Political Science - governance and participation

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University Hagen Correspondence University
Degree Master

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students 01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) distance studies; full time; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Hagen
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Political Science gehört zum Studienbereiche Political Sciences der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Political Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Political Science
Areas of Concentration Comparative Democracy Research, Governance and Participation - thematic introduction, International Governance, Political Participation and Representation, Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Selected aspects of Political Sociology, State and Economy in Globalisation

Field of study
- Target group University graduates in a related subject
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution A computer with Internet access is required for the course.
  Good English reading skills
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester summer and winter semester
- Completed degree with a standard period of study of at least six semesters in Political Science
  
  Interested parties with a degree in the following fields:
  
  - Social Sciences,
  - Sociology,
  - Administrative Science.
  - Public Administration (FH),
  - Communication Science,
  - Economics,
  - History
  will be admitted if they provide proof of the successful completion of modules B2 and M1 of the Bachelor’s in "Political Science, Administrative Sciences, Sociology" at the FernUniversität (for more details, see application documents).
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus, Diplom, Magister, Staatsexamen
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum standard period of study: 6 semesters
  - Required ECTS credits: 180
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Subject group: Humanities and Social Sciences
  - Area of study: Political Sciences
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2026
- - Lecture period
  - 01.04.2026 — 30.09.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 01.10.2025 — 31.03.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
- Annotation to the tuition fee The semester costs are EUR 234 to 289 for part-time studies and EUR 399 for full-time studies.
  They arise from the sum of the following components:
  
  Basic fee: EUR 60
  Document fees: EUR 11 per ECTS point
  Student body contribution: currently EUR 9
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Universitätsstraße 27, 58097 Hagen
- Phone 02331 987-2689
- international(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle FernUniversität in Hagen
- Contact person Studierendensekretariat
- Street address Universitätsstr. 47, 58097 Hagen
- Phone 02331 / 987 - 2444
- Fax 02331 / 987 - 19246
- master(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Zentrale
  Studienberatung/Service-
  Center
- Street address Universitätsstraße 11, 58084 Hagen
- Phone 02331 987-2444
- Fax 02331 987-19246
- info(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Anke Polinski
- Function Leiterin Zentrale Studienberatung/Service-Center
- Phone 02331 987-2444
- Fax 02331 987-1739
- info(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internet page

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