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Arts & Humanities

MA Geschichte at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Master programme in history giving a deeper understanding of the cultural value of history and the historical dimension of the present, and training students to test and develop academic views critically from sources and research.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Philosophische Fakultät)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); German-taught  |  Intake: winter semester and summer semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Modular programme mainly spread over three semesters; the third semester covers the profile area and suits a semester abroad, and the Master thesis is written in the fourth.

Career pathways

Prepares for fields and activities in which research-oriented engagement with history, or its communication, is essential.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree in history, in a teacher-training Bachelor with history, or in a programme with the same subject orientation; English at level B2; knowledge of another foreign language at level B1. Numerus clausus: no (open admission). Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Application period (winter semester): 1 June – 15 September; Application period (summer semester): 1 December – 15 March. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants (winter semester): 1 April – 15 July; Application period non-EU applicants (summer semester): 1 October – 15 January; Application period EU applicants (winter semester): 1 April – 15 July (without proof of German for study); 1 April – 15 September (with proof of German for study); Application period EU applicants (summer semester): 1 October – 15 January (without proof of German for study); 1 October – 15 March (with proof of German for study). Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time

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