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Media dramaturgy/theatre studies Mainz University

Degree

Master of Arts

Standard period of study (amount)

4 semesters

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • Dramaturgy
  • Media Culture
  • Digital Media
  • Media Studies

Target group

The Mainz Masters course in Media Dramaturgy is unique at German universities. It provides in-depth knowledge of the History, Aesthetics and theory of audiovisual media with a clear specialisation towards moving images The specialisation is on the cross-media examination of dramaturgical functions and staging strategies. The course is devoted to aesthetic patterns and narrative forms in a cross-media context that ranges from film, television and theatre to radio and acoustic art to games and web-based narrative forms. The course picks up on transmedia interfaces and changing processes in a practical way and enables critically reflective research into a wide range of media formats. There is also the possibility of gaining insights into practical media work processes and specialised areas such as Media Law and Media Management. The two-year course prepares graduates for a job that requires critical analytical skills in dealing with audiovisual media.

Annotation

If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: 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

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

The requirement is a Bachelor's degree in the core or minor subject Film Studies in the integrated Mainz field of study Culture/Drama/Film or a degree in a related Film, Art or Media Studies subject with at least 30 credit points in the area of film, television and new media at a university in Germany or abroad. For applications submitted before the completion of the Bachelor's degree, at least 20 of the required subject-specific credit points must be demonstrated by the end of the application period. In the first semester of the Master's degree course, a Bachelor's degree certificate providing evidence of the required 30 credit points must be submitted. Applicants who obtained their higher education entrance qualification neither at a German-speaking institution nor through a degree 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

Winter semester (2025/2026)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
    01.04.2025 - 15.05.2025
    Participation in the lottery procedure for Master's degree programmes (winter semester 01.08.-31.08; summer semester 01.08.-31.08): https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/losverfahren Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
    15.05.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    01.04.2025 - 15.05.2025
    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.
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
    01.04.2025 - 15.05.2025
    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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