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Ethnology of the Global Mainz University

Degree

Master of Arts

Standard period of study (amount)

4 semesters

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • African Philologies
  • Ethnology

Focus

Political Ethnology, Africa, Religious Ethnology, Economic Ethnology, Media Ethnology, Migration and Diaspora Research

Target group

The Master's course in Ethnology offers a research-oriented training in Ethnology as a general and comparative Social and Cultural Science which deals with the diversity of human ways of living and investigates and analyses their similarities and differences. The research focus is on regions in Africa.

Annotation

It is recommend that you start the course in the winter semester. If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points you will need to demonstrate: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Bachelor's degree in Ethnology or in a comparable Cultural, Social or Regional Science at a university in Germany or abroad including evidence of successfully completed courses worth at least 60 credit points in the field of Ethnology. Applicants who obtained neither their higher education entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution nor a degree in a course conducted in German are required to provide evidence of German proficiency at the level of the “German Language Test for Admission to Higher Education for Foreign Students” (DSH).

Lecture period

  • 14.04.2025 - 19.07.2025
  • 27.10.2025 - 14.02.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
    For Master´s degree programmes with an aptitude test, the application deadline already ends on 15:11. Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
    01.10.2024 - 01.03.2025
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

Winter semester (2025/2026)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
    01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
    Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.05 of the respective year. Please also note the even earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
    01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
    01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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