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BA Kulturanthropologie / Europäische Ethnologie (Cultural Anthropology) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Programme overview

Studies cultures and everyday life, comparing familiar and foreign societies. Offered as a core or minor subject within the two-subject bachelor.

Faculty: Fachbereich 05 - Philosophie und Philologie  |  Department: Institut für Film-, Theater-, Medien- und Kulturwissenschaft  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time (German-taught; Two-subject bachelor)  |  Intake: Summer and winter semester  |  Location: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

What you will study

Three phases with freely selectable courses; the introductory phase (semesters 1-2) provides foundations from three areas of cultural anthropology and European ethnology.

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Application information

Entry requirements

No admission restriction (no Numerus clausus). Interest in other people regardless of origin and worldview, other cultures and languages. German proficiency for international applicants: DSH-2 or equivalent. Application period: winter semester: early June to 1 September; summer semester: early December to 1 March. Earlier deadlines apply when combined with a restricted-admission subject.

Intake: Summer and winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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