MA Religious Studies at Ruhr University Bochum

Religious Studies at Ruhr University Bochum is a single-subject Master programme of 4 semesters (2 years), taught in English. What sets it apart: bochum’s Center for Religious Studies (CERES) provides an excellent and research-focused infrastructure for the Master’s degree programme, as it is closely affiliated with the numerous related disciplines united therein and integrated into an interdisciplinary research network.

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Location: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Specialisation areas: The Study of Religion in History and Modern Times; Systematic Religious Studies; Empirical Research in Religion: qualitative social science, historical-philological, art historical, using methods from the digital humanities; Applied Religious Studies.

Career pathways

Graduates frequently work in integration work, refugee support / intercultural and diversity work; in prevention of extremism (advice centres, Home Office, State and Federal Criminal Police Offices); in cultural management, tourism (e.g. educational tour guides); in cultural centres, museums; in libraries, archives; in publishing houses, journalism; in research & teaching at universities and at non-university research institutions; in adult education (e.g. adult education centres).

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