MA Cultural Studies (Kulturwissenschaften) at University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Cultural Studies at UniBw M takes a transdisciplinary approach to culture, drawing on political science, history, ethnography, religious studies with a focus on Islam, and law. The geographic focus is the cultural connections between Europe and Africa.

Faculty: Institute for Cultural Studies  |  Department: Institut für Kulturwissenschaften  |  Study mode: full-time, German-taught  |  Location: Neubiberg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Methods training in qualitative social research (interviews, questionnaires, data collection) is concentrated in the early trimesters. Language training in French and Arabic is part of the programme, with the option to specialise in one after the first year. Summer schools and internships, including abroad, are compulsory, and studium plus adds courses from other disciplines.

Career pathways

Graduates work as officers with intercultural expertise, and outside the armed forces in diplomacy, development cooperation, international agencies and institutions, tourism, and organisations shaping Africa-Europe relations.

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