MA Applied Ethics (Part-Time Professional Master) at University of Münster

Part-time master's programme in Applied Ethics for professionals who face ethically complex questions in their work. It teaches the foundations of ethical thinking and the main concepts and theories of applied ethics, and trains students to analyse ethical problems carefully. Taught on 22 weekends plus two four-day intensive weeks, in groups of at most 32.

Faculty: Faculty of History and Philosophy  |  Department: Professional School  |  Duration: 4 semesters (24 months), 60 ECTS, part-time  |  Study mode: part-time, weiterbildend (professional master), German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester 2026/27 (start 16 October 2026); application deadline 26 August 2026  |  Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Semester 1: theoretical foundations of applied ethics (metaethics, action theory, argumentation). Semester 2: ethical problems concerning life and nature (medical and bioethics, environmental and climate ethics, animal ethics). Semester 3: ethics of modern society (political, business and legal ethics). Semester 4: electives and the master's thesis.

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