17 Master's degrees in History in Germany

The Roads to Democracies - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Politics and Culture master programme at the University of Siegen is an international, interdisciplinary, and research-oriented Master of Arts programme integrating the subjects of history, political science, and sociology.

Modern Indian Studies from University of Göttingen unites perspectives from the humanities, the social sciences and economics. 

East Asian Studies - Modern Sinology from University of Göttingen  conceived for 4 semesters in Göttingen, offers students a wide range of specialisation themes about modern China, with "modern China" being defined as including the period from the 18th century to the present. 

The Physical Geography - Environmental History programme offered by the University of Bremen  focuses on the reconstruction of environmental and climatic history as scientific expertise in this field is paramount today.

The master’s degree program American History, Culture and Society offered by Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich is a research-oriented and highly flexible program of study. It offers advanced knowledge on historical, social, cultural, literary, economic and political topics in the USA as well as Canada and encourages its students to develop and pursue individual research interests.

The Palaeolithic Archaeology course is offered by University of Tübingen.

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. 

Slavery Studies is a research-oriented master’s degree program designed for one year of study. The Slavery Studies program at University of Bonn offers a broad perspective on interdisciplinary research on slavery and slavery-like phenomena in different times and geographies.

The Holocaust Studies, Tolerance Studies Master is offered by Touro University Berlin. The aim of the online MA program is to provide graduate students with a deeper knowledge and understanding of contemporary history, the history of National Socialism, the history and the effects of the Holocaust, the role of tolerance and the need for human rights.

The European History Joint degree from Humboldt University Berlin, is designed as a two-year (4 semesters) full-time master’s programme. 

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.

The Mediterranean History programme offered by University of Konstanz is a consecutive program that builds on the three-year BA in History. As a research-oriented program in English, it provides a cross-epochal understanding of Mediterranean societies.

The international and interdisciplinary Dependency and Slavery Studies program at University of Bonn is an international and interdisciplinary master’s degree program designed for a study period of four semesters.  It is taught entirely in English and aimed at students with a focus on or interest in the fields of history, material and/or social sciences

The master’s program Curatorial Studies  - Theory - History - Criticism from Goethe University Frankfurt provides future museum curators, exhibition organizers, and art critics with a theoretical and practical foundation for their professional careers.

The History and Economics programme of the University of Bayreuth offers you an interdisciplinary education in history and economics that is currently one-of-a-kind in Germany. This unique combination leads to a career-qualifying degree that enables graduates to start a career in the private sector or continue their postgraduate education.

History and Culture of the Baltic Sea Region from University of Greifswald is designed for students who want to specialise in the culturally and historically complex Baltic Sea region.  

North American Studies is an interdisciplinary study program at the University of Cologne that focuses on the history, culture, art, literature, language, film, poetry, philosophy, media theory, society, and law of North America, i.e. Canada, the US, as well as the relations with the Caribbean and Latin America.