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MA Religionswissenschaft (Religious Studies) at University of Erfurt

University of Erfurt, Germany

Programme overview

International Master of Arts focused on the plurality of religious traditions in Europe in past and present, using methods of history, religious studies and cultural studies and viewing European traditions' global entanglements from a postcolonial perspective.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time; German-taught and English-taught (mostly English)  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Specialisation possible in general religious studies, Jewish studies, Islamic studies and cultural history of Orthodox Christianity, each represented by a professor and team.

Career pathways

Adult and teacher education, integration and intercultural work, international organisations and diplomacy (UN, Foreign Office, development aid), media and tourism, and cultural institutions.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A good degree (better than 2.3) in a relevant subject (religious studies, culture-related history or philology programmes such as Jewish studies or Islamic studies, Eastern European philologies or history, social-science and academic theology programmes); English at C1 and a language of the chosen focus at B1 (Arabic, Urdu or Turkish for Islamic studies; biblical and modern Hebrew for Jewish studies; ancient or modern Greek or Russian for Orthodox Christianity).

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS

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