82 Full-time Master's degrees in African Studies

The African Studies programme from the University of Cambridge offers a taught course with a substantial research component and provides an excellent foundation for students wanting to develop their knowledge of Africa.

The mission of the Department of Africology and African American Studies at Temple University is to provide an intellectual arena in which students learn to critically examine, analyze, and interpret the experiences, traditions, and dynamics of people of African descent.

The English-taught African Verbal and Visual Arts programme of University of Bayreuth builds on knowledge relating to the diversity and creativity in languages, literatures, arts, and media in Africa. The interdisciplinary orientation and various subject combinations make the programme one-of-a-kind.

Africana Studies from Stony Brook University is for anyone who wants to have a more profound understanding of the contemporary globalized world. The M.A. in Africana Studies is intended to develop an understanding of the experiences of people of African descent in all regions of the globe and across time.

The Faculty of Military Science is based at Saldanha, on the West Coast of South Africa, where it is housed in the South African Military Academy. The institution offers education and training for members of the Department of Defence at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as the Security and Africa Studies (Option B) programme at the Stellenbosch University.

The African Studies programme of the University of Porto is a joint degree of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences, counting upon the active collaboration of the Faculties of Economics and Law, in order to promote interdisciplinarity.

A African Studies and Public Health joint degree from Yale University, is more than simply a list of courses taken in both programs. It is an integrated educational program which is designed to achieve a combination of the two programs in a way that is complementary to both while protecting the integrity of each separate degree program.

The Master's degree program in Art History-Egyptian Art and Archaeology at University of Memphis is designed to prepare the student either to continue on to a higher degree in Egyptology or to enter an alternate career path.

The Africana Women's Studies programme of Clark Atlanta University provides a vital and innovative interdisciplinary course of research, study, and learning. Students explore past events historic global issues, diverse cultures, and our shared humanity.

The Master of African Literature offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg  in the field of African Literature is a 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time degree. Students adopt perspectives that take seriously our location in southern Africa while also taking into account the global relevance of African literary practice.

The MA programme in African Languages at the Stellenbosch University is a research-directed programme that focuses on the development of advanced reflective language view on African languages.

The department’s geographical breadth covers Africa, North America, South America, and the Caribbean, and the disciplinary diversity of our faculty encompasses history, anthropology, political science, literature, ethnomusicology, performance and dance, and other fields. We offer a master degree in Africana Studies at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. 

The Master of Arts in Culture and Environment in Africa (CEA) from University of Cologne is an interdisciplinary degree programme, focusing on the archaeological, historical and contemporary political ecology of the African continent. Particular attention is given to skills, methods and knowledge of human-environment studies in Africa.

The M.A. in African and Middle Eastern Studies at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers a comprehensive exploration of these vital regions. This public programme provides an advanced academic framework for students to engage with diverse cultural and political landscapes over a standard full-time duration.

The Department of Language, Cultural Studies & Applied Linguistics from Faculty of Humanities at University of Johannesburg offers a MPhil in Afrikaans (Research).

The mission of the Department of African Cultural Studies is to provide research and teaching in the languages and expressive cultures of Africa and Africans around the world through the African Cultural Studies program at University of Wisconsin Madison.

The MA African Studies program at Ohio University provides students, scholars, and members of the broader community opportunities to develop their understanding of this important world region.

The Cultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa program of the Sapienza University of Rome is aimed at the study of the Mediterranean and the Asian region of the Near and Middle East (including Egypt).

The Department of African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University offers graduate courses leading to the Master of Arts, and a PhD degrees in African American and African Studies.

The Egyptology program from Uppsala University is for those interested in combining texts, art and material remains in the exploration of Ancient Egypt. Academic writing is trained continuously, preparing you for a range of situations where complex problems are analysed.