37 Master's degrees in Area & Cultural Studies in Germany

The Joint Master in European Cultural Governance (EUCULTURE) programme is offered by CIFE  and the School of Government at Luiss Guido Carli.

Peace and Conflict Studies from Philip University in Marburg is offered in cooperation with the University of Kent. Students spend one academic year each in Canterbury and Marburg and, following successful completion, receive an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies (Joint Degree) from the Philipp University of Marburg and the University of Kent.

The International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy, offered by the Hochschule Furtwangen University (HFU) in partnership with the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, is a 3 Semesters´ Master programme, conducted fully in Potsdam/Berlin. 

Standards of Decision - Making Across Cultures from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is an interdisciplinary study programme in cultural studies with an emphasis on East Asian societies. It allows the students to acquire profound academic and methodological knowledge, as well as additional key skills regarding decision-making processes in East Asia.

This Religion and Global Futures programme from University of Bayreuth will equip you with knowledge and skills that enable you to understand contemporary and emerging forms of religion, both from a global perspective and in relation to questions of global futures.

Creative minds shape the knowledge culture at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a Master of Arts degree in Turcology.

The focus of the National and Transnational Studies - Literature, Culture, Language from University of Münster is on anglophone literatures and cultures and on varieties of English, students will mainly be based in the English Department. 

Semitic Studies from Freie Universität Berlin deepens the knowledge of languages, culture and history of societies in the Middle East acquired in the bachelor program. 

We offer a master degree in East European Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich. The courses in the subject field History develop the historical dimensions of current problems in Eastern, East central and Southeastern Europe. The temporal horizon extends from the beginning of the 18th century down to the present. 

The African Languages and Cultures MA program from University of Hamburg  is a research-oriented program with a strong connection to applied issues focusing on theories and methods in linguistics of African languages, language in African cultures and Ethiopian Studies.

The Jewish Civilizations degree is a Master of Arts degree partnership program between the College of Jewish Studies Heidelberg and  Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden. 

This interdisciplinary English-language Cultural Production and Cultural Policy program at Zeppelin University qualifies students for programmatic, research-based, artistic and curatorial work in the cultural sector.

The China Business and Economics program at University of Würzburg has been developed for students holding a B.A. degree in Chinese Studies, Sinology or equivalent qualification who want to specialize in China Business and Economics.

The international master's program World Studies - Orders, Politics, Cultures at Bielefeld University provides in-depth knowledge of global structures and interactions and aims at the interdisciplinary examination of political and cultural processes on a global scale. 

The Sociology Double Degree Programme can be started either at University of Bamberg  or in Trento. The complete Double Degree Programme can be studied like a normal 2-year programme, because both universities have agreed on a list of courses that are mutually recognized. Learn mor with  Cultural Studies of the Middle East from University of Bamberg.

The Indology and Tibetology MA course at University of Hamburg is fundamentally research-oriented; it also imparts practical and professional-related knowledge. In the course of study, in-depth knowledge of the subjects of Indology and Tibetology is imparted in particularly relevant fields of research and application. 

The Master’s degree programme in Atlantic Studies in History, Culture and Society at Leibniz University Hannover is the only programme in the whole of Germany that addresses social, cultural, political and economic relations in the South Atlantic from the interdisciplinary perspective of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Students in the Transcultural Studies programme from Heidelberg University learn about cultural exchange processes, transformations and interweavings between, or in, Asia and Europe. 

The Manuscript Cultures MA course from University of Hamburg aims to convey within a one-year course (60 CP) central topics in the field of general manuscript research combined with specific skills. 

Euroculture from University of Göttingen gives students a chance to prepare themselves to enter new professions that come into being due to the intensifying process of economic and political integration in Europe.