History and Society

full time

Master of Arts

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Passau

Location

January 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

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

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

History

Focus

Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern and Contemporary History, Church History, Art and Visual Culture, Eastern European History, Digital History

Target group

Graduates of a degree programme with a specialisation in history (at least 60 ECTS credits in history or art history or visual science)

Annotation

Additional qualification possible in Digital Humanities

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Prerequisite for the degree course is an above-average certificate of academic degree (Bachelor, Master, Diploma, State Examination) at a university in Germany or abroad based on at least three years of study in a field of History or equivalent. A subject is deemed to be equivalent if at least 60 ECTS credits have been achieved in a subdiscipline of the History Sciences. You must have achieved a final grade of at least 2.5, or be among the top 50 percent of graduates in your graduating class.

Lecture period

  • 14.10.2024 - 07.02.2025
  • 23.04.2025 - 25.07.2025

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.11.2024 - 15.01.2025

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.01.2025 (Universitywide deadline)

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.11.2024 - 15.01.2025

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

    01.11.2024 - 15.01.2025

    via www.uni-assist.de Exceptions: MSc Artificial Intelligence Engineering, M.Sc. Computer Science/Informatics and M.Sc. Computational Mathematics for Specific Countries

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

    15.04.2025 - 15.07.2025

    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 - 30.06.2025

    Note for international applicants:

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    15.04.2025 - 15.07.2025

Tuition fee

Languages of instruction

Main language

German