Master Jewish Studies at Freie Universität Berlin

Programme overview

Jewish Studies is a master programme at Freie Universität Berlin, offered by the Department of History and Cultural Studies (Institute for Jewish Studies) and leading to the Master. It has a standard duration of 4 semesters, English, German as the language of instruction, a start in the winter and summer semester. The Master’s program in Jewish studies offers a specialist and research-oriented education that is geared toward interdisciplinary studies.

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

What you will study

The Master’s program comprises three areas: the core area, the electives area (alternatively the profile areas "Judaism and Islam" or "Holocaust Studies") and the complementary area. Program Modules 1.

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Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission to the master’s program, applicants need to fulfill the following requirements: A bachelor’s degree in Jewish Studies or an equivalent degree that corresponds in terms of structure and content to a bachelor’s degree program with at least 60 credit points in courses in or related to Jewish studies. Proof of Hebrew language skills (“Hebraicum”) which may have been acquired as part of the 60 credit points mentioned above. Proof of English language skills (level B2 CEFR). The DSH - or German Language University Entrance Exam for Foreign Students. It 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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