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MA Ethnologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Programme overview

The MA Ethnologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology teaches subject-specific and transferable skills for investigating and analysing contemporary societies and cultures. Its core competence is understanding other cultures.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät I – Sozialwissenschaften und Historische Kulturwissenschaften  |  Department: Institut für Ethnologie und Philosophie, Seminar für Ethnologie  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Modules include an advanced course on theories of social and cultural anthropology, mediality and knowledge, public anthropology, transdisciplinary ethnology, history of ethnology, current problems and theories and project modules.

Career pathways

The programme builds career-relevant skills such as independent research of information and knowledge.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree (usually a bachelor) with at least 60 credit points in ethnology or a comparable field, and English at B2 level (UNIcert II or comparable). Subject-specific admission requirements apply. Open admission (no NC).

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-halle.de/bewerben

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