MA Theater, the Arts, and Performative Cultures at Freie Universität Berlin

Programme overview

Theater, the Arts, and Performative Cultures is a master programme at Freie Universität Berlin, offered by the Department of Philosophy and Humanities (Institute for Theater Studies) and leading to the Master of Arts (M.A.). It has a standard duration of 4 semesters, English, German as the language of instruction, a start in the winter and summer semester. Theater studies, as taught in the master’s program, is understood as a discipline at the intersection of cultural studies, art history, and media studies, maintaining interdisciplinary openness and taking into account the mutual relationship between theory and practice, arts and humanities.

Faculty: Department of Philosophy and Humanities | Department: Department of Philosophy and Humanities Institute for Theater Studies | Duration: 4 semesters | Study mode: full-time; English-taught and German-taught | Intake: Winter and summer semester | Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Application information

Entry requirements

Professionally qualifying German or an equivalent foreign degree from a university with a theater studies component that is at least equivalent to the 60-credit point module in theater studies offered by the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at Freie Universität Berlin. English language proof, level B2 (GER). The DSH - or German Language University Entrance Exam for Foreign Students - is obligatory for all applicants whose first language is not German and who have earned their initial degree from a university (or equivalent institution) where the language of instruction is not German.

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters

Apply through the official page: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/bewerbung/index.html

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