevant minor partial degree programme with at least 48 CP are considered to have completed a relevant degree programme
    Course-specific knowledge and skills that must be proven

    Two (usually modern) foreign languages. The following must be proven

    • a foreign language at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (alternatively: knowledge of Latin or Ancient Greek at the Latinum or Graecum level, to be proven e.g. by the school-leaving certificate) as well as
    • another foreign language at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
    Admission ModeDirect admission is granted with complete fulfillment of the admission requirements

  • Who can answer questions?

    Technical questions about your application

    Uni-assist

    Content-related questions about the program

    Dr. Michaela Meurer
    Cultural and Social Anthropology

    Email:

    Formal questions about your application

    In case of formal questions about the application, please contact Master's Coordination with your application number (if available) at .

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