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MA Cultural and Social Science Japanese Studies (one-year) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Programme overview

Compact one-year Master for graduates of four-year Bachelor programmes (240 CP), such as the Bachelor Plus variant of Cultural and Social Science Japanese Studies, with fewer Master modules than the two-year Master Modern Japan.

Duration: 2 semesters (1 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German (partly English und Japanese)-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester, Summer semester  |  Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Courses on current topics such as cultural and social change, Japan in a global context, and media and popular culture, plus further development of academic Japanese language skills.

Career pathways

Puts empirical research from the four-year Bachelor into a larger scientific context and provides an excellent basis for an academic career.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Completed four-year Bachelor (240 CP) with at least 80 CP in Japanese studies or Japan-related modules; aptitude assessment through the HISinOne application portal. Application: no numerus clausus, aptitude assessment via the HHU application portal; application period winter semester 04.05. - 15.08. / summer semester 02.11. - 15.02..

Intake: Winter semester, Summer semester

Duration: 2 semesters (1 years)

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