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MA Erziehungswissenschaft (Educational Science) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Master's programme giving a research-based, practice-oriented deepening of educational questions, focusing on education processes in the context of social differences and crises.

Faculty: Faculty of Educational Science  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: winter semester and summer semester  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Students combine two focus areas from counselling, adult and continuing education, inclusive education, childhood and youth research, social pedagogy and media education, supported by a professionalisation programme.

Career pathways

Graduates can work in social institutions developing education and integration services, and in research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

First professionally qualifying higher education degree of at least six semesters, as set out in the subject-specific regulations (Fächerspezifische Bestimmungen) of the programme; applicants with a foreign degree are admitted if the degree is deemed sufficient and language requirements are met. No NC. Application deadline (per the university deadlines page): winter semester 01.06.-15.08. ; summer semester 01.12.-15.02. (dates are day.month). German-taught: applicants with a foreign degree must prove German, for example TestDaF TDN 4 in all four sections, DSH-2/3 or telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule (at least "befriedigend").

Intake: winter semester and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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