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121 Master's degrees in Humanities in Germany

Religion and Global Futures
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.

Roads to Democracies - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Politics and Culture
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.
Linguistics
In contrast to the study of specific languages and literature, the Linguistics programme offered by Leipzig University does not focus on an individual language, instead looking at the functions and structures of all human languages, including their differences and commonalities.
English and American (Literary and Cultural) Studies
The English and American (Literary and Cultural) Studies MA course offered at the University of Paderborn explores the literature and cultures of English-speaking regions and is combined with language training and job-related education as well as mandatory practical experiences.
East Asian Studies - Modern Sinology
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.
Standards of Decision - Making Across Cultures
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.
Iranian and Persianate Studies
In Iranian and Persianate Studies from University of Göttingen students are to acquire in-depth knowledge about the application of current scientific methods and theories to research in the cultures, history, literatures and religions of Iranian peoples.
Physical Geography - Environmental History
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.
Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies
Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies from Freie Universität Berlin links problem-oriented training in the disciplines of Social and Cultural Anthropology, History, Literature and Cultural Studies, Brazilian Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Political Science and Economics with subject specialisation and the development of region-specific competences.
Biblical Studies
The Biblical Studies program at University of Bonn is an international and interdisciplinary degree that is taught in English, covers two semesters, and is aimed at students who would like to immerse themselves in present-day research on Biblical texts enriched by the vast experience of European scholarship in exegesis
Sports Ethics and Integrity
The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Arts Degree (EMJMD) in Sports Ethics and Integrity (MAiSI) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is an international degree program, which requires a first bachelor’s degree qualification and leads to a second academic degree.
American History, Culture and Society
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.
Computational Linguistics
At the University of Stuttgart, students of the M.Sc. Computational Linguistics programme receive a highly research-oriented education.
Politics, Economics, Philosophy
The Politics, Economics, Philosophy MSc course from University of Hamburg focuses on the analysis of individual and collective decision-making from the perspective of the three disciplines.
African Studies and Egyptology
When registering for the African Studies and Egyptology at University of Cologne Master's thesis, proof of knowledge of an African language amounting to 10 SWS must be provided.
Pre Master
The Pre Master course from New European College is designed as a preparatory semester for students who wish to enter into NEC's Master programs but did not first complete a Bachelor in a business-related field or do not fulfill the English language requirement.
Linguistics
The Linguistics program offered by Goethe University Frankfurt is a program in theoretical linguistics with English as the language of instruction.
National and Transnational Studies - Literature, Culture, Language
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.
Philosophy
The Philosophy programme of Saarland University is open to students of all disciplines.
Modern Indian Studies
Modern Indian Studies from University of Göttingen unites perspectives from the humanities, the social sciences and economics.