Overview

Global East Asia from Freie Universität Berlin provides students with core knowledge and diverse methodologies for exploring topics of 'global East Asia' in its historical and contemporary development.

Quick Facts:

With its multidimensional as well as interdisciplinary approach, the Master's program deals with local, national, regional and global contexts in and around East Asia. Particular attention is paid to both the structural features that constitute East Asia as a unified space and to political, economic, and cultural barriers that have impeded further integration.
If you have studied Japan, Korea, China or East Asian Studies in your BA program and want to broaden your focus towards the regional level and its global embeddedness, you are right at MAGEA. If you have studied East Asia in your BA and want to focus your expertise on one or more of the region's countries, then you are also right at MAGEA. As a consecutive program, MAGEA brings together students with expertise in one single East Asian country or with regional expertise on East Asia.
The MA Global East Asia’s program teaches you both discipline-specific and multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological competencies that enable you not only to address complex interdisciplinary issues but also to productively engage with the field of study of ‘global East Asia’ in its historical and contemporary development and to reflect on it from a comparative perspective.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Integrative Area Global East Asia
Contemporary History and Discourses
Research Fields in Global East Asia
Interdisciplinary Methods
Chinese Studies
Korean Studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Berlin, Germany

Disciplines

Asian studies View 22 other Masters in Asian studies in Germany

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Have a first university degree (e.g. Bachelor) of at least 180 credit points (ECTS). As part of this degree, you must have earned at least 30 ECTS in courses in East Asian Studies and/or Chinese, Japanese or Korean Studies (language courses not included).
The master's program in Global East Asia is an English-language master's program. Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at the C1 level (CEFR).
Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in one of the following languages (at least level B1 CEFR or equivalent): Chinese, Japanese, Korean.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

Free
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EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Additional Details

Students do not pay any tuition fees, the university only charges semester fees and contributions each semester: 358,80€.

Living costs

Berlin

Germany

836 - 1340 EUR / month

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