Master of Arts
Master
Degree
4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Mainz
Location
September 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
September 2025 (EU), September 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
- Journalism
- Communication Studies
- Online Media
Focus
Print Journalism, TV Journalism, Radio Journalism, Online and Multimedia Journalism, Regional and Media Studies
Target group
The consecutive master's program 'Transnational Journalism' focuses on the professional field of journalists and at the same time on the requirements of a scientific Master's program. Completed specialist studies are required as the basis of the Journalistic study program because they provide the prospective journalist or future journalists with a wealth of knowledge in a scientific field on which he or she can build up his or her professional activity. The application-oriented Master's program is designed to empower aspiring journalists for methodological, scholarly work and enable them to overcome purely national interpretive patterns in their reporting, to contribute to the discussion of topics of European relevance in national contexts and to establish interpretive frameworks beyond their own limits.
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).
Area of study
Admission requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree from a university in Germany or abroad. Proof of the respective language level (German, French, English at least level B2) is also required. In an examination of the admission requirements (aptitude test), it will be determined together with the partner university in Paris whether the applicant has the required specialist skills and sufficient motivation for the course. If you have applied and meet the formal requirements, you will receive a written invitation to the aptitude test. Further information can be found on the website of the journalistic seminar.
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 - 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 (). 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 (). 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
Further languages
English, French