Overview

In the context of World Studies, Orders refers to a stable relationship between parts and a whole (e.g. in the sense of multi-level politics and international legal systems), Politics concerns the design of social life in cross-border contexts, Cultures refers to (controversial) interpretations, practices and values of these orders and structures.

The World Studies - Orders, Politics, Cultures at Bielefeld University addresses the diversity of global processes and structures from social, cultural and humanities perspectives and is based on a cooperation between law, sociology, political science, history, literature and cultural studies. It enables the systematic consideration of several disciplinary perspectives that complement and (occasionally) irritate each other. The Master's course aims to encourage and guide students to understand global structures and processes in their interrelationships and to analyze them in an interdisciplinary manner.

Careers

In addition to content-related approaches, the master's program gives its students the skills to independently identify and work on problems and to present the results in an understandable form, both orally and in writing. Graduates of the program thus have a special scientific professionalism that qualifies them for careers in science and other professional fields.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Global Governance and Social-Ecological Transformation

Perspectives on Labour Exploitation in Global Fisheries

Religion and Politics: Anthropological Perspectives

Ukrainian diaspora: from past to present

How Democracies Die: On the institutional conditions of liberal democracies

Sovereignty and Autonomy in the Americas.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bielefeld, Germany

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Political Science View 39 other Masters in Area & Cultural 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

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

Admission to the Master's degree program is available to anyone who can prove that they have a first university degree qualifying them for a profession with a standard period of study of at least six semesters in accordance with the subject-specific regulations.
Degrees from accredited bachelor's degree courses at vocational academies are equivalent to bachelor's degrees from universities.
Applicants with a degree obtained abroad will be granted access provided that the degree obtained is deemed sufficient and the required language skills are proven

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

Free
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Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Living costs

Bielefeld

Germany

680 - 1050 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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