Master of European Governance and Administration (MEGA) at German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer

Programme overview

MEGA is a two-year, part-time executive master's programme in Franco-German and European governance and administration, run by a consortium of German and French partners and awarded as a joint degree by the Universities of Potsdam, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin and the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. It targets staff and prospective managers in public administration and the private sector from Germany, France, other EU states and EU accession-perspective states.

Duration: 2 years (part-time, 60 ECTS) | Intake: Application deadline for MEGA 13: 1 December 2026; selection interviews expected in Berlin in January 2027 | Study mode: part-time; work-compatible; German-French consortium programme | Location: Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

What you will study

Four two-week on-site modules (Paris, Potsdam, Strasbourg, Berlin) covering comparative state and administrative organisation, public management and EU governance, management and international administrative cooperation, and policy steering and policy fields in the EU, plus a nine-week placement in administrations or EU institutions, a project work and a master's thesis.

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Application information

Entry requirements

University degree with at least 240 ECTS (master, Diplom or similar; a bachelor's degree is generally not sufficient); relevant professional experience of usually five years, at least one year; working proficiency in German and French (B2). Applicants from Germany apply online with a Europass CV in German and French with photo, motivation letter in both languages, consent form from the line manager/employer, copies of university entrance qualification, degrees and employment references, and optionally language certificates; applicants from France apply via INSP; others may choose INSP or BAkoeV. After document screening, suitable applicants are invited to a bilingual (German and French) interview with the MEGA board, which decides on admission.

EUR 10,000 for the whole programme. Tuition for the whole programme is 10,000 EUR as a rule; the Federal Ministry of the Interior covers fees for federal employees. Travel, accommodation and meals are not included. Source

Intake: Application deadline for MEGA 13: 1 December 2026; selection interviews expected in Berlin in Januar

Duration: 2 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-speyer.de/studium/internationale-programme/master-of-european-governance-and-administration-mega

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