Judaic studies / Jewish Studies: Migration, Minority and Diaspora Studies

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University University of Halle-Wittenberg
Degree Bachelor of Arts (course component, 45/75 CP)

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Beginning Students First-year students can only apply or register for the winter semester.
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Halle
Admission semester winter semester
Subject

Das Jewish Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche Oriental Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Oriental Studies.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Jewish Studies
Areas of Concentration (Con)texts of Jewish Tradition Formation, Cultural Practices in Historical Perspective, 18th-21st Centuries, Democracy Research, Diasporic Living Environments, History of Ethnology, History of South Eastern Europe, Knowledge formation through cultural multiple affiliations, Linguistic and Cultural Translation Processes: Migration, Minority and Diaspora Studies, Sociolinguistics of Minority Languages, State and Society in Eastern and South-eastern Europe

Field of study
- Target group The Master's course builds on the Halle Bachelor's courses in Jewish Studies or Middle Eastern Studies. Due to the varied and flexible course offerings, graduates of other disciplines and universities can study in Halle if they have a command of Classical (Hebraicum) and Modern Hebrew. Furthermore, basic knowledge of Jewish History and Culture is required, which must be proven for those students who are changing courses (Bachelor's degree in Theology, Religious Studies, Semitic Studies,... ) in an examination if necessary.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution Master, course component
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester winter semester
- With subject-specific admission requirements
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Required ECTS credits: 60
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Area of study: Oriental Studies, Regional Studies
- Required language skills
- Required minimum language skills that must be proven by passing one or more of the following language tests:
  - Hebraicum (Hebräisch)
  - Ulpanstufe Bet (Modernes Hebräisch)
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 13.10.2025 — 07.02.2026
    Unterbrechungen: An allen gesetzlichen Feiertagen und vom 20.12.2025 bis 06.01.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Universitätsring 19/20, 06108 Halle
- Phone 0345 55-21590
- Fax 0345 55-27427
- info(at)international.uni-halle.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Contact Description Orientalisches Institut
- Contact person Prof. Dr. Ottfried Fraisse
- Street address Großer Berlin 14, 06108 Halle
- Phone 0345 / 55-23940
- ottfired.fraisse(at)judaistik.uni-halle.de
- Allgemeine Studienberatung
  (Abt. 1)
- Street address Universitätsplatz 11, 06108 Halle
- Phone 0345 55-21308
- ssc(at)uni-halle.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Claudia Polkau
- Function Leiterin
- Phone 0345 55-21327
- claudia.polkau(at)verwaltung.uni-halle.de

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