Development Studies

international course, full time

Master of Arts

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Passau

Location

May 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

May 2025 (EU), May 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • Economics
  • Social Economics
  • Sustainability Sciences (Economic)

Focus

Economics, Social Sciences, South East Asian Studies, Empirical Social Research

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

A first university degree with a minimum of 60 ECTS credits in one or several of these disciplines: Anthropology, Demography, Empirical Social or Human Geography, Sociology, Administrative Science, Economics, Business Studies/Administration. Out of these 60, 10 ECTS credits need to come from methods of empirical research, such as data collection and survey design, qualitative or quantitative data analysis, mathematics or statistics. Your overall average mark for your undergraduate degree should be equivalent to 2.5 or better according to the German marking scale or ranked among the best 50% of your cohort. Unless English is your first language or the language of instruction for your undergraduate studies or secondary school education, you will need to prove that you have adequate English skills (level B2 CEFR or higher) as well as German (level A1).

Lecture period

  • 14.10.2024 - 07.02.2025
  • 23.04.2025 - 25.07.2025

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    15.04.2025 - 31.05.2025

    Closing date for applications for Master´s degree programmes:

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.07.2025 (Universitywide deadline)

    The same deadlines apply for all.

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.04.2025 - 31.05.2025

    Note for international applicants:

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    15.04.2025 - 31.05.2025

    Closing date for applications for Master´s degree programmes:

Tuition fee

Languages of instruction

Main language

English